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, April 23rd, 2021

Small speaker is a big move for Sonos

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

The newest speaker from Sonos, Roam, made its debut April 20 and has the potential to help the Santa Barbara smart-speaker company grow in 2021 and beyond. Roam is Sonos’ first attempt into breaking into the portable Bluetooth speaker market, a market that is expected to see an annual growth rate of 11.71% from 2019 Read More →

| Monday, April 19th, 2021

‘A flawless flight’ for AeroVironment’s Mars drone

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Ingenuity, a helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, made history early in the morning of April 19, becoming the first man-made aircraft to fly on another planet, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Goosebumps,” MiMi Aung, NASA’s project manager for Ingenuity, said during a press conference while looking at a video of Read More →

| Friday, April 16th, 2021

AeroVironment’s drone still grounded on Mars

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

Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed after an error sequence during testing, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. NASA first rescheduled Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2021

AeroVironment’s drone launch on Mars delayed

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Latest news, left, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. The flight has been rescheduled to no earlier than Read More →

| Friday, April 9th, 2021

More conflict on tap in Figueroa Mountain’s bankruptcy

Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 9th, 2021

Cure Pharmaceutical navigates CBD acquisition, licensing dispute

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

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| Friday, April 2nd, 2021

Inogen’s new CEO looks to the future

Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, right, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

As life begins to regain a bit of the normalcy that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic, Goleta-based Inogen is ready to not only get back to its roots, but also lay the foundation for a new direction for the company. Inogen, a medical device company specializing in portable oxygen concentrators, hired a new CEO on Read More →