November 28, 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, March 19th, 2021

Ventura County’s farmworker resource program could go statewide

Agribusiness, Latest news, Law & Goverment, left, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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| Friday, March 19th, 2021

Irwin: Tech will lead state’s pandemic recovery

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Restaurants, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Friday, March 19th, 2021

Mangoes are Mission’s next frontier

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

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| Thursday, March 18th, 2021

Semtech shares drop despite earnings beat

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

Semtech, a Camarillo semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things applications, finished the 2020-21 fiscal year strong, beating analysts’ expectations and capping off a record-setting year. Semtech reported net sales of $164.1 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31, a 19.3% increase from the same quarter a year before, the company said in its fourth Read More →

| Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

Interlink reports profitable 2020

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

Interlink electronics, a sensor tech manufacturer with major operations in Camarillo, reported rising net income on March 16 for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020. Net income for the fourth quarter was at $53,000, or 1 cent per share, a better mark than the same quarter of 2019, when Interlink reported a loss Read More →

| Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Sientra reports bigger losses but rebound in sales in fourth quarter

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

Goleta-based breast implant maker Sientra reported a small decline in net sales over the final three months of 2020 and a net loss bigger than the previous year’s fourth quarter, in an earnings report released March 11. Sientra had a net loss of $21.2 million in the fourth quarter, or 42 cents per share, more Read More →

| Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Mission Produce earnings up despite dip in avocado prices

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

Revenue was down for the second consecutive quarter at Oxnard-based Mission Produce, but net income was on the rise in the first quarter of 2021, according to the company’s March 10 earnings statement. Mission Produce, which is one of the biggest avocado distributors in the world, generate revenue in the first quarter worth $173.2 million, Read More →