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| Monday, March 24th, 2025

Alamar analysts give their thoughts on the national economy

Banking & Finance, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Personal Finance

Editor’s note: Continuing our Q1 investor panel discussion, Taking Stock visited with George Tharakan, chief investment officer, and John Murphy, CEO, at Alamar Capital, for this email exchange on March 13. These answers were lightly edited for content. To suggest future topics, email us at [email protected] Q. We’re starting to see some signs of real Read More →

| Monday, March 24th, 2025

Street smarts: CSUCI professor teams up with Cottage Health

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Subscriber content

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| Monday, March 24th, 2025

CRE: New CEO at VCCAR; Single-family home community opens in Nipomo

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

Unemployment rate skyrockets throughout Central Coast

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, middle, Tri-County Economy

The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties went up substantially in the month of January, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. As a whole, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was 4.93%, up from 4.5% in December. Released on March 14, the unemployment rate for Santa Barbara County jumped up 0.8% Read More →

| Friday, March 14th, 2025

Street smarts: Ventura County Clerk/Recorder named Woman of the Year

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content

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| Friday, March 14th, 2025

CRE: Historic 350-acre parcel in Montecito purchased, will be protected as open space

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Friday, March 14th, 2025

Focus on finance quarterly roundtable

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Focus on Finance, a new report from the Business Times. We’ve had such strong responses to our Spring and Fall forecasts that we’re adding March and August panel discussions to give you a quarterly look at the markets. In this issue, we take a timely look at investing in the Trump era. Our Read More →