Goleta breast implant maker Sientra shakes up C-Suite
The writing was on the wall at Sientra. On Nov. 12, the company’s top executives took the fall. The embattled Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer cleaned house Thursday afternoon. Sientra founder and CEO Hani Zeini stepped down as CEO and he will be replaced by industry veteran Jeffrey Nugent. Nicholas Simon also resigned as chairman Read More →
Inogen’s third quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations
Inogen, a Goleta-based maker of direct-to-consumer respiratory products, beat analyst estimates for revenue when the company released third quarter earnings on Nov. 10. Revenues were up 38.7 percent from $29.4 million during the third quarter of last year to $40.8 million this year. Analysts had predicted revenues of $37 million. Inogen also reported adjusted Read More →
Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies trading on Nasdaq
Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →
Goleta’s Sientra reassures investors, surgeons
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Sientra sends letter to surgeons about breast implant production
Sientra CEO Hani Zeini issued a letter to plastic surgeons Oct. 30 outlining what the Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer needs to do to restart production at its plant in Brazil. Zeini also implied in the letter that the Food and Drug Administration is going to make a decision regarding Sientra products, which is something Read More →
Heritage Oaks Bancorp increases third quarter earnings
Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp reported $4 million in net income, or 12 cents per share, for the third quarter of 2015. That was up from $3.4 million, or 10 cents per share, recorded in the third quarter of last year. Loans grew 4.8 percent, or $55.2 million, to $1.21 billion in the third quarter Read More →
Teledyne sales dropped in third quarter
Sales slumped once again for Teledyne Technologies in the third quarter. The Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate said it saw sales decline for the third straight quarter when it released third quarter earnings on Oct. 29. Sales fell 7.6 percent from $601.1 million during the third quarter of 2014 to $555.4 million this year. Because of Read More →
