Staff Report | Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Central Coast,
East Ventura County,
Real Estate,
South Coast,
Technology,
Top Stories,
West Ventura County Stantec, a large publicly traded design and consulting company, is acquiring Santa Barbara-based engineering firm Penfield & Smith. Terms of the deal, expected to close in October, were not disclosed. Penfield & Smith has regional offices in Santa Barbara, Camarillo and Santa Maria. The company had revenue of $16 million last year, according to Business Read More →
Staff Report | Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Banking & Finance,
Technology,
Tri-County Public Companies Amgen became the first drugmaker to seek U.S. regulatory approval for a new class of cholesterol-lowering treatments after it submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday for evolocumab. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said the drug works by blocking a naturally occurring protein called PCSK9 that prevents the liver from removing LDL cholesterol, Read More →
Staff Report | Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Banking & Finance,
Personal Finance,
South Coast,
Technology,
Tri-County Economy Shares of Summerland-based business software firm QAD fell Aug. 27 on news that the company’s second-quarter profits dropped 24.2 percent to $985,000. QAD reported record revenues and higher operating income during the second quarter. Its total revenue climbed 12 percent to a second-quarter record of $73.1 million, it said, up from $65.2 million in the Read More →
Staff Report | Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Central Coast,
South Coast,
Tri-County Economy Proponents of Santa Barbara County’s Measure P, an anti-fracking measure that could also shut down conventional oil and gas production, suffered a setback on Aug. 27 when the largest South Coast chamber of commerce said it opposed the November ballot initiative. The Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce said that its board voted to “urge Read More →
Staff Report | Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Central Coast,
East Ventura County,
Green Coast,
Small Business,
South Coast,
Top Stories,
Tri-County Economy,
West Ventura County The Pacific Coast Business Times’ 2014 class of Spirit of Small Business winners were honored at an awards luncheon on Aug. 14, 2014 following the publication of a special edition on July 25, 2014. The special section, produced in partership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, highlights entrepreneurship in the Tri-Counties, with profiles on successful Read More →
Staff Report | Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Agribusiness,
East Ventura County,
Top Stories,
Tri-County Economy Limoneira Co. has purchased a 35 percent stake in a Chilean citrus business for $1.75 million. Santa Paula-based Limoneira said Tuesday that it had made the investment in Rosales, a citrus packing, marketing and sales operation based in La Serena, Chile. The operation is located in the coastal region of northern Chile, which is a Read More →