Pharma shakeups put pressure on top brass at Amgen to perform
With activist investor Bill Ackman pushing to buy Botox maker Allegran in a bid with upstart Valeant and restructurings under way at pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly & Co. and Novartis, it’s logical to question whether biotech giant Amgen will be next. So far the answer seems to be “not yet” — with one big Read More →
Editorial: Ventura County pension reform moves closer to a vote
Backers of the ballot initiative led by the Committee for Pension Fairness and Fourth District Supervisor Peter Foy delivered 40,500 petitions to the county on April 23, roughly 50 percent more than the number required to certify the measure for the ballot.
Without fishermen, region’s harbors and bistros would be poorer
Fishing is really at the leading edge of the tourism culture. Just ask Ventura Harbor and Morro Bay, which have been trying to rebuild their tourism cred in part by reinvigorating their commercial fishing appeals and playing up their local seafood.
Paso Robles wine pioneer sets out in pursuit of the $100 bottle
Paso Robles winemaker Daniel Daou is pursuing the holy grail of California vintners: A cabernet sauvignon or Bordeaux that can reliably fetch $100 a bottle.
Editorial: Unveiling the secrets of high-frequency trading
Michael Lewis doesn’t see himself as a business journalist. “I like to write about markets,” he told a small group of his peers at a conference in Phoenix on March 28. With that simple, declarative sentence, Lewis dropped a subtle hint about his next exposé. Indeed, a few nights later on “60 Minutes,” Lewis made Read More →
