April 19, 2024

		

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.


| Monday, August 14th, 2023

Transphorm reports slightly higher revenue in first quarter

Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based Transphorm reported its first-quarter earnings after the markets closed on Aug. 14, noting a slight raise in revenue. Transphorm, a supplier of gallium nitride power conversion products, generated $5.9 million in revenue in the first quarter up from $5.2 million in the same quarter a year ago. Moreover, the company’s net loss was $7.4 Read More →

| Monday, August 14th, 2023

Pearce Renewables acquires leading solar engineer

Energy, Latest news, Tri-County Economy

Paso Robles-based Pearce Renewables, a subsidiary of Pearce Services, has acquired Natron Resources, a leading provider of design and engineering services for solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems, the company announced in an Aug. 14 press release.  The company did not disclose the financials of the acquisition. Pearce Renewables is the largest independent services Read More →

| Friday, August 11th, 2023

Street smarts: VCCU gives out $24K scholarship to Santa Paula High senior

Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, August 11th, 2023

Vital signs: Apartment prices remain stingy across Central Coast

Banking & Finance, Columns, Latest news, Personal Finance, Subscriber content

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| Thursday, August 10th, 2023

Herbl’s high hopes run out of green

Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

For the majority of the past five years, Goleta-based Herbl was shipping a lot of cannabis and making a lot of green in the process, reporting that sales exceeded $200 million in 2022.  But as of August 2023, the company has largely ceased operations and filed for receivership. Once the largest cannabis distributor in the Read More →

| Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

Olaplex fails to meet expectations again, lowers guidance

Earnings, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

MannKind excites investors, analysts after huge bump in sales

Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, middle, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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