New digital ad startup from industry veteran
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 →
Profitable merger for Noza
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Nonprofits, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Profitable merger for Noza
Noza, a Santa Barbara firm offering data to help nonprofit fundraisers, has been acquired by a South Carolina company that’s profiting handsomely from the nonprofit sector. Noza created technology that searches the Web for public information about the money that people and companies have given to charities. Fundraisers at charities and nonprofits can use that Read More →
A new addition to Santa Barbara’s courthouse corridor
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on A new addition to Santa Barbara’s courthouse corridor
As one of the only ground-up buildings to be constructed in Santa Barbara’s downtown core in years, the new law office complex at 1100 Santa Barbara St. is something of an anomaly. Also rare is the $1.3 million price tag and eight-month construction time line — the 6,000-square-foot project was under budget and ahead of Read More →
Pacific Capital gets delisting warning
By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Pacific Capital gets delisting warning
Pacific Capital Bancorp said in an Oct. 13 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the Nasdaq stock market has told it to get its stock price back above $1 before April 6, 2011, or potentially be delisted. The Santa Barbara-based banking firm — the holding company for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Read More →
Southwest on South Coast: A LUV story
By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Southwest on South Coast: A LUV story
At Santa Barbara Municipal Airport these days, construction crews are making progress on a $60 million expansion. When it opens next spring, the airport will get a new, two-story terminal, waiting areas that actually have bathrooms and five gates served by jetways. Thirteen hundred miles away in Dallas, the nation’s most profitable airline is also in Read More →
Major shareholders file suit against Occam
By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, October 7th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Major shareholders file suit against Occam
A group of shareholders who between them own about 19 percent of Occam Networks filed suit Oct. 6 against Occam’s board of directors to stop the proposed acquisition of the company by Calix. In a news release announcing the suit, the investors — who include legendary hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt — claim the $171 Read More →
Colleges of Law’s new era
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Colleges of Law’s new era
The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law’s agreement with a Chicago-based nonprofit could bring federal student aid, online classes and the option of joint degrees to the campuses. The Colleges of Law said Sept. 21 that it is teaming up with TCS Education System, an organization that owns three professional schools, including the Santa Read More →
