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| Monday, November 9th, 2015

Santa Barbara’s Beneflex buys Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions

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Santa Barbara-based Beneflex Insurance Services recently acquired Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions. Beneflex helps small- and medium-sized companies in the tri-county region navigate Affordable Care Act compliance and other issues regarding employee benefits. It acquired Insurance Dimensions on Oct. 1 to increase its client base throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and benefit from owner/operator Aline Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2015

AppFolio reports strong revenue for third quarter

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories

      AppFolio founder and chief strategist Klaus Schauser   Santa Barbara-based cloud computing firm AppFolio said revenue jumped 56 percent to $20.3 million for the third quarter as losses grew to $4.8 million. The company, which specializes in providing business-to-business cloud services, said that it had increased both law firm and property management Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

FDA to review Amgen’s new kidney disease dug

East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced on Nov. 6 that the Food and Drug Administration will review a new treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease. The new drug, Etelcalcetide, works by suppressing the secretion of a parathyroid hormone. The drug is administered intravenously three times per week at the end of a dialysis session. Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies trading on Nasdaq

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →

| Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Mindbody Revenues up, raises guidance slightly.

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MindBody, the newly public wellness software service company based in San Luis Obispo, said Nov. 4 that revenue jumped 48 percent to $26.1 million for the third quarter as its loss narrowed compared to a year earlier. The company, which sells products and merchant processing to yoga and fitness centers worldwide, reported a loss of Read More →

| Friday, October 30th, 2015

Pacifica Hotels buys El Colibri Boutique Hotel & Spa in Cambria

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Pacifica Hotels purchased El Colibri Boutique Hotel & Spa in Cambria for an undisclosed price, the company announced on Oct. 30. The deal marks Pacifica’s fifth property in Cambria. The Irvine-based hotel management company already owns the FogCatcher Inn, Pelican Inn & Suites, Cambria Landing Inn & Suites, and Fireside Inn on Moonstone Beach. The Read More →

| Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Heritage Oaks Bancorp increases third quarter earnings

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news

Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp reported $4 million in net income, or 12 cents per share, for the third quarter of 2015. That was up from $3.4 million, or 10 cents per share, recorded in the third quarter of last year. Loans grew 4.8 percent, or $55.2 million, to $1.21 billion in the third quarter Read More →