Op-Ed: Five questions to ask your favorite charity
Op/Eds, OpinionWhenever you make a gift, you also want to be sure that your money will be used wisely.
Op-ed: Health care reform – Coming to a checkbook near you
Health Care & Life Science, Op/Eds, OpinionIt’s been just over a year since some of the most significant mandates under the massive health care reform bill, dubbed Obamacare, went into effect. But, as the saying goes, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Amgen CEO to step down
Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public CompaniesKevin Sharer, chairman and CEO of Amgen, is set to retire in May, the Thousand Oaks-based company said on Dec. 15. Current president and chief operating officer Robert Bradway will become the company’s new CEO. Sharer led Amgen, the largest private-sector employer in Ventura County, for 11 years. He oversaw the company’s transition from the Read More →
Superconductor to move HQ to Austin
Latest newsSuperconductor Technologies, a company that produces high temperature superconducting materials for cell phones, is moving its corporate headquarters from Santa Barbara to Austin, Texas, the company said in a news release on Monday. The company’s Conductus superconducting wire manufacturing center will also be based in Austin. Superconducter will continue to house some of its research Read More →
Berkshire Hathaway buys Topaz project
Features, Green Coast, Technology, Tri-County EconomyThe 550-megawatt Topaz solar project in northern San Luis Obispo County landed an endorsement from Warren Buffett on Dec. 7 when a unit of Berkshire Hathaway announced it was acquiring the project from Arizona-based First Solar.
Kavli talks philanthropy at CCC event
Latest newsFifty years after Fred Kavli immigrated to the United States from Norway, he started the journey from entrepreneurship to philanthropy by establishing the Kavli Foundation in 2000 to support scientific research and education. In the 11 years since, the foundation has handed out millions of dollars in prizes recognizing research excellence in three types of Read More →
