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 | Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

								
Owl Biomedical bought by German firm

								Latest news, Technology								
Less than two years after it was founded, Santa Barbara-based Owl Biomedical has been acquired by a German firm. Bergisch Gladbach-based Miltenyi Biotec said April 23 that it had purchased Owl for an undisclosed sum. The heart of Owl is a chip that can sort millions of cells per minute with help from lasers and Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, April 22nd, 2013

								
101 One Hundred & Business Hall of Fame announced

								Features, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies								
The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2013 class of 101 One Hundred & Business Hall of Fame honorees. This annual special section published with the April 19 print edition. An evening awards reception for the honorees will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara. [Buy Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, April 22nd, 2013

								
Power-One to be acquired by Swiss firm for $1B

								Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies								
Camarillo-based Power-One, a maker of inverters for solar power systems, is set to be acquired by Swiss industrial group ABB for $6.35 per share in a deal valued at about $1 billion. The deal bookends Power-One’s mid-2000s turnaround strategy. After struggling as a maker of computer power supplies, in 2006 Power-One bought an Italian inverter Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

								
Santa Barbara chamber names new CEO

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Ken Oplinger, a veteran chamber of commerce executive with roots in California, will move from Washington State to take the helm of the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce in June. Oplinger is currently president and CEO of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Bellingham, Wash. He has served in chamber leadership positions Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, April 11th, 2013

								
Prosecutors allege Deckers, Pacific Capital victims of KPMG auditor’s leaks

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Deckers Outdoor Corp. and the former Pacific Capital Bancorp, two of the biggest names in tri-county business, were the targets of a KPMG auditor who leaked their financial information to a golf partner and now faces federal criminal insider trading charges, according to prosecutors. Scott London, a former partner in charge of the accounting firm’s Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, April 5th, 2013

								
Green Coast 2013: How the region is leading the way in energy efficiency

								Features, Green Coast, Technology								
The Business Times published the fifth edition of Green Coast, our annual special report on the business of sustainability in the Tri-Counties, with the April 5, 2013 print edition. This special section took on a theme for its fifth anniversary: Energy efficiency, how our region is leading the way. Along with profiles on innovative energy Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 29th, 2013

								
Energy efficiency the name of the game at Eco:nomics

								Green Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy								
Energy efficiency was the hot topic at Eco:comics, the Wall Street Journal’s annual conference on green business. The three-day conference, held March 20-23, again took place at Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta this year. A quick informal poll of the audience at the invitation-only conference revealed a strong preference for energy efficiency technology: Out Read More →