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Editorial Department


| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Flir scores victory in Raytheon battle

Top Stories

In one of the most-watched legal fights in the defense industry, infrared camera maker Flir Systems has won a preliminary victory against Raytheon over infrared sensor technology developed in Goleta. In 2007, Raytheon sued Flir, alleging the smaller company had stolen its trade secrets, competed unfairly and infringed its patents. On Aug. 31, a federal Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

In with the old

Uncategorized

Network Hardware Resale is in the right business at the right time. For more than a decade, the company’s business plan has been to court its Internet service provider, educational and governmental clients by taking old equipment and bringing it up to date, appealing to groups wanting to keep costs low instead of buying new Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

How to turns heads around here: Blue building, green construction

Columns

Joe Campanelli has been doing construction in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years, but suddenly his phone has been ringing off the hook. When he slapped a splash of bright blue on his new project, the Gateway Building on Haley Street, people took notice.   “They all want to know how I got this Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Cancer tech advances

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The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara unveiled its newest piece of technology, the Novalis Tx, on Sept. 15, heralding it as the most recent groundbreaking cancer treatment technology at its disposal. The Novalis Tx platform enables doctors to use image-guided radiosurgery to offer patients fast, non-surgical treatments for cancer and other conditions in the brain, Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

A CSU turf war over an MBA program

Columns

Dick Rush is not a fan of Cal Poly’s plan to study the possibility of setting up an MBA program in or around Santa Barbara. Rush, president of California State University Channel Islands, has put a lot of time and fundraising muscle behind the Martin V. Smith School of Business. He’s been wooing donors and Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Duvall escapades spotlight Sacramento

Opinion

Truly it is a strange bunch of creatures who inhabit the area in and around the state capitol in Sacramento. One day they are passing bogus laws designed to punish those who believe in the free enterprise system. The next day they are squabbling over issues that have nothing to do with our state’s urgent Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Vote for commerce

Opinion

Having just taken our state Legislature to task over incompetence, negligence and malfeasance, we must turn to our readers with a simple request. Find the least worst miscreant in the bunch and vote for him or her. There’s no presidential election this year, which means turnout will be low. But we are voting on city Read More →