July 16, 2024

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Friday, June 4th, 2021

Farmers, water agencies brace for drought

Agribusiness, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Friday, June 4th, 2021

‘A big change’ on the way as some companies continue remote work

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, middle, Real Estate, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Semtech shares up after company reports income and revenue growth

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Semtech Corp., a Camarillo semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things applications, saw its income and revenue rise in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021-22, thanks in large part to growth in its wireless and sensing products market. Semtech saw revenue rise 28% year-over-year to $170.4 million, the company said when it released its Read More →

| Friday, May 28th, 2021

Armor startup wins UCSB New Venture Competition

Higher Education, Latest news, Small Business, Startups

EEL Armor, a startup focused on creating a new and affordable lightweight armor meant to stop the penetration of bullets from assault rifles, won the 2021 New Venture Competition hosted by UC Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program on May 20. EEL Armor also won the people’s choice award at the event, helping the company net Read More →

| Friday, May 28th, 2021

Amgen gets FDA approval for potential billion-dollar drug

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, right, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 28 for its latest oral drug treatment, Lumakras, potentially adding another huge market for one of the largest biotech firms in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amgen will charge $17,900 a month for the drug and analyst think Read More →

| Friday, May 28th, 2021

Public health meets private sector with Charity Dean’s new venture

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a local health officer, I learned painfully that no one is coming to save me,” Dean, who Read More →

| Thursday, May 27th, 2021

QAD stock rises after earnings beat

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →