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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 24th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Texas taxes too tempting for Ventura bra maker
California is not a business-friendly state. So after nearly 22 years in Ventura, Fashion Forms, the company that developed the push-up water bra, is leaving for Austin, Texas. About five California companies per week were making similar moves just a few years ago, fleeing to better business climates. And while that tide has stemmed some, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen submits data on cancer drug Kyprolis to FDA
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced Thursday that it submitted data comparing its new multiple-myeloma drug against a rival to the Food and Drug Administration. Kyprolis is Amgen’s new treatment for multiple-myeloma, which is a form of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells and typically grows in bone marrow. The drug was approved for third-line treatments Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, July 20th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne wins $15 million contract from NASA
Teledyne Technologies won an out of this world contract Tuesday. Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne announced that it won a $15 million contract from NASA on Monday to build a hyper-spectral remote sensing imaging instrument that will be used on the International Space Station. Teledyne makes instrumentation, digital imaging products and software for aerospace and defense systems. Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on For cybersecurity, ignorance is not bliss
With all of the talk about hacking of big business and government, it’s time for small business owners to access their own vulnerabilities and design a plan of action. If they do not tackle this head on, small business owners risk the possibility of significant financial loss, litigation or even business failure. Ignorance is not Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / Columns, Energy / Comments Off on Refugio oil spill shows companies haven’t learned lesson after 46 years
Why does our collective memory seem so short? The gorgeous coast where we live and work was despoiled by a massive oil spill 46 years ago and we vowed never to let it happen again. That was in 1969, when a Union Oil Co. platform six miles off the Santa Barbara County coast suffered a Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / Editorials, Energy, Opinion / Comments Off on Oxnard peaker plant should be approved
The California Public Utilities Commission held a relatively rare session in Oxnard on July 15 to weigh the pros and cons of replacing aging power stations at Mandalay Beach with a new peaker plant to be operated by NRG. This has been a contentious issue. The city of Oxnard doesn’t like it, the social justice Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks connection spurs new startup group
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