SB County last in regional pension performance
By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on SB County last in regional pension performance
Thanks to rising U.S. and foreign stock markets, major public pension plans in the Tri-Counties exceeded expected investment return rates for the last fiscal year. But Santa Barbara County’s performance lagged far behind its peers. Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association and San Luis Obispo County Pension and Trust saw net returns of 12.8 and 12.9 Read More →

Topaz flips the switch: Massive SLO County project nears completion
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Features, Technology / Comments Off on Topaz flips the switch: Massive SLO County project nears completion

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Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories / Comments Off on Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care
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Hospitals contest surgery safety rankings
By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Surgery safety ratings at tri-county hospitals ranged from the highest possible rank to second-to-lowest in a recent nationwide assessment released by Consumer Reports magazine, but many hospital officials dispute whether the methods used by the report accurately depict surgical quality. Released earlier this month, the report aims to provide a generalized standard of surgical safety Read More →

Appetite for local finance feeds Slow Money movement
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Appetite for local finance feeds Slow Money movement
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Mega merger puts Rosetta and SLO in spotlight
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Mega merger puts Rosetta and SLO in spotlight
It’s a very long way from the canyons of Madison Avenue or the boulevards of Paris to Rosetta’s sleek new building near the airport in San Luis Obispo. But the successful creation of the world’s biggest advertising agency will depend in part on what happens within the walls of Rosetta, and other niche agencies, that Read More →

Events buoy wine sales: Vintners say momentum is building
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, July 12th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Features, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Events buoy wine sales: Vintners say momentum is building

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