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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on An update from the Pacific Coast Business Times newsroom
We’ve quietly added some new faces to the Pacific Coast Business Times news team during the past few months.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: ’Tis the season to borrow money from family and friends…Ugh!
If you follow these steps, you will be able to help your family and friends in their time of need without losing them in the process.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere
Oil as a transportation fuel will be around for a few more decades. But oil as a hazardous monopoly fuel is now merely one of multiple options.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Small Business Saturday adds up for Orcutt’s Mark Steller
In a year where Black Friday disappointed the big boxes and Cyber Monday was not as strong as online giants might have liked, Mark Steller is happy about the smaller scale results that Small Business Saturday delivered for Orcutt’s Old Town Market. I first met Steller in August when he was our North Santa Barbara Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will
By Edward Niedermeyer U.S. auto sales boomed on Black Friday as huge discounts pushed volumes to more than 17 million units on an annualized basis, the highest level in 11 years. But even with big price cuts pumping up deliveries of new cars — likely at the expense of fourth-quarter profit margins — the biggest discounts of Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Williams bill a small step in sorting out Isla Vista
Isla Vista, as Williams points out, is a one-square-mile area with 20,000 residents and the most heavily urbanized area within California that is not part of a city.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: The Gold Bug’s bull narrative keeps on failing investors
Rather than accepting certain unpleasant realities, gold bugs have contorted themselves into a painful waiting game.
