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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on BofA lays off 140 in Conejo Valley
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Features, Health Care & Life Science, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Nursing the job market: City colleges promote health care programs
Community colleges throughout the Tri-Counties are promoting their high-tech programs to produce nurses and other health care professionals to fill the upcoming job gap.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 2 Comments
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Wine, tech key to Central Coast outlooks
The Central Coast’s economic future is tied to its ability to capitalize on its burgeoning wine and agriculture, smart manufacturing, high technology and tourism industries. That was the view from two separate economic events in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria on Nov. 8. In San Luis Obispo, forecasters from Beacon Economics weighed the growth Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 2 Comments
The Tri-Counties is among the most affected regions as California suffers from a statewide physician shortage that’s expected to become more critical as the years go by. In the epicenter of the crisis are the cities of Santa Barbara and Lompoc, which are both having trouble attracting and retaining primary care physicians — but for Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Thursday, October 27th, 2011 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / 2 Comments
“So, like, how screwed are we?” That was the question that the presenters of “Planet Money,” the popular and humorous economics segment on National Public Radio, posed to a lively audience at UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 26. Correspondents David Kestenbaum and Alex Blumberg did a live stage version of their popular NPR series, which Read More →