May 14, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Thursday, August 4th, 2022

Amgen beats analysts’ expectations for earnings and revenue in Q2

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

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| Thursday, August 4th, 2022

Amgen to buy ChemoCentryx for $3.7B

Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Regions, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Amgen was having a relatively quiet year on the mergers and acquisitions front, at least until Aug. 4, when the Thousand Oaks-based biotech firm announced it will purchase ChemoCentryx for nearly $3.7 billion. ChemoCentryx is a Silicon Valley biopharmaceutical company focused on orally administered therapeutics to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer. It has Read More →

| Thursday, August 4th, 2022

Ventura, Santa Barbara County ag revenues both grew 5% in 2021

Agribusiness, Latest news, middle, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Ventura County

Both Santa Barbara and Ventura counties saw total agriculture revenue rise 5% between 2020 and 2021, combining for nearly $4 billion in revenue, despite a steep decline in a usually popular fruit, avocados. The 2021 crop reports for both Santa Barbara County and Ventura County were released in late July, while the county of San Read More →

| Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

Semtech announces $1.2B Sierra Wireless acquisition

Banking & Finance, Latest news, middle, Regions, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Semtech Corporation, a Camarillo-based semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things applications, is making its largest acquisition ever, announcing Aug. 2 that it will buy Sierra Wireless for $1.2 billion. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Sierra Wireless also makes components for Internet of Things applications. “Internet of Things” refers to devices connected to the internet that Read More →

| Monday, August 1st, 2022

Cure sells $20M in intellectual property, replaces CEO and CFO

Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Oxnard-based Cure Pharmaceutical, a drug delivery platform and CBD products company, will be selling a portion of its intellectual property and related assets for $20 million, the company announced July 28. The buyer was a company called TF Tech Ventures, and the deal closed July 22, Cure said in a July 28 filing with the Read More →

| Friday, July 29th, 2022

FreshRealm CEO: Company will use $200M investment to ‘play offense in the market’

Agribusiness, Latest news, middle, Regions, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Ventura County

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| Thursday, July 28th, 2022

Deckers shares up as strong showing by Hoka drives revenue growth in Q1

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies

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