A CSU turf war over an MBA program
ColumnsDick Rush is not a fan of Cal Poly’s plan to study the possibility of setting up an MBA program in or around Santa Barbara. Rush, president of California State University Channel Islands, has put a lot of time and fundraising muscle behind the Martin V. Smith School of Business. He’s been wooing donors and Read More →
GreatWay presents
UncategorizedThe Best of Success roofing industry conference selected Rod Menzel for a presentation at its fifth annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Menzel is the founder of GreatWay Roofing, a commercial and residential roofing company. He was also selected as this year’s winner in the Green Business category for the Business Times’ Spirit of Small Business Read More →
Dole banana saga continues
UncategorizedA federal judge in Miami said he may decide that Westlake Village-based Dole Food Inc. can’t be forced to pay a Nicaraguan court’s $97 million verdict awarded to banana plantation workers, Bloomberg News reported. In a Sept. 4 hearing, U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck said that he didn’t see how he could sustain Read More →
Civic Alliance helps stitch Ventura Co. up
OpinionNot so very long ago, Ventura County was defined by its differences. Oxnard and Ventura came to legal blows over the future of some large retail shops that abandoned the Esplanade Mall for new digs across the Santa Clara River. Agricultural and environmental interests teamed up to pass SOAR, dealing a blow to urban interests Read More →
The lesson learned from BuenaVentura
OpinionOne of the things we are learning about the current financial crisis is that banks operate best when they really operate as banks. When it was launched a year ago, Banco Buenaventura looked like a great idea for serving the Hispanic community. And we gave the brains behind the institution the benefit of the doubt Read More →
