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| Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

San Luis Obispo insurance firms to combine forces

Central Coast, Latest news

Leaders of insurance firms Gray & Troy Insurance and Morris & Garritano Insurance announced Aug. 12 that they are joining forces. The two firms, both based in San Luis Obispo, will combine under the name Morris & Garritano and will operate from their current offices initially, but will consolidate into Morris & Garritano’s offices on Read More →

| Monday, August 10th, 2015

Revenues down but Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne beats estimates

Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies beat analyst estimates when it reported second-quarter earnings on July 30 but the company still saw a sharp decline in net income. Teledyne posted earnings of $1.34 per share, barely beating analyst estimates of $1.33 per share. Second-quarter revenues were down by 3.2 percent from the second-quarter of 2014, from $597.1 Read More →

| Monday, August 10th, 2015

Camarillo-based Salem Media Group beats expectations

Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Camarillo-based Salem Media Group beat analyst expectations when it reported second-quarter earnings of 14 cents per share on Aug. 5. Analysts predicted Salem Media Group would earn just 4 cents per share. Salem’s revenues declined by 2 percent from $68.6 million during the second quarter of last year to $67.3 million. This still beat analyst Read More →

| Monday, August 10th, 2015

Westlake Village-based Kythera Biopharmaceuticals reports second quarter loss

Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Westlake Village-based Kythera Biopharmaceuticals missed analyst estimates when it released second quarter earnings on Aug. 6. Kythera lost $1.44 per share, missing analyst estimates of a loss of $1.10 per share. For the quarter, Kythera lost $37.2 million, compared to $19.5 million during the second quarter of 2014. On June 17, Allergan announced that it Read More →

| Friday, August 7th, 2015

Paso Robles’ IQMS gets another $40 million in venture capital

Latest news, Top Stories

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| Thursday, August 6th, 2015

Appfolio reports $3.2 million loss for second quarter

Earnings, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Appfolio lost $3.2 million during the second quarter, the company reported Aug. 6. Goleta-based Appfolio makes property management software for small-to medium-sized real estate managers. Revenues were up 59 percent in the second quarter of 2015 from $11.6 million last year to $18.4 million this year. Appfolio lost 34 cents per share, which met analyst Read More →

| Thursday, August 6th, 2015

UCSB researchers create underwater super glue

Latest news, Technology

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara created a new type of super glue for underwater use by studying how mussels, oysters and barnacles stick to rocks. Researchers saw a need for adhesives that stick underwater. Because synthetic adhesives do not work well, UCSB scientists Jacob Israelachvili, Michael Rapp, Greg Maier, Herb Waite and Alison Butler turned Read More →