Timing is everything with $56M Central Coast banking merger
Columns, OpinionRegulators will have one less bank to regulate and the combined bank will get benefits from economies of scale.
Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast
Columns, OpinionFarmers are a skeptical lot. And Ventura County farmers have good reasons to be skeptical. They, and their counterparts in the Tri-Counties, grow high-risk, high-yield crops on relatively small plots of land surrounded by housing developments and urban areas. They are subject to heavy regulations on fertilizer, pesticide and water use. Particularly on strawberry fields Read More →
Memo to Mr. Warner: Even Beanie Baby billionaires have to play fair
Columns, OpinionThe prosecution of Ty Warner only came about as part of a relatively recent crackdown on offshore accounts in which nearly 70 wealthy individuals have faced fines and prosecutions.
