October 5, 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.


| Thursday, October 29th, 2020

Marvell to buy Inphi in $8B semiconductor deal

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

Marvell Technology Group, a major semiconductor company, announced Oct. 29 it will acquire Inphi, a competitor based in Santa Clara with significant operations in Thousand Oaks, in a cash and stock deal worth about $8 billion. Under the agreement, Marvell will pay Inphi shareholders $66 for each share of Inphi stock, along with 2.323 shares Read More →

| Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

Amgen beats expectations in Q3 earnings report

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

Amgen, one of the biggest biopharmaceutical companies in the world, continued to see growth in the third quarter of 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The Thousand Oaks-based company saw total revenue of $6.4 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent from the third quarter of 2019. Earnings per share increased 5 percent to $3.43. Both Read More →

| Monday, October 26th, 2020

Port of Hueneme coming back strong from pandemic

Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

Business at the Port of Hueneme bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic much quicker than management expected, allowing the port to keep its focus on the environment, port officials said at their 2020 “State of the Port” address on Oct. 15. When the shutdown started in March, all 10 of the automobiles manufacturers that use Read More →

| Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Teledyne reports earnings dip

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

Despite a dip in earnings and sales compared to last year, Teledyne Technologies beat analysts’ expectations with net income of $93.9 million in the third quarter, the company announced Oct. 21. Analysts estimated that Teledyne’s diluted earnings per share would be $2.36 in the third quarter, according to estimates compiled by the Wall Street Journal. Read More →

| Friday, October 16th, 2020

Pandemic heats up demand for Seek Thermal’s sensors

Health Care & Life Science, right, Technology

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| Thursday, October 15th, 2020

Port of Hueneme reports strong comeback from pandemic shutdowns

Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

Business at the Port of Hueneme has exceeded its management’s expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic, port officials said Oct.15 at the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce’s annual “State of the Port” address. When the shutdown started in March, all 10 of the automobiles manufacturers that use the port stopped production of cars. The auto-cargo industry accounts Read More →

| Thursday, October 15th, 2020

Cannabis lands on the ballot in Ventura County

Agribusiness, middle, Top Stories

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