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 | Friday, June 22nd, 2012

								
Go with the flow: Architects redesign Airstreams

								Features, Small Business								
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 | Friday, June 22nd, 2012

								
Qualstar brass has early edge in proxy fight

								Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Gold or white? Shareholders in Simi Valley-based tech firm Qualstar Corp. grappled with that question on June 20 as a Florida investor group waged an acrimonious proxy fight. The dissidents, who issued the gold cards, wanted to remove the entire Qualstar board in hopes of shaking loose the cash on its books and reducing executive Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 22nd, 2012

								
Coull with it: London advertising company snags Lompoc firm

								Features, Technology								
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 | Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

								
Sonos raises $135M

								Latest news, Technology								
Santa Barbara-based wireless music gear maker Sonos has raised $135 million in new capital, the largest funding deal in the Tri-Counties so far this year and a possible step toward a future initial public offering. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a private equity firm, led the funding round and was joined by Redpoint Ventures and investors associated Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 15th, 2012

								
New flock of startups: Apps for birds, art and concerts among contenders

								Features, Technology								
Santa Barbara’s first Startup Weekend drew 116 participants who created 54 pitches.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 15th, 2012

								
Amgen case puts class action rules to test

								Banking & Finance, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is set to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it harder for shareholders to band together and sue publicly traded companies over public comments made by top officials. The court agreed to hear a stock-fraud case this fall between Amgen and Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 15th, 2012

								
British invasion: Thousand Oaks snags Rolls-Royce, Bentley dealerships

								Real Estate, Top Stories								
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