Health leaders: ACA gets top marks for access but implementation still lags
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County EconomyAs it nears the takeoff point, Obamacare gets an “A” for increased access but just average grades for implementation, so far. That was the consensus view among a panel of health care experts at the kickoff on Sept. 17 for California Lutheran University’s Corporate Leader’s Breakfast series. Dr. Matteo Dinolfo of UCLA Health gave the Read More →
Sellout crowd at clean investment forum
Banking & Finance, Latest news, TechnologyMore than a dozen companies pitched to a crowd of several hundred investors at the Clean Business Investment Summit in Santa Barbara on Sept. 12. The summit is hosted by the California Coast Venture Forum and is in its fifth year at its new home at the Corwin Pavilion on the UC Santa Barbara Campus. Read More →
Murdock emerges as likely buyer for Dole
Banking & Finance, Latest newsDole Food Co. shares fell slightly to the $13.50 range after the company announced that a sale to Chairman and CEO David Murdock had cleared two key hurdles. Westlake Village-based Dole said that a 30-day “go shop” period had expired without a third party emerging as a competitive bidder. The company also announced that the Read More →
Limoneira buys Arizona citrus grower for $18.6M
Agribusiness, Banking & FinanceLimoneira Co. said Sept. 9 that it has acquired Associated Citrus Packers, a citrus grower in Arizona, for $18.6 million. The deal brings with it 1,300 acres of property in Yuma, Ariz., including 950 acres of lemon orchards, 350 acres of other crops and facilities. The property has irrigation access to the Colorado River, Limoneira Read More →
Anatomy of a business failure: How one small firm was squeezed out
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Jury sides with Sientra in Mentor lawsuit
Latest news, Law & GovermentBreast implant firm Sientra has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by competitor Mentor Worldwide over allegations that Sientra engaged in unfair business tactics by hiring more than a dozen of Mentor’s sales staff shortly after Sientra’s implants were approved in 2012. The suit stems from a heated race among implant makers to bring new teardrop-shaped Read More →
Dole seeks buyout bidders
Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesShares of Dole Food, based in Westlake Village, closed above CEO David Murdock’s buyout offer price of $13.50 after the company disclosed in SEC filings that other bidders may be surfacing. In its filing Dole said that “beginning on the morning of Aug. 12” representatives of investment bank Lazard began contacting potential bidders, including four Read More →
