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By Staff Report / Friday, May 25th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Minority group opposes PCBC-Union deal
The San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce has told banking regulators that it opposes Union Bank’s $1.5 billion acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Pacific Capital Bancorp, according to the business newspaper for that region. The San Francisco Business Times reports that the chamber has told regulators it opposed the deal because it feels San Francisco-based Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 25th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Where in the world do the Amgen jets go?
Kevin Sharer concluded his decade-long reign at the helm of the world’s largest biotechnology company on May 23, when he handed the CEO reins over to Robert Bradway. But the former chief executive of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will continue to keep a leased office, secretary and other perks through the end of 2017, according to Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 25th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Features, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Corporate close-up: A look at the region’s highest-paid public company executives
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 25th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories / Comments Off on CKE’s $100M IPO will fuel hunger for growth
As the battle for a bigger slice of the $70 billion U.S. burger market heats up, CKE Restaurants is preparing to go public again in a $100 million stock offering. CKE, the Carpinteria-based parent of burger chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, said in a May 17 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Features, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Underperforming stock price prompts Dole to put asset sales on menu
By staff and wire reports on May 18, 2012 A strategic review going on at Dole Food Co. could lead to a major overhaul and asset sales at the one of the biggest companies headquartered in the Westlake Village-Thousand Oaks corporate corridor. Amid disappointing results, Dole shares have struggled to get to double-digits, a thorn Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen power handoff comes at critical time
Incoming Amgen chief Robert Bradway takes the baton from longtime CEO Kevin Sharer as the world’s largest biotech company makes critical decisions about how it will compete with Big Pharma and biosimilars. Amgen, the Tri-Counties’ only blue-chip stock and the largest employer in the region with more than 6,000 employees, will install Bradway, a former Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on ValueClick powers up video advertising platform
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