Sientra closes sale of miraDry at $10M loss
Sientra, a Goleta-based plastic surgery device company specializing in breast implants, announced June 11 that it had closed the sale of miraDry, a non-surgical dermatological treatment. The $10 million sale brought half of what Sientra paid for the business four years ago. The miraDry system is an FDA-approved treatment to reduce underarm sweat, hair and Read More →
American Riviera moves up to top OTC marketplace
American Riviera Bank, the second-largest bank based in the Tri-Counties with nearly $1.1 billion in assets, began trading on the over-the-counter “Best Market” on June 14, a step up from its previous home on the “Pink” marketplace. Both marketplaces are run by OTC Markets Group. The Best Market, or OTCQX, is the highest tier for Read More →
Mission Produce earnings up, buoyed by rising avocado consumption
Rising avocado sales helped Mission Produce turn a profit in the second quarter of 2021 after posting a loss a year earlier. The Oxnard-based avocado distributor generated earnings of $7.4 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, for the quarter ended April 30, the company announced on June 10. In the same quarter last year, Read More →
Opinion: We might not see the inflation bus coming until it’s run us over
By John Grace Everybody wants to know the date things go sideways. As I am fond of saying, if we are jaywalking across the street it’s not the bus you do see that can disrupt our day, it’s the bus we didn’t see, couldn’t name, and was impossible to time. Global bubbles from the U.S. Read More →
Real Estate: Vernon Group on a building spree
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Street Smarts: Bill Foley pairs Santa Barbara wine, Las Vegas hockey
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