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Editorial Board


| Monday, December 20th, 2010

Editorial: Inphi gets votes of confidence

Editorials, Opinion

Westlake Village-based computer chip maker Inphi continues to impress lots of folks, including the people at Russell Investments.

| Monday, December 20th, 2010

Editorial: $152M courthouse is a stimulating development

Editorials, Opinion, Top Stories

The state judicial branch should focus on helping the local economy along as it builds its $152 million courthouse in Santa Barbara

| Monday, December 13th, 2010

Editorial: Paso’s day in the sun

Editorials, Opinion

Paso Robles’ recent wins in the wine world and a number of small tech firms are putting the city on the fast track

| Monday, December 13th, 2010

Editorial: Key ingredients missing in tax-cut deal

Editorials, Opinion

The Dec. 6 deal that extends unemployment benefits and the Bush-era tax breaks erases a lot of uncertainty.

| Monday, December 6th, 2010

Editorial: Don’t let firms dodge public earnings reports

Editorials, Opinion

Back in the 1980s, when the film “Wall Street” was all the rage in Hollywood, corporate earnings releases were still somewhat of an inside game. In the heady days before the 1987 market crash, a savvy trader could grab the earnings off “the wire” and trade for a moment or two before the general public Read More →

| Monday, November 29th, 2010

Editorial: Give till it helps

Editorials, Opinion

The Business Times encourages tri-county businesses to follow the lead of Montecito Bank & Trust, which gives away $1 million in Community Dividends each fall.

| Monday, November 29th, 2010

Editorial: Bidding good riddance to the awful 1099 rule

Editorials, Opinion

The so-called “1099 rule” was a disaster waiting to happen. Happily, it is a disaster that looks like it will be averted. News shortly before Thanksgiving that the U.S. Small Business Administration was publicly opposing the rule seems to be the last nail in the coffin for this ill-conceived tax on entrepreneurship. As the Business Read More →