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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 20th, 2013 / Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Cities open door to Airbnb tourism taxes
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 20th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Nova Sensors flourishing in Buellton under Teledyne ownership
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Farmers clash with county over grading rules
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By Patrick Kulp / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Nonprofits, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
After a career of facing issues of life or death every day, veterans often encounter an entirely different type of challenge when they return home to find that the skills they gained in the military are not easily marketable to the civilian business world. In Ventura County, which is home to a larger population of Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sientra court win sets stage for new products
Breast implant firm Sientra has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by competitor Mentor Worldwide over allegations that Sientra engaged in unfair business tactics by hiring more than a dozen of Mentor’s sales staff shortly after Sientra’s implants were approved in 2012. The suit stems from a heated race among implant makers to bring new teardrop-shaped Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mobile park sale sparks $9.8M suit for Nordman Cormany
After defeat in a dispute over the price of mobile home lots in Oxnard, a branch of one of Ventura County’s most prominent land-owning families is suing its longtime law firm on allegations of malpractice the family claims cost it $9.8 million. Terry McGrath Aggler and J.D. McGrath Farms LLC are among the plaintiffs suing Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Small-business groups can match banks, borrowers
Business is as much about who you know as what you know.
Long-time art gallery owner Sylvia White came to realize that as she struggled to get financing to purchase a building in downtown Ventura. She had purchased the gallery space with owner financing several years earlier. But now the five-year period on that high-interest loan was coming up, and White needed a bank to take over. She was turned down by lenders again and again.
