November 20, 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, November 4th, 2020

Ventura County voters say yes to cannabis in early returns

Agribusiness, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

Preliminary election results looks like Ventura County has been given the green light for cannabis production.

| Monday, November 2nd, 2020

How to get a startup funded, according to the experts

Latest news, Small Business, Startups, Technology

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| Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Resonant bets big on 5G equipment

Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Sunday, November 1st, 2020

Linking rural communities: GeoLinks gets venture deal to expand broadband network

Latest news, middle, Technology, Top Stories

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| Thursday, October 29th, 2020

Deckers reports earnings growth, record revenue

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Deckers Brands, a footwear company based in Goleta, reported increases in sales and earnings in the most recent fiscal quarter, on the strength of major sales growth by its Teva and Hoka One One brands. Its earnings report for the second quarter of 2020-21, released Oct. 29, showed revenue up 15% from the same quarter Read More →

| Thursday, October 29th, 2020

Marvell to buy Inphi in $8B semiconductor deal

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

Marvell Technology Group, a major semiconductor company, announced Oct. 29 it will acquire Inphi, a competitor based in Santa Clara with significant operations in Thousand Oaks, in a cash and stock deal worth about $8 billion. Under the agreement, Marvell will pay Inphi shareholders $66 for each share of Inphi stock, along with 2.323 shares Read More →

| Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

Amgen beats expectations in Q3 earnings report

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

Amgen, one of the biggest biopharmaceutical companies in the world, continued to see growth in the third quarter of 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The Thousand Oaks-based company saw total revenue of $6.4 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent from the third quarter of 2019. Earnings per share increased 5 percent to $3.43. Both Read More →