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Editorial Department


| Monday, November 9th, 2009

Follow the stimulus

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Stimulus dollars have poured into the Tri-Counties since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law in February, with hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants and business contracts being divvied up among businesses and agencies throughout the region. But whether all those taxpayer dollars have had an effect, in terms Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2009

Study sees green in Santa Barbara County

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A recently commissioned Santa Barbara County workforce study reveals that jobs in the green sector may play a leading role in the county’s employment outlook. The study, completed in September by BW Research Partnership for the Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board, took a broad look at the county’s workforce, economic impacts and future employment Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2009

PCBC stems capital bleed despite loss

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Applying a tourniquet to its worst bleeding and quelling any immediate concerns over its survival, Santa Barbara-based Pacific Capital Bancorp lost $40.7   million in the third quarter but held its capital position steady. Federal regulators are keeping a close eye on capital levels at Pacific Capital, the parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust and the Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2009

Ex-Amgen workers file whistleblower suits

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As Thousand Oaks-based Amgen prepares to square off in court against 15 states over an alleged Medicaid kickback scheme, it’s facing two whistleblower lawsuits in Ventura County Superior Court. The complaints, which don’t appear related to the fraud alleged by the group of states, were brought by former employees who said they uncovered wrongdoing at Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2009

Sizing up the health of your insurance firm

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Investing oracle Warren Buffet once said that an insurance policy is just a promise on a piece of paper, and businesses have been banking on that understanding for decades. But as losses rise and carriers go bankrupt, that business foundation could disintegrate. Since the federal government stepped in with $85 billion to prop up failing Read More →

| Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Sieg Borck finds niche in aerospace

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Sieg Borck is not a rocket scientist, but he certainly knows a lot of them. Products built by his Camarillo-based company, Hi-Temp Insulation, have helped carry astronauts into space and every day they keep thousands of airliners flying by dissipating the heat from their high-tech engines. As Stephen Nellis reports on this page, his 500-person Read More →

| Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Area auto dealers stave off slow sales

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For someone driving along Highway 101 in Ventura County, it might look like the auto industry is still running on fumes. It’s easy to misinterpret the big, empty lots on either side of the freeway as a sign of dwindling business, but a few dealers beg to differ. Kevin Todey owns and operates three dealerships: Read More →