CKE nears buyout endgame
Latest newsSouth Coast, meet buyout specialist Leon Black. He does not mess around. Black is believed to be the man behind an April 19 bid of $12.55 per share for Carpinteria-based CKE Restaurants, the parent of Carl’s Jr. and Hardees. That’s a whopping 13.5 percent higher than the $11.05 on the table from Boston-based private equity Read More →
Carpinteria chamber backs drilling proposal
Latest newsThe Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce has gone from neutral to supportive of Measure J, which would allow Venoco to drill offshore for oil and gas from an onshore rig in the city. The Carpinteria City Council opposes Measure J, which will be on the June 8 ballot. The business community is divided. When the Read More →
Updated story: In Santa Barbara County, slow growth softens recession
Latest newsSanta Barbara County will experience a shorter and shallower recession than the rest of the region, the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project said. Speaking to 600 business and community leaders April 22, Chris Thornberg and Brad Kemp of Beacon Economics said Santa Barbara County went into recession later than Ventura and San Luis Obispo Read More →
Amgen first-quarter earnings up 14 percent to $1.2B
Latest newsThousand Oaks-based biotech giant earned $1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year – an increase of 14 percent over earnings of $1 billion in the first quarter a year ago. It saw revenues from several of its key moneymaker drugs increase, and said it remains optimistic about a new drug in the pipeline. Read More →
"Superior proposal" made for CKE
Latest news[Editor’s note: This story was updated at 2:25 p.m. on April 20, to reflect the correction at the bottom of the article.] A $75 million price hike has restarted the bidding war for CKE Restaurants, the Carpinteria-based parent of Carl’s Jr. and Hardees. CKE said April 18 that it has received a buyout offer worth Read More →
Oil
Latest newsExxonMobil has set a new record for slant drilling from an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara County, setting the stage for decades of more tension between energy companies and environmentalists as new technology unlocks billions of barrels of oil. Houston-based Exxon said April 16 that it had drilled more than six miles Read More →
Cal Lutheran pumps $142M into Ventura County
Latest newsThousand Oaks-based California Lutheran University contributes $142 million to the Ventura County economy, including taxes of about $21 million and 1,400 full-time jobs. Those figures are the result of an economic impact study CLU conducted as part of its 50th anniversary. The study was conducted by Jamshid Damooei, a professor of business administration at CLU Read More →
