Ventura company wins prize from Regenerative Business Alliance
Agribusiness, Latest newsRincon-Vitova Insectaries, headquartered in Ventura, won the top prize for “fooding” from the Seattle-based Regenerative Business Alliance. Recipients showed “a deep and extended scope of aspiration to pursue and achieve shifts in one or more industries, show transformation in a social system, work to unravel and evolve cultural paradigms, and leverage governing agreements to give Read More →
MindBody gives details of partnership with Under Armour
Latest news, TechnologyMindBody announced details of a long-awaited partnership with global sportswear and equipment manufacturer Under Armour on Oct. 4. Now users of Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal app will be able to find fitness classes near them through the app. MindBody, a San Luis Obispo-based developer of merchant processing software for yoga and fitness studios, said in a Read More →
Nurses claim labor law violations in suit against Twin Cities Community Hospital
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsA group of 53 nurses filed claims against Templeton’s Twin Cities Community Hospital for allegedly violating California labor laws, according to a news release from the law firm Baltodano & Baltodano. The claims were filed in private arbitration on Oct. 3 because of the confidentiality provisions in the nurses’ contracts with the hospital, said Lauren Read More →
Anchore completes $5 million funding round
Latest news, TechnologyUpdated at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 5 Santa Barbara startup Anchore completed a $5 million funding round, the company announced Oct. 4. Serial entrepreneur Saïd Ziouani launched the company April 6. It provides a portal for software containers used in IT software app development by software developers and system administration teams. The company was founded with Read More →
Amgen partners with Swedish company to develop drugs
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsThousand Oaks-based Amgen will pay a Swedish company up to $410 million to help it develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The companies announced the partnership Oct. 4 and said Nuevolution will use its Chemetics drug discovery platform to discover drugs for Amgen. Nuevolution may receive licensing payments along with development, commercial and milestone payments. It Read More →
Air Force awards AeroVironment a $22.8 million contract for miniature missile system
Latest newsThe U.S. Air Force awarded AeroVironment a $22.8 million contract for miniature missile systems Oct. 3. First deployed by the USAF in 2011, the AeroVironment Switchblade is a small missile system that can be fit in backpacks and can provide precision strikes using a missile carried in its body. The Switchblade is fired from a Read More →
LTC Properties increases dividend to 19 cents per share
Earnings, Latest news, Real Estate, Tri-County Public CompaniesWestlake Village-based LTC Properties increased its monthly dividend on its common stock to 19 cents per share for the fourth quarter, the company announced on Oct. 3. The dividend was a 5.6 percent increase from the 18-cent dividend in the previous quarter. It is payable on Oct. 31, Nov. 30 and Dec. 30 to stockholders Read More →
