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Get ready for rising workers comp rates

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Healthy and growing: B.R.A.T drink gears up for national expansion

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B.R.A.T, a “feel better” drink based in San Luis Obispo, is seeing sales and distribution grow.

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Editorial: Tourist season puts region in strong spot

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Savor the Central Coast gets underway at the end of the month, nicely punctuating a comeback year for the region’s tourism industry.

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What did Sheila Bair know about Banco BuenaVentura, and when did she know it?

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It might be the understatement of the decade to describe Sheila Bair as a complex creature. The recently retired chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was early to spot the evils of sub-prime mortgage lending — she warned about them as a Treasury official in 2002. During the 2008 financial crisis, she famously feuded Read More →

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Letter to the editor: UCLA grateful for Milken gift

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Plaudits and accolades should go to Lowell Milken and those who have chosen to give back.

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Letter to the editor: Look past the day-to-day worries

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Published September 23, 2011 Dear Editor: Henry Dubroff’s recent column, “Looking past the gloom for a way forward,” struck a chord. You nailed it with the discussion of the pervasive negative attitude we have confronted over the past three to four years. Needless to say, our little real estate investment firm has been similarly battered Read More →

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Hospital construction a bright spot

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More than $1 billion is flowing into the tri-county economy as new hospital and health care facilities around the region take shape.