May 16, 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.


| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Hardy prepares to sell swab-free COVID-19 test developed at Cal Poly

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Amgen’s new asthma treatment gets FDA approval

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

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| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Region’s venture capital topped $1.7B in 2021

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, left, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Mission Produce shares down after earnings release

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Mission Produce’s stock tumbled 10% after the markets closed Dec. 22, after the Oxnard-based avocado distributor released its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021 and missed analysts’ expectations. Mission Produce generated revenue of $237 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, a 15% increase from the same period a year ago. But, according Read More →

| Monday, December 20th, 2021

Calavo reports net loss, but revenue growth

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers saw revenue increase year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2021, and despite a net loss for the quarter, the company beat analysts’ expectations. Calavo, an avocado distributor, delivered revenue worth $273.4 million for the quarter ended Oct. 31, a 17% increase from the same quarter a year ago. The company did Read More →

| Friday, December 17th, 2021

Omicron complicates some office reopenings

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Friday, December 17th, 2021

Region’s IPOs raised $3.2B in 2021, a record haul

Banking & Finance, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

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