This year’s Top 50 Women in Business announced
Latest newsThe Business Times is pleased to announce this year’s Top 50 Women in Business. This annual special report, now in its 12th year in publication, was included with the March 25 print edition of the Business Times. An evening awards reception, which is in its 11th year, will be held on Thursday, April 13 Read More →
IQMS sponsoring program for metal forming industry
Latest news, TechnologyPaso Robles-based manufacturing software company IQMS announced March 20 that it would sponsor a two-day Strategic Assessment Program for the metal forming industry. The sponsorship knocks the price of the evaluation down from $7,500 to $5,000 for Precision Metalforming Association members. Harbour Results partners with the association to conduct the assessments, which outline best practices Read More →
Teledyne to provide electronics for mission to Jupiter
Latest news, TechnologyA French space agency awarded nearly $10 million to a subsidiary of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies to provide infrared detectors and electronics for a mission to Jupiter. The Centre National d’Études Spatiales, or CNES, contracted with Teledyne Scientific & Imaging for the products, which are planned to equip a 2022 European Space Agency launch. Over Read More →
Regulators back Pacific Premier acquisition of Heritage Oaks
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County EconomyThe board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and the California Department of Business Oversight approved Irvine-based Pacific Premier Bancorp’s acquisition of Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, the company announced in a news release March 21. The all-stock deal, announced Dec. 13, is valued at $405.6 million or $11.68 per share. It combines the Read More →
Agilent Technologies announces dividend, new chairman
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public CompaniesAgilent Technologies announced March 15 that stockholders of record April 4 would receive a quarterly dividend. The life sciences company with offices in Camarillo will pay 13.2 cents per share of common stock on April 26. The company also announced the election of a new chairman of its board of directors. Koh Boon Hwee, a Read More →
Pentland invests in Santa Barbara shoe designer SeaVees
Latest newsUnited Kingdom-based Pentland Brands Limited announced an investment in Santa Barbara shoe designer SeaVees for an undisclosed amount March 15. The deal is part of an ongoing portfolio development program by the company, Pentland said in a news release. The deal will help SeaVees, a brand established in the 1960s and relaunched in 2010, grow Read More →
SLO County supervisors deny Phillips 66 rail spur project appeal
Central Coast, Energy, Latest newsAfter more than a full day of listening to public comments, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted March 14 to deny the Phillips 66 rail spur project. The board voted 3-1 to uphold the SLO County Planning Commission’s decision in October to deny a permit application for the project, which called for Read More →
