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Henry Dubroff

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


| Friday, August 28th, 2015

Straight talk from China would calm stock market turbulence

Columns

What a difference a week makes. A mid-August meltdown in the Chinese stock market suddenly went global, putting major U.S. averages in meltdown mode. Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Bill Dudley put it bluntly on Aug. 26, suggesting at a news conference that the case for raising interest rates in September is now Read More →

| Friday, August 28th, 2015

Winter’s legacy endures at Westmont College

Editorials, Opinion

Shortly after the Business Times was founded, we learned about David Winter and his work as president at Westmont College. Over lunch at the Westmont campus, we were introduced to Westmont’s vision for its students as a liberal arts institution focused on Christian values and ethics. Coincidentally, one of the first Business Times staff writers Read More →

| Friday, August 21st, 2015

In memoriam: Former Westmont President David Winter

Columns, Latest news

I got to know David Winter shortly after the Business Times had begun production in the spring of 2000. We had hired a recent Westmont graduate, Laura Polland, who turned out to be a terrific writer and our founding technology editor. And we’d been encouraged to reach out to Westmont by Ed Birch, who was Read More →

| Friday, August 21st, 2015

China finds out the hard way that it isn’t easy to knock off No. 1

Columns

China’s sudden move to devalue its currency earlier this month has caused a lot of hand-wringing and cost hedge funds a ton of money. But it also teaches a lesson that often is learned painfully — it’s easy to lose your way when you try to be No. 1. That’s why I think the yuan Read More →

| Friday, August 21st, 2015

LA hosting 2024 Olympics would be great for Central Coast

Editorials

Efforts to designate Los Angeles as the U.S. host city for the 2024 Olympic are worth more than passing attention by leaders along the Highway 101 corridor. That’s because a successful bid by Los Angeles for the summer games would produce multiple benefits for the Central Coast, with a broad impact on business. The 1984 Read More →

| Friday, August 14th, 2015

Mine mishap shows EPA stewardship inadequate

Editorials, Opinion

Just when you think environmental stewardship can’t get any worse … it gets worse. About three months ago, the Central Coast witnessed its worst environmental disaster in decades when Plains All American Pipeline leaked more than 140,000 gallons of oil onto the Refugio Beach area. About a fourth of that ended up in the ocean, Read More →

| Friday, August 14th, 2015

Big winner in next GOP debate will be Ronald Reagan library

Columns, East Ventura County, Latest news

Whatever the political outcome, one certain winner in the Sept. 16 GOP candidates’ debate is going to be the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley. The debate will be the fourth presidential candidate forum to be held at the library, and it almost certainly will deliver a huge television audience. That means Read More →