May 6, 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.


| Monday, August 12th, 2024

Olaplex sees positive signs in Q2

Earnings, Latest news, left, Tri-County Public Companies

Montecito-based Olaplex saw revenue and earnings decrease year-over-year in the second quarter of 2024, but met analysts’ expectations. Released Aug. 6, Olaplex noted revenue worth $103.9 million, a 4.8% decrease from the same quarter a year ago. Similarly, net income fell to $5.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, a 6.1% decrease. Adjusted net Read More →

| Monday, August 12th, 2024

Ventura men sentenced to prison for extortion

Latest news, Law & Goverment, Ventura County

A pair of Ventura County men were sentenced to federal prison on Aug. 8 for their role in a crime spree in late 2023 which included extortion, robbery and more. Oscar Aguirre Silva, 31, of Ventura, was sentenced to six years in federal prison and, in a separate hearing, Edward Donaldo Ramirez Martinez, 28, of Read More →

| Sunday, August 11th, 2024

Biotech giant Amgen to open innovation site in India

Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will be opening a new technology and innovation site in Hyderabad, India, the biotech giant announced Aug. 9. Known as Amgen India, the site will further advance Amgen’s pipeline of medicines and will be located in HITEC City, a suburb of Hyderabad, occupying six floors of the RMZ Spire Tower 110.  In a Read More →

| Friday, August 9th, 2024

The Trade Desk’s net income, revenue beat analysts’ Q2 expectations

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| Friday, August 9th, 2024

CRE: Commercial sales still struggling, Hayes report finds

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| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Amgen’s bottom line falls in Q2, but analysts remain confident

Earnings, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Freska strikes deal to enter strawberry market

Agribusiness, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County

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