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 | Friday, April 25th, 2014

								
Fitch upgrades SLO County general obligation bonds to AAA

								Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Tri-County Economy								
Fitch Ratings has upgraded San Luis Obispo County’s general-obligation bonds to AAA, the highest grade it offers, from AA+.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
								A Ryland Group townhome development in Chanhassen, Minn. (Ryland Group media image)								
								
 | Thursday, April 24th, 2014

								
Ryland revenues soar on higher home sales

								Earnings, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
First-quarter profits at homebuilder The Ryland Group climbed 6.4 percent to $23.5 million, or 42 cents per share, as it sold more houses and at higher prices.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

								
J.D. Power buys online marketing metrics firm Korrelate

								East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
Westlake Village-based J.D. Power has purchased Korrelate, an Orlando-based digital marketing company that measures consumers’ online behaviors and links them to offline sales activity. T

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

								
Industrial segments fuel record Q1 profits at Teledyne

								Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies								
Despite widespread defense cuts, industrial business drove record first-quarter sales and profits at Teledyne Technologies, prompting the Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate to raise its full-year outlook.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

								
Amgen shares slide on lackluster Q1 profits

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Shares of Amgen fell nearly 3 percent in late trading on Tuesday following a weaker-than-expected first quarter earnings report from the world’s biggest biotech company.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, April 14th, 2014

								
SBAM parent to sell to TIAA-CREF

								Banking & Finance, Top Stories								
New York-based TIAA-CREF is buying Nuveen Investments, the debt-saddled parent company of Santa Barbara Asset Management, for $6.3 billion.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, April 10th, 2014

								
Cal Poly names new business dean

								Central Coast, Tri-County Economy								
Scott Dawson, dean of the School of Business and Administration at Portland State University, has been named the new dean of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Orfalea College of Business. He will begin his post on Aug. 1. At Portland State, Dawson previously served as interim dean for the School of Business and Administration and Read More →