Aera Energy’s new plan for East Cat Canyon scales back wells
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Two Central Coast technology companies raise $150 million
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Deckers earnings beat analyst expectations
Goleta-based footwear and apparel company Deckers Brands reported an 8 percent increase in its second quarter revenue Oct. 24, beating analyst expectations with $2.71 in earnings per share. The company also announced the appointment of a new chairman to its board of directors, board member and former CFO of Coach Inc., Mike Devine. Former chairman Read More →
Amgen cuts list price of Repatha by 60 percent
Amgen doubled down on its decision to slash the list price of one of its newest drugs, Repatha, listing it for all patients at $5,840 per year. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant reduced the list price by 60 percent for some patients for the cholesterol medication a year before, and the announcement Oct. 24 discontinues Read More →
Dubroff: Zuckerberg plays monopoly, dodges the truth
After watching Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg labor to explain his company’s policies on privacy, diversity and currency in testimony before Congress on Oct. 23, I have come to some conclusions about the social media giant and its future. Like any company with monopoly or near-monopoly power, Facebook is way too concerned about costs. It Read More →
Teledyne shares soar as earnings beat estimates
Shares of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies jumped nearly 6 percent or $18 on Oct. 23 after the company reported quarterly results that beat estimates. Teledyne shares were trading in the $330 range in afternoon trading after the company reported adjusted earnings of $2.57 per share and revenue of $802.20 million for the quarter ended September Read More →
Google makes breakthrough in quantum computing at South Coast lab
Google has developed a computer that’s reached “quantum supremacy,” performing a computation in 200 seconds that would take the fastest supercomputers about 10,000 years, Bloomberg News reported. The results of Google’s tests, which were conducted using a quantum chip it developed in-house at its lab in Goleta, were published Oct. 23 in the scientific journal Read More →
