Miller McCune named 2013 Business Hall of Fame inductee
Columns, Latest news, Women Inc.Pacific Coast Business Times will break its own glass ceiling this year when it installs Sage Publications co-founder, chair and owner Sara Miller McCune into our Business Hall of Fame. With her late husband George, Miller McCune launched Sage Publications in New York in 1965 with what the Sage website describes as the the proceeds Read More →
In Star Wars creator’s building struggle, a new hope for housing
Columns, OpinionChris Thornberg and George Lucas are not usually found in the same room — let alone the same sentence.
Closing the gap between the Tri-Counties’ haves and have nots
Columns, OpinionHow choppy and tough is the recovery in our region? Recent unemployment data from Santa Barbara County underscored the “haves and have nots” phenomenon that underpins a society that is segregated into tourism centers with uber-rich residents and agricultural cities where the poor people who service the tourists and the rich folks reside. Consider that Read More →
Enduring success: Jack Nadel offers his best business advice
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Reflecting on a tumultuous five years in business journalism
Columns, OpinionIn financial journalism, it seems the future belongs more and more to the specialists.
Electrical engineer’s death may be linked to GaN work at UCSB
ColumnsSingapore police have asked the FBI to join their investigation into the death of Shane Todd, a promising young scientist who received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UC Santa Barbara. The death initially was ruled a suicide but a growing number of people think he may have been murdered. FBI involvement represents a small Read More →
