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| Monday, August 27th, 2012

UCSB spinout sold to medical supply giant

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology

Sirigen, a UC Santa Barbara biomedical technology spinout, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Becton Dickinson and Co. The company was founded in 2003 by two students and a professor to enter UCSB’s New Venture Competition. Sirigen won the competition in May 2003. The company’s technology tapped recently discovered conductive polymers to improve what are Read More →

| Friday, August 24th, 2012

Stratus hits brakes on car shows amid shakeup

Banking & Finance, Law & Goverment, Top Stories

By Julian Moore on August 24, 2012 A Santa Barbara company that produces lavish luxury and collectible car shows has suspended its event schedule amid a financial shortfall and turmoil in its executive suite. Stratus Media Group, the luxury car show and fight promoter that owns the event, has sacked its CEO and given him Read More →

| Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

$28M Marriott hotel opens in Goleta

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After nine years of planning and development, the $28 million Courtyard by Marriott in Goleta opened its doors Aug. 23. The 106-room hotel is located on three acres at 401 Storke Road, down the street from Isla Vista and a mile away from the UC Santa Barbara campus. Bob Olson, CEO of Irvine-based R.D. Olson Read More →

| Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

Qualstar cuts jobs amid $4.1M loss

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Simi Valley-based Qualstar, a maker of tape-based hard-drive backups and power supplies, has laid off 13 percent of its workforce. The company said the employees were related to unprofitable technologies that it is phasing out, and the move is expected to save the company about $480,00 a year. The announcement came days after Qualstar said Read More →

| Friday, August 17th, 2012

Gold standard for green: Lynda.com efforts raise bar for sustainability

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| Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Oxnard Marriott sold for $11.4M

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Nearly two years after a court appointed a receiver to take control of the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard after it was foreclosed upon, the hotel has been sold for $11.4 million. HREC Investment Advisors, a hospitality real estate advisory firm based in Denver and Los Angeles, arranged the sale of the 166-room hotel. The Read More →

| Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

UTC unloads Clipper to private equity firm

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