Dubroff: Can corporate giants ever be held accountable for misdeeds
The biggest economic question of our time might not be how to deal with inequality, after all. It may be how to deal with corporate giants — and their top execs — when they misbehave. The latest company to come under fire is Wells Fargo, the banking company that is ranked No. 1 or No. Read More →
Make sure you know how the deed to your marital home lists the title
By Lisa Spiwak When a married couple goes to the escrow office to sign the documents to their new home, they are thinking about many things. Their minds are swirling with thoughts of the mortgage payment, furniture placement, the moving company, landscaping, area schools, etc. The last thing they are thinking about is how the Read More →
Political correctness in college has no place in the workplace
By Steven Mintz Imagine you have recently graduated from college and have begun your work career at a company that values diversity. One challenge may be to transition from a college environment that was less tolerant of views that might offend one group or another to a workplace where diversity of thought is valued. Political Read More →
Fires delay satellite launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Liftoff of a long delayed earth imaging satellite has been pushed back further by two wildfires burning on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Originally scheduled for Sept. 16, the launch of the WorldView4 earth imaging satellite was first pushed back at the last minute until Sept. 18 because of a minor leak in one of the Read More →
Commission calls for more comment on Phillips 66 crude-by-rail plan
Updated Sept. 22 at 5 p.m.: The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission has elected to hear more public comment on the Phillips 66 crude-by-rail proposal in light of new findings from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board regarding preemption and a revised proposal. The Surface Transportation Board recently commented on a similar project being deliberated Read More →
MIT Enterprise Forum discusses pros, cons of AI
Regional business leaders explored artificial intelligence and its possible impacts on society and businesses at the latest event held by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Speakers said that while machines are decades or centuries away from developing consciousness, machines have the power to refine education, car driving and other things that humans Read More →
The Trade Desk prices shares at $18 and IPO raises $84 million
Shares of Ventura-based digital marketing firm The Trade Desk priced at $18 per share Sept. 20, at the high end of its price range. As of 9:30 a.m. PST, shares of The Trade Desk’s Class A common stock were trading at $29.17. By pricing at the high end of its price range, The Trade Desk Read More →
