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| Thursday, August 28th, 2014

Stantec to buy tri-county engineering firm Penfield & Smith

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Real Estate, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, West Ventura County

Stantec, a large publicly traded design and consulting company, is acquiring Santa Barbara-based engineering firm Penfield & Smith. Terms of the deal, expected to close in October, were not disclosed. Penfield & Smith has regional offices in Santa Barbara, Camarillo and Santa Maria. The company had revenue of $16 million last year, according to Business Read More →

| Thursday, August 28th, 2014

Amgen seeks approval for new cholesterol drug

Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Amgen became the first drugmaker to seek U.S. regulatory approval for a new class of cholesterol-lowering treatments after it submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday for evolocumab. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said the drug works by blocking a naturally occurring protein called PCSK9 that prevents the liver from removing LDL cholesterol, Read More →

| Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

QAD’s second-quarter profits drop despite record revenue

Banking & Finance, Personal Finance, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy

Shares of Summerland-based business software firm QAD fell Aug. 27 on news that the company’s second-quarter profits dropped 24.2 percent to $985,000. QAD reported record revenues and higher operating income during the second quarter. Its total revenue climbed 12 percent to a second-quarter record of $73.1 million, it said, up from $65.2 million in the Read More →

| Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Santa Barbara chamber opposes anti-oil effort Measure P

Central Coast, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

Proponents of Santa Barbara County’s Measure P, an anti-fracking measure that could also shut down conventional oil and gas production, suffered a setback on Aug. 27 when the largest South Coast chamber of commerce said it opposed the November ballot initiative. The Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce said that its board voted to “urge Read More →

Mindbody, ranked No. 11 on the Business Times' 50 Fastest-Growing Companies

| Monday, August 25th, 2014

50 Fastest-Growing Companies 2014 announced

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

Learn more about this year’s featured companies and the Sept. 18 awards event.

| Thursday, August 21st, 2014

In their own words: Spirit of Small Business 2014 winners

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

The Pacific Coast Business Times’ 2014 class of Spirit of Small Business winners were honored at an awards luncheon on Aug. 14, 2014 following the publication of a special edition on July 25, 2014. The special section, produced in partership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, highlights entrepreneurship in the Tri-Counties, with profiles on successful Read More →

| Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

Limoneira buys stake in Chilean citrus packing operation

Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Limoneira Co. has purchased a 35 percent stake in a Chilean citrus business for $1.75 million. Santa Paula-based Limoneira said Tuesday that it had made the investment in Rosales, a citrus packing, marketing and sales operation based in La Serena, Chile. The operation is located in the coastal region of northern Chile, which is a Read More →