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| Friday, May 1st, 2015

CalAmp bumps up offering to $150M

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Taking advantage of record low interest rates, CalAmp, based in Oxnard, has priced an offering of $150 million in convertible notes due in 2020. The company, which posted record revenues of $250.6 million on strong demand for its wireless products and services, said it increased the offer from $125 million announced initially; the interest rate Read More →

| Friday, May 1st, 2015

Announcing Melissa Stafford Jones as keynote speaker for the 2015 Champions in Health Care.

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                  Melissa Stafford Jones, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region IX, will keynote the Pacific Coast Business Times’ 2015 Champions in Health Care Summit. Prior to her appointment as Regional Director in 2014, Stafford Jones was President & CEO of the Read More →

| Monday, April 27th, 2015

Inogen earnings top Wall Street expectations again

Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Inogen, the Goleta-based maker of direct-to-consumer respiratory products, on April 27 reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.5 million. The company said it had net income of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, were 6 cents per share. Inogen, which produces oxygen concentrators for patients suffering from chronic respiratory conditions, posted revenue of $29.1 Read More →

| Friday, April 24th, 2015

Community West post big first-quarter numbers

Earnings, Latest news, Top Stories

Goleta-based Community West Bancshares, parent company of Community West Bank, reported a profit of $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2015. The company recorded a profit of $1.4 million in the same period last year. “Community West’s first quarter accomplishments were a good start to the year as we continue to successfully strengthen our Read More →

| Friday, April 24th, 2015

Comcast, Time-Warner’s $45B deal falls through

Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Comcast has dropped its $45 billion bid to acquire Time-Warner Cable. The deal would have more than doubled Comcast’s market share in California and created a Comcast-Cox duopoloy among tri-county cable providers. However, in a statement released today, Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said the deal was structured so that both companies could walk Read More →

| Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

Smart & Final bulking up in Oxnard shopping center

Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, West Ventura County

Smart & Final is more than doubling its footprint in Oxnard’s Lemon Grove Plaza shopping center. The Commerce-based company recently signed a lease for 43,200 square feet at the center and is re-opening as a Smart & Final Extra concept. The center is located on North Oxnard Boulevard. The company had been operating in a roughly Read More →

| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

CalAmp’s fourth-quarter earnings surpass predictions

Earnings, Latest news

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:CAMP” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”22-10-2014″ enddate=”22-04-2015″ width=”300″ height=”245″] CalAmp shares soared more than 20 percent on April 22 after the company reported earnings for the quarter that beat estimates. Volume was unusually heavy with nearly 6 million shares trading hands, roughly 15 times average daily volume of about 450,000 shares. CalAmp’s profit was 32 Read More →