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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 9th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Features, Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Costly eye drug drives up region’s Medicare bills
A Santa Barbara eye doctor and a drug that costs $2,000 per dose are at the center of the debate over how to control the spiraling cost of Medicare.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 2nd, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Cable swap would create regional duopoly for TV and broadband
A cable television deal announced in preliminary form on April 28 would give the tri-county media landscape its most dramatic makeover in years, consolidating control over local cable advertising and business broadband service into the hands of just two major players. As proposed, Charter Communication and Comcast would swap millions of customers nationwide. The swaps Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, May 1st, 2014 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Calavo gets $10M for FreshRealm food delivery platform
Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers has received $10 million in funding and named a CEO for its FreshRealm food distribution platform, it said on Thursday. Michael Lippold, who is the former director of strategic development at Calavo, will lead the new venture, which is based in Ventura. FreshRealm, a new cloud-hosted technology platform that connects growers, Read More →