Sientra increases sales but legal settlement doubles losses
Sientra increased net sales more than 30 percent for its second quarter ended June 30 but net losses doubled to $20.4 million, or $1.07 per share. The Goleta breast implant designer and manufacturer brought in $8.2 million in sales, up from $6.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, primarily for its breast products. Its Read More →
Inphi stock up despite reporting net loss for quarter
Inphi stock shot up more than 4 percent Aug. 8 after the semiconductor company reported a 39 percent increase in revenues but still posted a $15 million net loss. Revenues grew to $84.4 million during the quarter ended June 30, compared to $60.5 million in the second quarter of 2016. Net income fell from nearly Read More →
Resonant opens office in South Korea to serve Chinese market
Resonant, the Goleta based designer of filters for mobile devices, opened a new office in South Korea after announcing a new customer in the Chinese market and the expansion of several licensing agreements with existing customers in the past six months. Jangwon Jung, formerly of Cavenish-Kinetics, was appointed as the country sales manager for South Read More →
Salem Media Group reports drop in revenues, net income
Christian and conservative radio and publishing company Salem Media Group, based in Camarillo, reported a decline in second quarter revenues to $66.1 million and net income down more than 60 percent to $1.3 million. Digital media, broadcast, and publishing revenues all saw slight declines. Operating expenses also decreased for the quarter ended June 30, compared Read More →
Mannkind reports net loss for second quarter
Mannkind reported $2.16 million in revenues Aug. 7, for a net loss of around $35.3 million for its second quarter, and announced the launch of a clinical trial for its inhalable insulin product Afrezza in partnership with One Drop. Revenues came primarily from the Westlake Village biotech company’s product sales, with $615,000 from collaborations and Read More →
San Luis Obispo city manager leaving for Santa Monica
Katie Lichtig, San Luis Obispo’s city manager since 2009, will be leaving this fall to join former Ventura City Manager Rick Cole in Santa Monica, the city where she started her career in 1992. Lichtig finished first in a national search for a chief operating officer for Santa Monica, which boasts one of the fastest Read More →