May 11, 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, July 15th, 2021

Tri-Counties will get 1,000 new vehicle charging stations

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Impact raises $150M, plans 2022 IPO

Latest news, middle, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Note: This article was updated July 15 to include an interview with Impact’s CEO. Impact Technologies, a cloud software company based in Santa Barbara, announced a $150 million round of venture capital funding on July 13 and is planning an initial public offering in early 2022, CEO David Yovanno told the Business Times. With the Read More →

| Friday, July 9th, 2021

FDA gives Amgen priority review for asthma treatment

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

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen received a priority review for tezepelumab, a treatment for asthma, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the biotech giant announced July 7. According to Amgen, tezepelumab is the first and only biologic to consistently and significantly reduce asthma exacerbations in a broad population of clients in phase 2 and 3 trials. Read More →

| Friday, July 9th, 2021

Report details ag’s climate challenges

Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, right, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Growers sue over Ventura County groundwater

Agribusiness, Latest news, Law & Goverment, left, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Trade Desk unveils new ad platform it calls ‘biggest release ever’

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

Shares of The Trade Desk rose by as much as 5% on July 7, as the Ventura-based advertising technology company unveiled its new trading platform, Solimar. The Trade Desk closed at $76.56 on July 6 and traded as high as $81.59 on July 7 before closing at $77.65, up 1.5% from the previous closing date. Read More →

| Thursday, July 1st, 2021

Arcutis ends phase 2 trials on potential skin treatment

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

Shares of Westlake Village-based Arcutis Biotherapeutics dropped by as much as 5% during the trading day July 1, after the biotech company terminated phase 2 trials for a potential treatment. Arcutis, a biotech company focused on creating dermatology treatments, has announced July that it had terminated phase 2a and 2b trials for evaluating ARQ-252, a Read More →