National, Central Coast home prices staying high

WASHINGTON, D.C – Don’t expect relief from sky high home prices on the Central Coast – or across the nation. That was one message delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who spoke to a conference of business journalists on April 4. Powell said the Fed was taking a “wait and see” approach to the Read More →

Tri-county companies struggle as national indices fall in Q1
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MB&T’s anniversary awards showcase new nonprofits
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Atara lays off 31 employees from Ventura County research center

A couple of months after Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics announced it would be laying off roughly 80 employees, the company confirmed nearly half of those jobs are coming from its Ventura County research center. In a WARN Act filing with the state of California, Atara said it would be cutting 31 employees from its 1280 Read More →
Alamar analysts give their thoughts on the national economy
Editor’s note: Continuing our Q1 investor panel discussion, Taking Stock visited with George Tharakan, chief investment officer, and John Murphy, CEO, at Alamar Capital, for this email exchange on March 13. These answers were lightly edited for content. To suggest future topics, email us at [email protected] Q. We’re starting to see some signs of real Read More →