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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 →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Nonprofits, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Better pro bono systems in SLO, Ventura counties
Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties have more robust systems than Santa Barbara County for helping poor people who cannot afford legal help find a lawyer willing to take on their case. In both counties, local bar associations oversee systems that take in requests from the poor and, if the issue can’t be resolved, assign Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Health Care & Life Science, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Employee wellness programs get more complex with new rules
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Features, Green Coast, Small Business / Comments Off on To B or not to B: Small businesses say yes to benefit corporations
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Features, Green Coast, Technology / Comments Off on Shining a light on solar finance: Wiser Capital gets $1.3M, rolls out platform
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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 →
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By Staff Report / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Defense furlough to end; 6,100 to return to work
The more than 6,100 civilian Department of Defense employees in the Tri-Counties will return to work full time after a U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced a furlough program will be cut short, ending next week. The military is the largest employer in the region, with 26,390 employees between Naval Base Ventura County and Read More →
