Lovins: Green energy a $1 trillion prize for private sector
Energy efficiency represents a $5 trillion business opportunity to reshape civilization and make a profit. That’s the view of Rocky Mountain Institute founder Amory Lovins, who spoke to a capacity filled audience at UC Santa Barbara on March 21. Lovins spoke in advance of the Wall Street Journal’s annual Eco:nomics conference taking place at the Read More →
Powers: Ventura County keeping close watch on portfolio
Ventura County will closely monitor returns on its investment portfolio to make sure an 8 percent gain is reasonable, county CEO Mike Powers said in a March 15 talk. Speaking in Ventura at the quarterly California Lutheran University Corporate Leaders Breakfast, Powers said that while 8 percent has been a historically accurate return, constant monitoring Read More →
California must invest in the future, Lt. Gov. says in SLO
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom told hundreds of civic and business leaders in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 24 that California needs to look beyond its borders for new ideas on how to once again lead the United States in job creation. Newsom told the crowd at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce luncheon that Read More →
Ceres delays again, warns of Brazilian drought
Ceres, the Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm, has delayed its initial public offering again. It also said Friday that its existing investors might buy as many as a fifth of the shares slated to hit the market and that a drought in Brazil could hurt it sweet sorghum yields. The pushed back its planned initial Read More →
Ceres delays its IPO, slashes price
Thousand Oaks-based energy crop maker Ceres has drastically lowered expectations for its initial public offering and delayed it for a week, according to regulatory filings and investment banking sources. The company was set to raise as much as $132 million on the Nasdaq when shares hit the markets under the name CERE on Feb. 9. Read More →
Editorial: Region’s recovery puts private-sector jobs first
Jobs have become the No. 1 issue for economic recovery, and it would be hard to fault the region’s businesses for not doing their share.
