March 4, 2025

		

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.


| Monday, March 1st, 2021

AppFolio posts loss in fourth quarter

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

AppFolio, a Goleta-based property management software company, failed to meet analysts’ expectations with a net loss in the fourth quarter of 2020. Analysts tracked by Zacks Equity Research had predicted earnings per share of 13 cents, similar to AppFolio’s performance in the fourth quarter of 2019. Instead, the company suffered a net loss of $513,000 Read More →

| Friday, February 26th, 2021

Company founders talk social responsibility at Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum

Latest news, left, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories

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| Friday, February 26th, 2021

AeroVironment’s Mars drone was more than a decade in the making

East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, February 25th, 2021

MannKind stock dips on report of 2020 losses, but company touts fourth quarter comeback

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

MannKind Corp. struggled during 2020, but impressive financial results from its final quarter could be a sign of good things to come for the Westlake Village biotech company. MannKind, which develops drugs and treatments for those suffering from diabetes and pulmonary arterial hypertension, reported a net loss of $57.2 million in fiscal year 2020, up Read More →

| Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Inogen announces net loss, predicts better 2021

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

Goleta-based Inogen reported declines in both revenue and net income due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Feb. 24, when the maker of portable oxygen concentrators released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020. Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $74 million, a decline of 6.3% from the same quarter Read More →

| Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Santa Maria farm pays $30k to workers to settle labor complaint

Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Law & Goverment, right, Tri-County Economy

More than 200 Santa Maria farmworkers received settlement checks from Rancho Laguna Farms on Feb. 21, a day after the farm agreed to a $30,000 informal settlement of an unfair labor practice charge with the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The board distributed checks to 212 farmworkers at the Central Coast United for a Sustainable Read More →

| Friday, February 19th, 2021

Film Festival plans to go distanced, virtual

Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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