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By Staff Report / Thursday, March 6th, 2014 / Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen to cut 252 jobs
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen plans to lay off 252 employees in Thousand Oaks by the end of April, bringing the total jobs cut since 2007 from Ventura County’s largest private-sector employer to about 1,150.
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By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 / Earnings, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Semtech meets Street expectations after layoffs
Camarillo-based Semtech Corp. delivered earnings on par with Wall Street expectations on March 5, holding its forecast steady as it deals with the costs of laying off 6 percent of its workforce and navigating a rough patch amid several years of growth.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / 2 Comments
Shares of Goleta-based Inogen settled into the low $15 range as the Business Times went to press Feb. 19 after the company raised $70.5 million in an initial public offering that priced at $16, the low end of its expected range. In addition to selling shares, the company changed some of the disclosures it made to investors, pointing out its steep reliance on government and private insurance programs for 41 percent of its total revenue in 2012.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Conversant dials down on new ad strategy
Conversant will align all of its business units — including a new SET Media video unit that it acquired for $26 million in cash and $4 million in stock days after its name change — around the goal of direct conversations between advertisers and consumers.
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, February 13th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Inogen IPO raises $70.5M, prices at low end
Goleta-based Inogen has raised $70.5 million in an initial public offering of 4.4 million shares priced at $16, the bottom of the expected $16 to $18 a share range, according to IPO investment firm Renaissance Capital.
