April 19, 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, February 5th, 2021

Automatic for the people: UCSB researcher looks at how robots can work for us

Higher Education, Latest news, right, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories

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| Friday, February 5th, 2021

Amgen shares slip after projections of flat 2021 sales

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

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| Thursday, February 4th, 2021

Deckers shares jump after strong earnings report

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

Deckers Brands, a fashion and footwear company based in Goleta, posted record-setting earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 and beat analysts’ expectations with ease behind the strength of its most recognizable brand, Ugg, and its latest rising star, Hoka One One. Deckers reported a 14.8% increase in revenue compared to the same quarter a Read More →

| Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

Amgen reports rising revenue, warns of flat 2021

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

Amgen, one of the world’s largest biotech companies, saw rising revenue in the fourth quarter of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic could dampen the outlook for the company and its investors in 2021, according to earnings released Feb. 2. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech firm had $6.6 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter, a 7% Read More →

| Friday, January 29th, 2021

Region’s tech firms join exodus to Texas

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

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| Friday, January 29th, 2021

SoCalTech founder: It’s hard out there for startups in a pandemic

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

Teledyne earnings report shows best-ever performance in 2020

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

Teledyne Technologies beat analysts’ expectations when it announced its fourth quarter results Jan. 27, with a slight decrease in revenue but a bump in net income compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Teledyne, a Thousand Oaks-based industrial and scientific conglomerate, reported earnings per share of $3.48 for the fourth quarter of 2020, up Read More →