Amazon opens brick and mortar store in Isla Vista
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Technology cuts office cord in Simi Valley
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China’s command economy hits great wall of the free market
“They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go.” Sixty years ago, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein used those words to describe the state of affairs in Kansas City in the musical “Oklahoma.” But I can’t think of a better way to describe what’s going on in China. The Middle Kingdom appears to have hit Read More →
Justin’s Winery of the Year honor beyond ‘wildest dreams’
I asked Justin Baldwin what message he would deliver later this month at an awards dinner in New York honoring Justin Vineyards & Winery as Wine Enthusiast magazine’s American Winery of the Year. “Wow” was the first word that came to mind. He recalled that when he started the operation 35 years ago, it was Read More →
Compass expands online luxury real estate platform to SB, Montecito
A new online platform is poised to shake up the region’s luxury residential real estate market. New York-based Compass uses in-house software that aims to cut down on brokers’ administrative work and streamline listing updates. The startup recently announced that it is expanding into the Santa Barbara and Montecito markets. The South Coast is the Read More →
Baxalta’s fast exit shows need for corporate tax fix
Baxalta, we hardly knew ya. Just six months after it was spun off from parent Baxter International, Baxalta, a major employer in East Ventura County, is to be sold to Shire, an Irish firm. The future of some 1,200 employees in Westlake Village and the Newbury Park area of Thousand Oaks is now uncertain, as Read More →
Forced arbitration violates your rights
By Lisa Spiwak Arbitration has become very popular as an alternative dispute resolution to the traditional court system. Arbitration’s popularity stems from the fact that it is a way to resolve legal disputes outside of the courts in a faster, cheaper and more flexible manner. Arbitration awards are completely binding on the parties and those Read More →
