September 12, 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, July 24th, 2023

Santa Barbara News-Press files for bankruptcy and ceases operations

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Ampersand Publishing, the controlling company for the Santa Barbara News-Press, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 21, leading to the paper ceasing all operations and putting an end to one of the longest-running newspapers in the country. The Santa Barbara News-Press, which has been publishing since 1868, has not posted anything on its website Read More →

| Monday, July 24th, 2023

Inogen shares continue falling after sales letdown

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| Monday, July 24th, 2023

Westlake Village BioPartners launches new fund, appoints new and experienced directors

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| Monday, July 24th, 2023

Finbriefs: The Trade Desk joins Nasdaq-100

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| Wednesday, July 19th, 2023

Teledyne shares fall despite solid earnings beat

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| Monday, July 17th, 2023

Westlake Village BioPartners launches new $450M fund

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

Westlake Village BioPartners, a venture capital firm focused on biotechnology startups in the Conejo Valley and the rest of greater Los Angeles, announced the closing of its third fund on July 17, raising $450 million that will go toward early-stage next-generation biotechnology companies. The new fund will be managed by founding managing director Beth Seidenberg, M.D., Read More →

| Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Transphorm unfazed by China’s new import rules

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