SBCC removes anxiety from hiring process
UncategorizedMedia students at Santa Barbara City College have a new way to connect with prospective employers. The college’s school of media arts has launched an online incubator for students. It draws on social networking concepts pioneered by MySpace and Facebook. Employers can browse the students’ profiles and portfolios and contact those whose work they like. Read More →
Not so jolly shopping season lies ahead
FeaturesJust over a month after The Oaks shopping center in Thousand Oaks unveiled its 103,000-square-foot expansion, the mall will have to face one of the most challenging holiday shopping seasons in recent years. Sixty-one percent of those polled last month in GfK Roper Consulting’s Holiday Shopping study said their holiday shopping plans will be delayed Read More →
Trip reveals China syndrome
FeaturesConventional wisdom has it that China is destined to become the world’s next superpower. But one Westlake Village financial expert warns that the consensus view can turn out to be wrong. In late October, Arkady Milgram, a partner at Thousand Oaks-based Walker Financial Partners, took a nine-day trip across China. He and about 80 members Read More →
Why Arnold should give small business a big break
ColumnsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t do anything small. Even when it comes to small business. The state’s first-ever conference on entrepreneurship on Nov. 18 brought together a few top owner-operators, some leading advocates and key public officials who provide assistance to the small business sector. There was an ambitious agenda, a swirl of caucuses and stirring Read More →
Westmont: Juggling Plan A and Plan Tea
UncategorizedThe Tea Fire caught Westmont College in the middle of its largest construction project in decades, and the devastation wrought by the blaze actually could speed the campus makeover even as it causes some vexing problems for officials. The private, Christian-oriented college for some 1,200 students had pulled building permits for two brand new buildings Read More →
Paulson addresses bailout, economy at Reagan Library
UncategorizedTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson advanced his views on financial system regulatory reform during a Nov. 20 speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Paulson, who has been under fire for his handling of the $700 billion credit market bailout, called for a market stability regulator that “would have the authority to review Read More →
