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| Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

Camarillo Chamber CEO resigns amid legal dispute

Top Stories, West Ventura County

Jennifer Wells, the CEO of the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce, has resigned about a month after the chamber’s former tourism marketing director sued the organization when he was allegedly fired in a dispute over the handling of child support payments.

| Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

Amgen profits hit $5B, beat expectations

Earnings, East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

The biotech company recorded earnings per share of $7.60, well above the $7.46 expected by a survey of 27 analysts by Thomson Reuters.

| Monday, January 27th, 2014

Semtech to cut jobs

Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Camarillo-based chipmaker Semtech Corp. said Jan. 27 that it is slashing 6 percent of its workforce in anticipation of lower demand for its products in the second half of this year.

| Friday, January 24th, 2014

Ceres files for $20M offering

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Green Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

The Thousand Oaks-based firm said it would like to use the proceeds from the public offering to expand its Brazilian operations, participate in collaborations and break into new markets.

| Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

State economist cautions that California is still on the mend

Agribusiness, South Coast, Tourism

Santa Barbara County’s economy relies heavily on its billion-dollar tourism and agricultural industries, two of the fastest-growing sectors of California’s economy by number of jobs. But those are also industries with highly seasonal workforces and generally low-paying wages.

| Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Amgen reports positive trial results for high-cholesterol treatment

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

The portion of Amgen’s Phase 3 trial of evolocumab that evaluated patients with high cholesterol who cannot tolerate statins has met goals related to percent reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

| Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Teledyne shares dip despite jump in Q4 profits

Earnings, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology

Shares of defense and industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies sank 1.6 percent in midday trading on Thursday despite higher sales and profits from the Thousand Oaks-based firm.