March 3, 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.


| Friday, January 22nd, 2021

Community choice aggregator brings new energy option to Santa Barbara County

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

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| Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

Mission Produce reports earnings drop in first post-IPO filing

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

Revenue and net income took a hit in the fourth quarter of 2020 for Oxnard-based Mission Produce, as the company released its first earnings report on Jan. 19 since its initial public offering in October. Mission Produce reported revenue totaling $206.8 million for the quarter ended Oct. 31, which was an 11% decrease from the Read More →

| Friday, January 15th, 2021

Corporate donors bail on Congress in wake of Capitol riot

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| Friday, January 15th, 2021

HLB-sniffing dogs find a home in Ventura County

Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Monday, January 11th, 2021

Limoneira’s losses mount as pandemic depresses citrus sales

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

Santa Paula-based agribusiness Limoneira saw its losses increase and its revenue drop in the fourth quarter of its most recent fiscal year, as low wholesale prices and declining sales during the pandemic took their toll. Limoneira released its results Jan. 11 for the quarter and fiscal year ended Oct. 31, revealing a loss of 42 Read More →

| Friday, January 8th, 2021

Region’s companies meet state mandate for women on corporate boards

Banking & Finance, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Women Inc.

Every publicly traded company in the tri-county region has at least one woman on its board of directors, but only half of the 22 companies have enough women directors to meet a state law that takes effect at the start of 2022.

| Friday, January 8th, 2021

Feds back away from fee for distilleries that made hand sanitizer

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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