Duke Energy set to acquire majority share, finance projects at REC Solar
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Duke Energy set to acquire majority share, finance projects at REC Solar
San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar has sold a majority share of it business to the nation’s largest electric power company.
REC Solar sells majority share to nation’s largest utility
By Staff Report / Monday, February 9th, 2015 / Central Coast, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on REC Solar sells majority share to nation’s largest utility
Duke Energy, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, purchased the controlling stake in the solar company and announced it would invest $225 million in solar project financing as part of the deal.
UCSB’s newest scholar is living in a material world
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 6th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on UCSB’s newest scholar is living in a material world
UC Santa Barbara changed the face of leadership at its world-class STEM departments this week, naming alumna Rachel Segalman the Edward N. Kramer Chair of Materials & Chemical Engineering.

Mood ring, rebooted: SelfEcho’s app tracks psychological metrics
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 6th, 2015 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mood ring, rebooted: SelfEcho’s app tracks psychological metrics

The team behind Santa Barbara-based startup SelfEcho is betting that big data can help us better understand ourselves.
Oasis counts on Titan: Tax credits will help add 357 jobs
By Erika Martin / Friday, January 30th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Oasis counts on Titan: Tax credits will help add 357 jobs

Thanks to corporate clients’ growing demand for security solutions and $2 million in California tax credits, Oasis plans to multiply its workforce nine-fold and create 357 jobs in the next three years.

Amgen profit tops analysts’ estimates on drug sales, tax credit
By Staff Report / Friday, January 30th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen profit tops analysts’ estimates on drug sales, tax credit

Amgen, the nation’s biggest biotech company, reported fourth-quarter profits that beat analysts’ estimates, aided by a tax benefit and higher-than-estimated sales of arthritis drug Enbrel.
E-records mandated by ACA spur growth in IT
By Erika Martin / Friday, January 30th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on E-records mandated by ACA spur growth in IT
Health care providers have been scrambling to migrate from paper to electronic records, also known as EHRs, to avoid getting slapped with reimbursement penalties from Medicare and Medicaid.