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, 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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| Thursday, January 7th, 2021

Flir’s Goleta infrared operation a big target of $8B Teledyne acquisition

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

For more than a decade, Teledyne Technologies has been attempting to get into the uncooled infrared market. With its acquisition of Flir Systems, announced Jan. 4, the multinational conglomerate based in Thousand Oaks might finally have the perfect opportunity to enter the commercial infrared space with a splash. Teledyne plans to spend approximately $8 billion Read More →

| Thursday, December 31st, 2020

Five tech business trends to watch in 2021

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Monday, December 21st, 2020

More avocado consumption doesn’t add up to more profit for Calavo

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, right, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Americans have been eating more avocados than ever during the pandemic, but the companies that sell them avocados aren’t necessarily profiting from the growing volume. Around 70% of U.S. households will have purchased avocados in 2020, with consumption on pace to top 6.25 billion avocados, 64% more than U.S. consumers bought in 2014, according to Read More →