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| Friday, February 24th, 2023

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Economy, Latest news

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| Friday, February 24th, 2023

Vital signs: The number of million-dollar homes is increasing in California

Economy, Latest news, Personal Finance

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| Friday, February 17th, 2023

Amgen’s $150 million investment aims to scale, diversify middle-market business

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

By Mark Alfred Special to the Business Times Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world, invested $150 million into Project Black: an Ariel Investments fund intended to transform middle-market companies into certified minority-owned business enterprises. The fund, managed by Ariel’s private equity subsidiary Ariel Alternatives, is based in Chicago. It Read More →

| Friday, February 17th, 2023

Good Works: Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara hits million-dollar milestone

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Nonprofits

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| Thursday, February 16th, 2023

Vital signs: California’s export sales leads the way, but are still below pre-pandemic times

Personal Finance, Subscriber content

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| Friday, February 10th, 2023

Street Smarts: Direct Relief commits 200K in aid to Turkey, Syria

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Education, Latest news, Nonprofits

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| Friday, February 10th, 2023

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Latest news, Personal Finance

Mechanics Bank Wealth Management challenges the conventional wisdom of a slowing economy in its latest weekly update. And that wisdom also has held that the Fed would “pause their cycle of rate hikes” as early as this winter. But the December employment report shattered that view and now the extraordinary level of job creation “is Read More →