Region’s unemployment rate ticks down, state’s stays flat
The tri-county region’s combined unemployment rate inched down from 6.2% in June to 6.1% in July, as both the labor force and the number of jobs grew in each county. Ventura County’s unemployment rate in July was 6.4%, the same as the previous month, according to data released Aug. 20 by the California Employment Development Read More →
Dignity, Anthem settle health coverage dispute
Dignity Health and Anthem Blue Cross have reached a new multi-year contract agreement that allows Anthem-insured customers to maintain in-network access to Dignity Health providers and facilities. On Aug. 16, the two organizations announced the agreement, which returns Dignity Health providers in the Tri-Counties to Anthem health plans, with no gap in coverage. The contract Read More →
Revenue and losses both growing at MannKind
MannKind saw a significant rise in revenue thanks to its product Afrezza, but its net loss in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 also rose significantly as the company tried to pay down its debt. The Westlake Village biotech company released its earnings after the markets closed on Aug. 11. It opened the next Read More →
Rent-a-robot: inVia finds its niche with robotics-as-a-service model
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Atara losses grew in Q2
Atara Biotherapeutics swallowed more losses in the second quarter of 2021, as the early-stage company hopes for good news for its tab-cel therapy in early 2022. Atara, an immunotherapy biotech company based in South San Francisco with some of its major operations in Thousand Oaks, had a net loss of $83.7 million in the second Read More →
PennyMac misses earnings targets
Both segments of PennyMac’s business missed estimates when they announced their second quarter financial earning reports on Aug. 5. PennyMac Financial Services reported net income of $204.2 million, or $2.94 per share on a diluted basis, missing the 3.48 per share estimate predicted by Zacks Consensus Estimates. The Westlake Village-based financial services segment had earnings Read More →
