Regional economy expected to grow under Trump

The regional economy will continue to rally around the positive momentum stemming from the election of President Donald Trump, Director of the California Economic Forecast Mark Schniepp said Feb. 2. Schniepp expects modest economic growth to continue through 2017. The “Trump bump” may even delay a recession, speakers said at the 2017 Los Angeles County Read More →
PennyMac Financial beats Wall Street’s earnings estimates

Updated at 1 p.m. on Feb. 3: Moorpark-based PennyMac Financial Services reported net income of $113.8 million on revenue of $289.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations on earnings per share. PennyMac Financial, which was founded by former Countrywide Financial Services executives after that company was acquired by Bank of Read More →
OCB Bancorp reports strong fourth quarter earnings

OCB Bancorp, parent company of Ojai Community Bank and its divisions — Santa Barbara Community Bank, Ventura Community Bank and Santa Paula Community Bank – reported net income of $1.28 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of $361,000 or 39 percent over 2015. Total loans finished the year at $209 million, an Read More →
Amgen beats analyst estimates for fourth quarter revenue

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen reported revenue of $6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, besting analyst estimates of $5.74 billion and increasing 8 percent from the fourth quarter of 2015. The world’s largest biotech drug maker posted total revenues of $23 billion on the year, up 6 percent from 2015. Revenue gains were Read More →
Net income down at Deckers Outdoor

Deckers Outdoor, a footwear and apparel company based in Goleta, declared $41.03 million in net income for its third quarter 2017, ended Dec. 31, down more than 73 percent from the third quarter of 2016. For the first nine months of its fiscal year, the company earned $21.41 million, down from $145.97 million for the Read More →