Questions surround insider trading probe around Amgen bid for Onyx
Columns, OpinionLess than a week after Onyx spurned Amgen’s takeover bid, the SEC went to court and froze some $4.3 million in accounts in the Canary Islands and Beirut.
American manufacturers keep it close to home in the Tri-Counties
Columns, OpinionIn honor of the long 4th of July holiday weekend, I’m going to devote this column to American manufacturing.
Institutional mergers will be the name of the game under ObamaCare
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SLO County mourns loss of Supervisor Paul Teixeira
Latest newsThe Central Coast received a bit of a shock June 27 when we learned that Paul Teixeira, the 4th District Supervisor for San Luis Obispo County, had passed away the night before from an apparent heart attack. Teixeira, who was just 57, was serving as chair of the board of supervisors at the time of Read More →
Region’s emerging leaders overlooked in E&Y Entrepreneur awards
Columns, OpinionThe judges’ decisions are in. And in the case of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards in Los Angeles, the Central Coast once again has been shut out. Three apparently well-qualified finalists failed to bring home the hardware at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton on June 18, extending a string Read More →
With maverick Murdock at the helm, Dole is better off private
Columns, OpinionAt age 90, David Murdock has been alive for most of the time that 155-year-old Dole Food Co. has been in existence.