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| Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Ojai Community Bank out from regulatory order

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news

Ojai Community Bank is out from under a regulatory consent order imposed on it last year and reported a profitable 2011, swinging back from a loss the year earlier. The small Ojai-based bank said March 27 that regulators had lifted a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. order placed on it on March 31, 2011. The announcement Read More →

| Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Guest op/ed: The business world needs women to help us get out of this mess

Op/Eds, Opinion

Traditional male-centric business practices as well as unregulated policies imposed on our modern society got us into this global recession.

| Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Letter: With Prop. 29, the devil is in the details

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

This measure allows Californians’ hard-earned tax dollars to be spent outside the state, even outside the country.

| Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

U.S. cracks down on Chinese solar

Latest news

Handing a victory to SolarWorld Industries, which maintains offices in Camarillo, the U.S. Department of Commerce has issued a preliminary ruling that would impose a series of small tariffs on solar panels imported from China. According to a press release from a coalition of panel makers that supported the SolarWorld dumping case, the March 20 Read More →

| Friday, March 16th, 2012

Guest op/ed: SBB&T sale marks a turning point for the banking business

Op/Eds, Opinion

By Bill Watkins on March 16, 2012 Early in the morning on Monday, March 12, I received an email indicating that the stock of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s parent, Pacific Capital, was trading way above its recent market price. Clearly, something was up. Only hours later, The Pacific Coast Business Times had an article Read More →

| Friday, March 16th, 2012

Guest op/ed: Central Coast partners are leading for the common interest

Op/Eds, Opinion

Times of stress and tight budgets require creative thinking and teamwork.

| Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Dole earnings beat outlook

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Fruit producer Dole Food Co. reported an adjusted loss of $2 million, or 2 cents per share, from continuing operations, beating the 12-cent loss predicted by analysts on average. The recent loss compares to a $31 million, or 35 cent per-share, loss a year earlier. CEO David DeLorenzo said strong sales and a cost-reduction program Read More →