ValueClick defies its skeptics
ValueClick is out to prove to investors that it still has some pluck after more than a decade in the digital marketing business.
Strength in numbers: Thousand Oaks firm taps crowds
Invested.in helps individuals and organizations tap their social networks for funding.
Bank earnings rebound signals better times
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust and its smaller banking peers in the region are reporting improved earnings.
Final withdrawal: Behind the scenes of San Luis Trust seizure
A team of about 60 FDIC staff members worked late into the night and through the weekend to wind San Luis Trust down and transfer its assets to First California.
Dealing a new card at First California
First California Financial Group’s foray into the prepaid debit card market is a potentially lucrative moneymaker for the banking firm, but also a step into a riskier, increasingly regulated business.
Teledyne regroups in face of defense cuts
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies, a $1.6 billion military-industrial conglomerate, is rearranging itself to bolster its commercial camera sensor lines and shift toward the defense spending that’s farthest from the chopping block.
Cal Oaks merger closes
Encino-based California United Bank completed its $17.2 million acquisition of Thousand Oaks-based California Oaks State Bank on Dec. 31. Cal Oaks shareholders will receive compensation of $11.35 per share, half in cash and half in shares of California United common stock, the banks announced Jan. 3.
