Venoco shareholders approve CEO’s takeover bid
Banking & Finance, Tri-County Public Companies[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NYSE:VQ” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”05-12-2011″ enddate=”05-06-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] [Editor’s Note: Correction appended below.] Venoco shareholders have approved CEO Tim Marquez’s bid to take the company private despite the fact that he has yet to give details on how he would gather the nearly $400 million in financing to close the deal. After the June Read More →
Calavo reports strong Q2 earnings despite Mexican tax expense
Latest news[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:CVGW” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”04-12-2011″ enddate=”04-06-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Avocado marketer Calavo Growers reported that second-quarter earnings nearly doubled since the same period last year, before taking into account an unanticipated multimillion-dollar tax expense. For the three months ended April 30, net income before the tax item rose 84 percent to $4.4 million, equal to Read More →
A business’ best friend: BarkBack lets retailers reward customer feedback
Features, Small Business, TechnologyThe startup aims to help businesses get better feedback from their customers.
First California faces more shareholder dissent
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesInvestors who own 5.4 percent of First California Financial Group’s shares have joined the ranks of disgruntled stockholders after the bank snubbed a buyout offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp. A letter dated May 23 from Loeb Offshore Management out of New York came through in the bank’s regulatory filings on May 29. Addressing Westlake Read More →
Teledyne to buy N.Y. firm for $291M
Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has agreed to purchase a New York-based electronics testing instruments maker in a deal valued at $291 million. Teledyne, an industrial-defense conglomerate, is set to purchase Chestnut Ridge-based LeCroy Corp. for $14.30 a share, for a total of about $240 million. Stock options, appreciation rights and net debt push the deal Read More →
