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Court rebuffs bank on Estate Financial payout

By   /  Friday, September 16th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Court rebuffs bank on Estate Financial payout

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Cappello seeks $12M from Klein estate

By   /  Friday, September 9th, 2011  /  Law & Goverment, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Cappello seeks $12M from Klein estate

A Santa Barbara law firm is suing a deceased hedge fund manager’s estate for as much as $12 million in allegedly unpaid contingency fees. Cappello & Noël filed a lawsuit against the estate of Michael Klein, the fast-rising financial star who died in an airplane crash in Panama in 2007, along with Pacificor, the hedge Read More →

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Social network startup targets college crowd

By   /  Friday, September 9th, 2011  /  Small Business, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Social network startup targets college crowd

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1,000 area jobs in peril

By   /  Friday, September 9th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  3 Comments

By Stephen Nellis and Marlize van Romburgh on September 9, 2011 Nearly 1,000 jobs are either at risk or being cut in the Tri-Counties in manufacturing, medical device research and finance. On Sept. 1, Bank of America said it planned to sell or shutter its correspondent lending arm, imperiling as many as 700 jobs in Read More →

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Select plans appeal of $50M judgment

By   /  Friday, September 2nd, 2011  /  Law & Goverment, Top Stories  /  4 Comments

Santa Barbara-based Select Staffing plans to appeal a $50 million decision against it in a lawsuit that alleged the firm underpaid its workers compensation insurance premiums by $30 million and underreported its payroll to state officials. The lawsuit was filed in state court in San Francisco by the State Compensation Insurance Fund, a quasi-public nonprofit Read More →

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Venoco sued over CEO’s offer

By   /  Friday, September 2nd, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Venoco sued over CEO’s offer

A shareholder of Venoco has filed a lawsuit to block a proposal by the CEO of the oil and gas company to buy the half of the company he doesn’t already own, alleging that the proposed buyback undervalues the firm. Tim Marquez, the CEO and president of Venoco, has offered $12.50 per share to buy Read More →

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Express bus tackles Ventura to SB commute

By   /  Friday, September 2nd, 2011  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Express bus tackles Ventura to SB commute

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