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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, November 1st, 2010 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Second acts: Industry veterans start new Web ad firms
Amid a resurgence of tri-county startups in online advertising technology, Dave Gross, one of the industry’s most successful veterans, is back in the game with a new venture. Gross co-founded Fastclick in Santa Barbara. After a successful initial public offering in 2005, it was bought by Westlake Village-based ValueClick for $220 million. Since then, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 25th, 2010 / Earnings, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen reports earnings drop
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said Oct. 25 that third-quarter earnings fell 14 percent to $1.3 billion as revenue flatlined. Amgen is the world’s biggest biotech company and the largest private employer in the Tri-Counties. It reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.36, a decrease of 9 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Total revenue Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 25th, 2010 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on UTC to buy rest of Clipper
United Technologies Corp., a multinational firm that owns nearly half of Carpinteria-based Clipper Windpower, has reached an agreement with Clipper to buy the rest of the turbine maker. UTC acquired 49.5 percent of Clipper in December in a deal that gave it the right to boost its stake to 55 percent in 2012 — or Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 25th, 2010 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on TrueVision sets its sights on Chinese market
TrueVision Systems, a Santa Barbara-based surgical technology firm, has sealed a deal to create a joint venture with a Chinese medical device company and will soon begin selling its gear in China. TrueVision makes a big-screen, 3-D display system that attaches to a surgeon’s microscope — think “Avatar” meets brain and eye surgery. The startup Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 25th, 2010 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Facebook doesn’t forget
Like it or not, about four in five businesses Google their prospective hires and look at public Facebook profiles. Santa Barbara-based Social Intelligence Corp. wants to take that task off their hands. The reason is that unstructured online sleuthing can put an employer in a thorny position. One the one hand, businesses can be sued Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 25th, 2010 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on FDA OKs Aranesp for pre-dialysis patients
Amgen’s anemia treatment Aranesp is safe for kidney patients whose disease doesn’t require dialysis, a federal panel announced Oct. 18 in response to a study that found the drug could increase stroke risk in those patients. Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the treatment shouldn’t be withdrawn or limited to a Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, October 21st, 2010 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on New digital ad startup from industry veteran
[Editor’s Note: See correction below.] One of the Tri-Counties’ most successful digital display advertising veterans is back in the game with a new startup. Dave Gross co-founded Fastclick, which went public and was bought Westlake Village-based ValueClick in 2005 for $220 million. Since then, Gross has quietly invested with several regional startups. But with Connexity, Read More →
