June 3, 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, February 8th, 2024

Sonos shares tick up 12% day after earnings beat

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Santa Barbara-based Sonos delivered a welcomed surprise to analysts on Feb. 6 when the company shared its results for the first quarter of 2024 and teased its new product launch — a process set to begin in the next few months. Sonos, a maker of speakers and other products, announced revenue of $612.8 million and Read More →

| Thursday, February 8th, 2024

Deckers stock on fire despite CEO change

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| Thursday, February 8th, 2024

Amgen boasts Horizon sales, investments in obesity market

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| Tuesday, February 6th, 2024

Saalex bolsters IT & software with $75M buy

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| Monday, February 5th, 2024

Santa Barbara startup uses AI to unravel customer feedback process

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Correction: A former version of this story said Millner graduated from UCSB. He graduated from Duke. After spending a few years at Amazon, Ryan Millner and Ashwin Singhania missed the startup scene. Singhania, a graduate from UC Santa Barbara, and Millner, a graduate from Duke University, started their careers at the Santa Barbara-based startup FindTheBest, Read More →

| Friday, February 2nd, 2024

Deckers announces positive earnings, CEO succession plans

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Goleta-based Deckers saw shares jump up 14% on Feb. 2, one day after the company delivered record results during its third-quarter earnings release as well as the news that longtime President and CEO Dave Powers will be retiring on Aug. 1. According to a press release, Powers will still be serving on Deckers’ board of Read More →

| Thursday, February 1st, 2024

AppFolio shares hit all-time high 

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