May 15, 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, October 21st, 2021

Energy Vault preps to go public, could raise $388M

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, middle, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault disclosed details of its financial performance for the first time in an Oct. 18 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed in advance of its public stock offering and its pending merger with a special purpose acquisition company. Energy Vault, a green energy storage company, agreed to go public Read More →

| Monday, October 18th, 2021

MannKind shares drop 18% after FDA says it will pass on new blood pressure drug

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

Shares of Westlake Village-based MannKind Corp. dropped 18% on Oct. 18, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not approve a hypertension treatment the company is developing with United Therapeutics. In a complete letter response, the FDA declined to approve a new drug application for Tyvasio DPI, a treatment being developed by MannKind and Read More →

| Friday, October 15th, 2021

Amgen’s investment in Neumora marks a return to neuroscience research

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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| Friday, October 15th, 2021

Amgen goes full speed ahead on biosimilar drugs

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| Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

Mindbody to buy billion-dollar fitness company, fueling talk of new IPO

Central Coast, Latest news, right, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated Oct. 15 with more information about the merger and an interview with Mindbody founder Rick Stollmeyer. After a year of pandemic-related struggles in the health and wellness industry, two companies are announcing a merger just as the sector is starting bounce back. San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody announced Oct. 13 Read More →

| Friday, October 8th, 2021

Jay-Z’s cannabis company buys Santa Barbara dispensary operator

Central Coast, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Coastal Holdings Company, a Santa Barbara-based cannabis dispensary and delivery operator, was purchased by The Parent Company, a publicly traded cannabis firm backed by the rapper Jay-Z, in a deal worth as much as $56.2 million. According to details of the transaction, which The Parent Company announced Oct. 4, The Parent Company is seeking to Read More →

| Friday, October 8th, 2021

ParentSquare takes its school-tech platform nationwide

Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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