Our view: COVID-19 is spreading but difficult to forecast
Editorials, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, OpinionAfter watching the slow but steadily increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the Tri-Counties, we are left with a single question: Is San Luis Obispo County an emerging hot spot for coronavirus or is it a harbinger of things to come? As coronavirus numbers have risen past the 100 mark across the region, SLO County Read More →
Dubroff: Predicting the impact of coronavirus on the economy
Columns, Latest news, Tri-County EconomyOne thing is clear about the coronavirus pandemic — it is moving so fast moving that it is an almost perfect made-for-Twitter event. News updates come so frequently that it is a 24/7 phenomenon. But that speed sometimes makes for a poor framework for decision-making and, as Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman told me in a Read More →
Our view: Communication is key to managing epidemic
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionA test of digital leadership. That’s how retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal described the challenge of managing an enterprise during the coronavirus pandemic. And that was a comment that struck home as we imagine dozens of business owners, used to holding court or huddling with employees now hunkered down in their home offices trying to navigate Read More →
Dubroff: Assessing the impact on tri-county economy
Columns, Latest news, Tri-County EconomyIt might be the understatement of the new decade to say that the economics of coronavirus are not well understood. That doesn’t help the hundreds of hotel and restaurant workers who’ve been laid off during a crisis that Acme Hospitality Group leader Sherry Villanueva described as “unprecedented and still unfolding” in a note explaining why Read More →
Special message from Business Times founder Henry Dubroff
Latest newsWe know that many of you are relying on the Business Times for updates on overall economic impact and regional stock reports. We will continue to provide these reports daily and our coverage will remain outside of our paywall. As the Business Times celebrates its 20th anniversary today, I wanted to provide an update from Read More →
Our view: Coronavirus will hurt California’s finances
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Dubroff: 20 years in business and the challenges keep coming
Columns, Latest news, Small Business, South CoastWhen a very small team launched Pacific Coast Business Times in March 2000, there was still a bit of optimism about a new decade and a new century. But there were clouds on the horizon as we sat in an alcove of our printer down by West Beach and used an ancient Mac to build Read More →
