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Henry Dubroff

Henry Dubroff is the chairman, editor and majority owner of the Pacific Coast Business Times.


| Friday, October 16th, 2015

Dubroff: Airline industry consolidation hampers tri-county airports

Columns

  Pilots. Planes. Power. These are the three P’s of modern aviation and they explain in large part why the Central Coast is likely to struggle to get improved air service, particularly for business travelers looking for more frequent flights to major destinations. That’s not just me talking. In remarks in New York at a Read More →

| Friday, October 16th, 2015

Revenue sharing deal helps city of Port Hueneme, Oxnard Harbor District

Editorials, Opinion

After more than two years of rancor, the city of Port Hueneme and the Oxnard Harbor District have put their legal squabbles to rest — a move that should be more than temporary. In a widely heralded move, Harbor District President Jess Herrera and Hueneme Mayor Sylvia Munoz Schnopp announced a settlement of a long-running Read More →

| Friday, October 9th, 2015

Measure of business inventory could dictate future of interest rates

Latest news

NEW YORK —  An often-overlooked measure of business inventories may hold a powerful clue to the future direction of interest rates, an influential Federal Reserve official said Oct. 9. Dennis Lockhard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, told a group of business journalists that his staff’s analysis of third quarter GDP has reported Read More →

| Friday, October 9th, 2015

Dubroff: Alternative energy on the Central Coast adds to Capps’ legacy

Columns, Energy, Latest news

During nearly two decades in Congress representing the Central Coast, Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) has been a relentless advocate for alternative energy. As she prepares to leave the House of Representatives when her term expires – she’s not standing for re-election next year – the change in energy production along the Central Coast is something Read More →

| Friday, October 9th, 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership good for Central Coast

Central Coast, Editorials, Opinion

The Obama Administration has achieved an important milestone in getting a general agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP involves roughly 40 percent of the global economy and includes most of Asia except China. It lowers tariffs, reduces informal barriers that get in the way of U.S. exports of services and adds new protections for Read More →

| Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Philanthropic funding gap in Ventura County must be closed

Columns

  Ventura County has a balanced budget but a big deficit when it comes to philanthropy. Staff writer Marissa Nall reports in today’s Business Times that giving in the county that represents more than half the population of the 805 area code averaged just $2,153 per person in 2014, according to a report by the Read More →

| Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Wind power project great for San Luis Obispo County

Editorials

Just a year ago, Dynergy, a Texas-based energy firm, shut down the aging power plant that’s loomed over the city of Morro Bay for decades, idling the three 450-foot-tall smokestacks that are part of the city’s skyline. Now Trident Winds, a British company, has proposed something new in the field of power production: a floating Read More →