Madoff
ColumnsWhen Elaine Dine sold her attorney head-hunting firm about a decade ago, an employee told her about a seemingly solid investment called Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. “He closes the books day to day,” the employee told her. “It’s like having cash.” So Dine, a South Coast resident for the past five and half years, Read More →
Sorry to be bearer of bad news: the market hasn
ColumnsAfter attending the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors meeting at the Montecito Country Club along with about 200 other people on Feb. 5, I decided I didn’t want to do it again. I didn’t want to come back to this column with more depressing statistics, more somber quotes and another bleak outlook. But it seems Read More →
Ways to encourage small business in the Tri-Counties
ColumnsYou might say the economic stimulus bill currently before the Congress represents the best thinking by Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill. It’s a combination of old fashioned prime the pump spending plans with Kennedy-Reagan era tax cuts to give the public more money. On top of that, banks and large auto makers have gotten Read More →
Economy requires us to learn new tricks
Women Inc.“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I don’t know where that saying started, but we’ve all just been handed a new assignment: learn the trick of surviving on less. Actually it’s a range of new tricks — from cutting back on a few frills to a complete overhaul of the family or business Read More →
California
OpinionNow is the time to blow up California’s government and start over again. That’s the general idea behind the proposed constitutional convention, an idea making its way up and down the political food chain in the Golden State. Given the government gridlock that’s led the state to the brink of insolvency — and perhaps over Read More →
Region
OpinionNow that the realities of recession have hit hard, it’s time for Santa Barbara County to launch a targeted and effective economic development initiative. All around us are examples of people doing a good job with limited resources. The Economic Vitality Corp. in San Luis Obispo, the EDA activities that are taking place under the Read More →
AeroVironment gets contract
UncategorizedAeroVironment announced Feb. 9 that it has received an order from the U.S. Army valued at $16.8 million for the production of 50 new Raven unmanned aircraft systems equipped with the firm’s digital data link, or DDL. The company, which is based in Monrovia, has significant production operations in Simi Valley. The introduction of AeroVironment’s Read More →
