Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 21st, 2010
Top Stories Over the past two decades, the Conejo Valley has emerged from a collection of sleepy farm towns to a home for major companies. Good schools and proximity to Los Angeles have a lot to do with the attractiveness of the area to companies such as Dole Food Co., Teledyne Technologies, Amgen and J.D. Power & Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 21st, 2010
Features Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies is back in acquisition mode. This month, the defense conglomerate made up of dozens of companies has bought two more: Optimum Optical Systems, a Camarillo firm that will complement Teledyne’s infrared imaging systems for unmammned aerial vehicles; and Intelek, a United Kingdom mini-conglomerate that makes electronic systems for satellite communications. Teledyne Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 21st, 2010
Columns Just as President Barack Obama was delivering his Oval Office speech promoting a green jobs agenda as part of the next administration push, a report from California Lutheran University economist Bill Watkins was hitting the office printer. The message from Watkins was sobering. Green jobs are costly to produce, the opportunity is limited and, most Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 21st, 2010
Columns The financial crisis rocked the very foundations of the banking world — and going forward, it may change the way banks look from the ground up, too. Few people can better speak to that than Elisa Garcia, owner of Garcia Architects in Santa Barbara. She specializes in banking design; if you live in the Santa Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 14th, 2010
Top Stories A new luxury hotel in the seaside town of Cambria has found just how tough it can be to get off the ground. The development company for the new El Colibri hotel and spa has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing $9.5 million in liabilities, and has put the hotel up for sale seven months Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 14th, 2010
Top Stories Citrix Online was one of the brightest tri-county success stories of the 2000s. More than a decade later, it shows no sign of slowing down, marking double-digit profit growth during the worst recession in decades by helping other businesses save on travel, meeting and training costs. Founded in the late 1990s, Citrix Online began life Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, June 14th, 2010
Top Stories With a tri-county banking veteran as its new CEO and a $25 million infusion of capital from a private equity firm, San Luis Obispo-based Mission Community Bancorp is poised to make some big moves in the coming months. Mission Community Bancorp is a publicly traded banking firm and the holding company for Mission Community Bank, Read More →
