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.


| Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Trade Desk CEO made $835M in 2021, region’s biggest payday ever

Banking & Finance, Latest news, left, Regions, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Jeff Green, the CEO and co-founder of The Trade Desk, received $835 million in total compensation in 2021, the biggest pay package in Central Coast history and likely the biggest of any CEO in the United States last year. The Ventura-based online advertising company disclosed its executive pay for 2021 in an April 12 filing Read More →

| Monday, April 18th, 2022

In visit to Vandenberg, Harris announces U.S. plans to cease anti-satellite tests

Latest news, Law & Goverment, left, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories

Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States will be the first country to ban anti-satellite weapons testing, during a speech she delivered April 18 at Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc. An anti-satellite weapon test is a military demonstration where a spacecraft in orbit is destroyed using a missile system, and the tests Read More →

| Friday, April 15th, 2022

Analyst: Sonos deal could pave way for bigger investment in smaller speakers

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| Friday, April 15th, 2022

Ventura artist makes Hall of Fame with his baseball works

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| Thursday, April 14th, 2022

Sale of Atara’s Thousand Oaks property will fund company’s drug development through 2023

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| Thursday, April 14th, 2022

Santa Barbara nonprofit sends aid and shelter to displaced Ukrainians

Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories

As more people from Ukraine are displaced due to the ongoing war with Russia, nonprofits like Santa Babrara-based ShelterBox are stepping up to the plate, hoping to alleviate some of the concerns that threaten the lives of everyday people. ShelterBox is a humanitarian relief organization that focuses on one of the most fundamental human needs: Read More →

| Monday, April 11th, 2022

Sonos pays $100M for Dutch audio component company

Banking & Finance, Latest news, middle, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Santa Barbara-based Sonos added to its home audio arsenal on April 11 when it announced the purhcase of Netherlands-based Mayht for $100 million in cash. Mayht specializes in audio transducers, the foundational element within speakers that creates sound. Sonos said in a news release announcing the acquisition that Mayht has “re-engineered” transducers to make them Read More →