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By pacbiztimes / Thursday, December 8th, 2016 / Latest news, Restaurants, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Trump nominates CKE’s Puzder for labor secretary
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants and subsidiaries Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, could pave the way toward business deregulation. While there are many layers to his appointment, Puzder has taken strong anti-labor stances, long decrying California’s minimum wage policy and other regulations that he claims have driven Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, December 8th, 2016 / Latest news / Comments Off on Neovia insurance firm acquired by Woodruff-Sawyer
Joining a number of tri-county insurance firms involved in mergers and acquisitions this year, Neovia Integrated Insurance Services in Santa Barbara was acquired by San Francisco-based firm Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. The acquisition, announced on Dec. 1, will allow Woodruff-Sawyer to add employee benefits, property-casualty and management liability expertise to Neovia’s client base across Southern California, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Wilkinson to be new Inogen CEO as Huggenberger retires
Goleta-based respiratory product maker Inogen announced President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Wilkinson will take over as CEO of the company March 1, 2017, replacing retiring CEO Raymond Huggenberger. Wilkinson will join Huggenberger and new board member Scott Beardsley, a senior partner at San Francisco-based Novo Ventures, on the company’s board of directors, the Dec. Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 / Latest news, Restaurants / Comments Off on CKE CEO Andy Puzder close to being named Trump’s secretary of labor
Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants and subsidiaries Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, is close to becoming secretary of labor in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. A Business Times source close to Puzder said that he was in Washington, D.C. and multiple news outlets have reported that Puzder is high on Trump’s list of candidates. A Puzder Read More →
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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, December 2nd, 2016 / Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on SBCC prepares students for jobs in global workforce
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, December 2nd, 2016 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / 1 Comment
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 2nd, 2016 / Editorials, Latest news, Opinion / Comments Off on PG&E pact will mitigate Diablo Canyon closure
San Luis Obispo County got an early Christmas present of sorts on Nov. 28. That’s when PG&E agreed to set up a $75 million fund plus an estimated $50 million to $70 million in additional payments to mitigate the impact of the closing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant by 2025. The agreement includes funds Read More →