Heritage Oaks defies trend, shares up 40% year-to-date
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 31st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Heritage Oaks defies trend, shares up 40% year-to-date
Amid some of the largest shake-ups to hit the tri-county banking world, one area bank has emerged seemingly unscathed. Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp, holding company of Heritage Oaks Bank, which also includes Business First Bank, has seen its stock price surge by almost 40 percent year-to-date — a sharp contrast to the performance of Read More →
Scooting along
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 31st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Scooting along
Tri-county consumers are cutting back on extravagant toys as their investments diminish and jobs grow less secure. But while big motorcycles may be experiencing a slump in sales, those looking to lower their expenses are seeking out small scooters as a pragmatic way of around-town transportation. “We’re seeing a lot of inconsistency,” said Carlin Dunne, Read More →
State order targets PRstore sales pitch
By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, August 27th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on State order targets PRstore sales pitch
[Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Aug. 21 print edition of the Business Times. Ira Distenfield’s response, attached below, will appear in the Aug. 28 print edition. Source documents used to report this story are also attached below.] Ira Distenfield, the Santa Barbara man who built up and sold legal services franchise We the Read More →
Waiting estates
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 24th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Waiting estates
Developer Erik Behman faces an Aug. 24 deadline to get his allegations that San Luis Obispo County officials tripped up his 77-lot project before a state appeals court. “This appeal can pull Maria Vista Estates out of its Chapter 7 bankruptcy,” Benham wrote in motion to the bankruptcy court asking to let him take over Read More →
Dole IPO gets nod at Inphi
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 24th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Dole IPO gets nod at Inphi
In coming months, investment bankers and fast-growing start-ups, including a few from the Tri-Counties, will be hoping the initial public offering market literally goes bananas. In what analysts say will be a bellwether for whether the IPO markets are back from the dead, Westlake Village-based Dole Food Co. filed regulatory papers Aug. 14 to raise Read More →
Pacificor, Terminator producers wrangle in court
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, August 21st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pacificor, Terminator producers wrangle in court
Santa Barbara-based hedge fund Pacificor has grappled with hard-money lenders and auto-parts firms. Now it’s going up against the Terminator. The producers who own the Terminator franchise – whose “Terminator Salvation” film, released earlier this summer, raked in $370 million at the box office but hasn’t yet come out on DVD – filed for Chapter Read More →
Looking for company
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, August 21st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Looking for company
As California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, mulls bringing a master’s of business administration program to Santa Barbara, business schools around the Tri-Counties say demand for the degree is booming because of a down economy and that their satellite campuses are going strong. Cal Poly said Aug. 12 that it plans to conduct a Read More →
