DenMat buys Bay Area firm
In its second acquisition this year, Lompoc-based DenMat has bought G.Hartzell & Son, a dental instruments company in the Bay Area.
After seven years, the financial crisis quietly ends for area banks
“Even the pessimists were thinking three years,” Community West CEO Marty Plourd told me. “No one expected the low-interest-rate environment to last this long,”
Sonos fights Apple spinoffs in patent battle
Wireless speaker maker Sonos made its first-ever disclosure of $535 million in revenue while locked in a patent fight against sophisticated opponents with ties to Apple.
Editorial: High schools seek business support for $6M grant
A unique partnership among Santa Barbara County high schools is competing for a $6 million Pathways Trust grant that could reshape technical education in our region.
Xirrus targets 2015 for IPO, plans new Wi-Fi products
Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus has rolled out a new line of corporate-grade Wi-Fi devices at a lower price point that it hopes will vastly expand its customer base and set the stage for an initial public offering next year.
Developer’s vision for upscale Shoppes at Westlake takes hold
The 243,500-square-foot Shoppes at Westlake Village center is now 75 percent pre-leased, four months ahead of a ribbon-cutting.
A prescription for team work: Conejo doctors band together against UCLA incursion
Choice Health Associates is a loose affiliation of physicians in private practice who have teamed up to better compete with big out-of-town providers.
