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| Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

Citrix to layoff 1,000 employees, spin off GoToMeeting

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Citrix Systems Inc., the cloud-services company, is planning to cut about 1,000 jobs and spin off its Goleta-based GoToMeeting division rather than sell the online meeting organizer, it announced Nov. 17. Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. has been calling for change at the software firm. Citrix also noted that it would restructure its labor force, Read More →

| Wednesday, November 11th, 2015

Inogen’s third quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations

Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

  Inogen, a Goleta-based maker of direct-to-consumer respiratory products, beat analyst estimates for revenue when the company released third quarter earnings on Nov. 10. Revenues were up 38.7 percent from $29.4 million during the third quarter of last year to $40.8 million this year. Analysts had predicted revenues of $37 million. Inogen also reported adjusted Read More →

| Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

No Startup Weekend Santa Barbara this year

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Startup Weekend Santa Barbara will not be happening this year. The event was held the second weekend in November each of the past two years. Santa Barbara startup NextMover won the inaugural event in 2013. NextMover provided users with a cheap alternative to moving companies by connecting people with owners of large vehicles that wanted Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2015

Santa Barbara’s Beneflex buys Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions

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Santa Barbara-based Beneflex Insurance Services recently acquired Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions. Beneflex helps small- and medium-sized companies in the tri-county region navigate Affordable Care Act compliance and other issues regarding employee benefits. It acquired Insurance Dimensions on Oct. 1 to increase its client base throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and benefit from owner/operator Aline Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2015

AppFolio reports strong revenue for third quarter

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      AppFolio founder and chief strategist Klaus Schauser   Santa Barbara-based cloud computing firm AppFolio said revenue jumped 56 percent to $20.3 million for the third quarter as losses grew to $4.8 million. The company, which specializes in providing business-to-business cloud services, said that it had increased both law firm and property management Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

FDA to review Amgen’s new kidney disease dug

East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced on Nov. 6 that the Food and Drug Administration will review a new treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease. The new drug, Etelcalcetide, works by suppressing the secretion of a parathyroid hormone. The drug is administered intravenously three times per week at the end of a dialysis session. Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies trading on Nasdaq

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →