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By Staff Report / Friday, March 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Focus on finance quarterly roundtable
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Focus on Finance, a new report from the Business Times. We’ve had such strong responses to our Spring and Fall forecasts that we’re adding March and August panel discussions to give you a quarterly look at the markets. In this issue, we take a timely look at investing in the Trump era. Our Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, March 13th, 2025 / Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Portfolio watch
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, March 13th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Tariff talk spooks analysts, investors
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, March 13th, 2025 / Columns, Economy, Latest news / Comments Off on Vital signs: 1 in 5 Americans are doom spending amid economic uncertainty
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, March 3rd, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Dubroff: A chat with the CEO of UMB, region’s newest bank
A big banking merger that closed at the end of January touched just a sliver of the region. But it brought me back in touch with a banker I’ve known for decades, so I visited on video with UMB Financial Corp. Chair and CEO Mariner Kemper on Feb 25. UMB is a 111-year-old, publicly traded Read More →
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By Mike Harris / Monday, March 3rd, 2025 / Central Coast, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Central Coast officials fret over funding freeze, DOGE cuts
Central Coast universities, nonprofits and support organizations are keeping close tabs on the Trump Administration’s attempts to cut trillions of dollars in federal funding. Republican President Donald Trump has vowed to cut wasteful federal spending but Democrats have challenged the funding freeze in court with some success. Meanwhile, regional universities, including Cal Poly San Luis Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, February 20th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Portfolio watch
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