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Henry Dubroff

Henry Dubroff is the chairman, editor and majority owner of the Pacific Coast Business Times.


| Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

MB&T starts 37th year on high note

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Nonprofits

Ten nonprofits from across th region received grants on March 14 as Montecito Bank & Trust prepared to celebrate its 37th anniversary and it 20th year of adding a philanthropic twist to the festivities. The bank’s employees selected the 10 organizations, which included All for Animals, Alzheimer’s Association, American Heart Association, Council on Alcoholism and Read More →

| Monday, March 12th, 2012

Updated: SBB&T will rebrand in $1.5B Union Bank deal

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories

By Henry Dubroff and Marlize van Romburgh on March 12, 2012 Eighteen months after injecting $500 million to save Pacific Capital Bancorp, its Texas owners are selling to Union Bank’s parent for an estimated $1.5 billion. The deal would rebrand the 52-year-old Santa Barbara Bank & Trust franchise as Union Bank and create a foothold Read More →

| Friday, March 9th, 2012

New cigarette tax could be breath of fresh air for cancer researchers

Columns, Opinion

Prop. 29, which requires a simple majority to pass, would impose a $1 per-pack tax on cigarettes.

| Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Gates: ‘Compromise has become a dirty word’

Latest news

[EDITOR’s NOTE: This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. on March 2, 2012] Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered a ringing endorsement to California’s citizen-led redistricting effort, saying in a March 2 speech in Santa Barbara that extreme forces on the political left and right must learn to compromise if America is going to get Read More →

| Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Santa Barbara County winemakers are doing well by doing good

Columns, Opinion

North Santa Barbara County vintners are a savvy lot.

| Friday, February 24th, 2012

Applying the Martinez Mantra to three big public policy issues

Columns, Opinion

A look at three big public policy issues through the lens of the Deckers exec’s rule.

| Friday, February 10th, 2012

Social-media IPOs could launch Golden State sustainability fund

Columns, Opinion

Now would be the perfect time to create an economic sustainability fund that smooths out these wild swings in revenue