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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 5th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Deckers makes run for athletes with Hoka
Deckers Outdoor Corp., the parent company of the billion-dollar-a-year Ugg brand, has quietly acquired a small running shoe firm best known among elite ultra-marathon racers. Goleta-based Deckers took a stake in Hoka One One in July 2012 and completed a buyout of the firm in September 2012. The brand, acquired for an undisclosed amount, adds Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Deadline looms for nonprofit seeking Lompoc land
Environmental Education Group, a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that has been granted exclusive rights to negotiate a deal that could result in its control of 114 acres of city-owned land in Lompoc, has negative net worth and no history of successful commercial real estate development. Its leader, Alan Tratner, faces a $21,000 default judgment in federal Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on VSolvit lands $53M Navy support contract
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 22nd, 2013 / Agribusiness, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Farms may feast on drone technology test results
Drones are coming, perhaps sooner rather than later to Ventura County, and the first place you see them might be the above the region’s fields and orchards. Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to pick six testing sites around the country for the civilian use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, and Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 22nd, 2013 / Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Developers set wheels in motion at $450M Oxnard project
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 22nd, 2013 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Transphorm device breakthrough sets stage for use in consumer applications
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 15th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories / Comments Off on Community bank recovery takes shape in region
A recovery is taking hold across the region’s mid-sized banks, marked by higher profits and climbing share prices. Ventura-based County Commerce bank’s share price is up about 7 percent year-to-date, coming off of the bank’s most successful year so far. “Growing during an economic downturn is not easy, as you know,” CEO Joe Kruetz told Read More →
