May 10, 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, December 22nd, 2021

Amgen’s new asthma treatment gets FDA approval

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Region’s venture capital topped $1.7B in 2021

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, left, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Mission Produce shares down after earnings release

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Mission Produce’s stock tumbled 10% after the markets closed Dec. 22, after the Oxnard-based avocado distributor released its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021 and missed analysts’ expectations. Mission Produce generated revenue of $237 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, a 15% increase from the same period a year ago. But, according Read More →

| Monday, December 20th, 2021

Calavo reports net loss, but revenue growth

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers saw revenue increase year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2021, and despite a net loss for the quarter, the company beat analysts’ expectations. Calavo, an avocado distributor, delivered revenue worth $273.4 million for the quarter ended Oct. 31, a 17% increase from the same quarter a year ago. The company did Read More →

| Friday, December 17th, 2021

Omicron complicates some office reopenings

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Friday, December 17th, 2021

Region’s IPOs raised $3.2B in 2021, a record haul

Banking & Finance, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Glass House secures loan of up to $100M to retrofit Camarillo greenhouses for cannabis

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Latest news, right, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

A few months after purchasing the Houweling’s Tomatoes property in Camarillo, cannabis grower Glass House Group has secured the funding necessary to upgrade the greenhouse facility. Glass House announced Dec. 13 it has acquired a senior secured term loan agreement with a U.S.-based private credit investment fund for up to $100 million, with an initial Read More →