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| Thursday, April 26th, 2012

FCAL profits drop 83%

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

First California Financial Group’s first-quarter profits plummeted 83.3 percent to $2.6 million, it reported on April 26. Per share, earnings were 8 cents, compared to 54 cents in the same quarter a year earlier. The Westlake Village-based parent of First California Bank said last year’s first-quarter results included a one-time $34.7 million pre-tax gain related Read More →

| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Ryland trims first-quarter loss as home sales pop

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National homebuilder Ryland Group narrowed its first-quarter loss to $3 million from $17.4 milllion as orders for new homes jumped 46.6 percent. Ryland’s revenue climbed 28.7 percent year-over-year to $215.9 million as home orders and closings rose in tandem with average closing prices. The company, which last year moved its headquarters to Westlake Village, said Read More →

| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

PCBC earns $16.6M in Q1

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Pacific Capital Bancorp turned in profits of $16.6 million in the first quarter of the year, down slightly from the same period a year earlier. The parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust said its latest earnings were affected by $1 million in merger-related costs. UnionBanCal Corp., the parent of Union Bank, is acquiring Pacific Read More →

| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Amgen to buy Turkish firm in $700M deal

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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said it will acquire Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals, a major supplier of pharmaceuticals and injectable medicines in Turkey, in a deal that values the Turkish firm at $700 million. Amgen said that its focus on Turkey and the surrounding region is part of a broad international expansion strategy for the company. Amgen established Read More →

| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

NiMin Energy to dissolve

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NiMin Energy, a small independent oil and gas firm based in Caprinteria, is selling its Wyoming assets for $98 million and dissolving itself. The company, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is also in talks to sell its San Joaquin Valley assets in California. The company said the money will be used to Read More →

| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Teledyne’s profits rise in Q1

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies beat Wall Street’s expectations on April 25 when it reported first-quarter profits of $35.7 million on $494 million in sales. The profits work out to 96 cents a share, well above the 91-cent average estimate of six analysts, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Sales were 5.5 percent above the same Read More →

| Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Inphi loses $1.5M in Q1

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Nearly three months after Inphi. Corp. hired a new CEO to recover from a 93 percent drop in profits in 2011, the semiconductor company reported a net loss of $1.5 million for the first quarter. The Santa Clara-based company, which designs chips aimed at packing more memory onto Internet servers and increasing bandwidth, employs a Read More →