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 | Friday, March 28th, 2014

								
Inogen swings to $18.2M profit in 2013

								Banking & Finance, Earnings, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Medical device maker Inogen notched $18.2 million in profits, or $1.10 per diluted share, on $75.4 million in revenue last year, the Goleta firm said in its first earnings report as a public company.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 28th, 2014

								
2014 class of Top Women in Business announced

								Special Sections, Top Stories, Women Inc.								
This special section honors 50 women business leaders in the Tri-Counties. In addition, we’ve profiled our awards reception keynote speaker: Zhena Muzyka, founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, March 27th, 2014

								
Baxter BioScience to be spun out

								East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
Baxter International, an Illinois company that is a major employer in the Conejo Valley, is planning to split itself into two companies.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, March 27th, 2014

								
Startup Paso Robles wine brand Chronic Cellars purchased

								Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture								
  Novato-based Winery Exchange has purchased Chronic Cellars out of Paso Robles, a young winery known for its red-wine blends and counter-culture branding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chronic Cellars is best known for red blends such as its zinfandel-based Purple Paradise and its syrah-based Sofa King Bueno, Winery Exchange said in a Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

								
La Entrada to restart construction amid tourism tax boom

								Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy								
In another sign that the region’s tourism industry is entering boom times again, the city of Santa Barbara experienced double-digit growth in hotel taxes in the first eight months of its fiscal year. During the annual State of the City breakfast on March 24, City Manager Jim Armstrong said that Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

								
DenMat buys Bay Area firm

								Central Coast, Technology								
In its second acquisition this year, Lompoc-based DenMat has bought G.Hartzell & Son, a dental instruments company in the Bay Area.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

								
Sonos snags Xbox product chief

								Technology								
Santa Barbara-based wireless speaker maker Sonos has recruited the head of Microsoft’s Xbox product team to become its new chief product officer.