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| Friday, February 24th, 2012

Op/ed: Camarillo is a battleground in fight for U.S. solar jobs

Op/Eds, Opinion

Until this level playing field returns, we must continue to fight for America’s renewable-energy industry.

| Friday, February 24th, 2012

Op/ed: How the right amount of happiness can literally enrich your life

Op/Eds, Opinion

Does happiness buy money?

| Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Deckers steps up sales to $1.4B

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

[wikichart align=”center” ticker=”DECK” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”23-08-2011″ enddate=”23-02-2012″ width=”390″ height=”245″] Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corp., parent of the Ugg Australia boot brand, increased its sales 38 percent to nearly $1.4 billion in 2011 and boosted net income 25 percent $201.8 million. In an earnings release on Feb. 23, Deckers said it notched a huge boost in international Read More →

| Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Ceres goes public at $13

Latest news

Ceres, the Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm, has gone public on the Nasdaq priced at $13 a share, raising up to $65 million in the sale of five million shares. The stock was up nearly 15 percent to $14.90 in mid-day trading on Feb. 22. Ceres struggled to push through its deal. Initially slated to Read More →

| Friday, February 17th, 2012

K-Swiss shares tumble on higher Q4 loss

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

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:KSWS” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”17-08-2011″ enddate=”17-02-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Athletic shoe company K-Swiss stumbled into another unprofitable quarter, reporting a $25.2 million loss that came to 71 cents per share, despite higher sales. Shares of K-Swiss dropped 10.7 percent to $3.35 on Feb. 17 after the earnings announcement. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Read More →

| Friday, February 17th, 2012

Ceres delays again, warns of Brazilian drought

Agribusiness, Green Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Ceres, the Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm, has delayed its initial public offering again. It also said Friday that its existing investors might buy as many as a fifth of the shares slated to hit the market and that a drought in Brazil could hurt it sweet sorghum yields. The pushed back its planned initial Read More →

| Friday, February 17th, 2012

Op/ed: You must tell your employees about 401(k) fees

Op/Eds, Opinion

Employers have a fiduciary responsibility to the participants in their 401(k) programs.