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By Staff Report / Thursday, January 9th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Amgen’s chief financial officer to depart
Chief Financial Officer Jonathan M. Peacock is leaving Amgen to pursue broader career opportunities, the company announced. Michael A. Kelly has been named acting CFO.
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Blue Shield agrees to acquire tri-county Physicians Choice Health Plan
Blue Shield of California has entered into an agreement to acquire Bakersfield-based GemCare Health Plan, which operates as Physicians Choice Health Plan in the Tri-Counties, the company announced Tuesday.
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By Staff Report / Monday, January 6th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on SLO group spearheads broadband push
The Economic Vitality Corp. of San Luis Obispo County is launching a letter-writing campaign for a grant from the California Public Utilities Commission to form what would be called the Broadband Consortium of the Pacific Coast.
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By Staff Report / Friday, December 27th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on CalAmp shares slide as Q4 outlook misses
Shares of Oxnard-based CalAmp plunged 9 percent on Christmas Eve, after the company delivered a fourth-quarter outlook that missed analyst expectations. The wireless products company said it expects fourth-quarter profits of between 19 and 23 cents per share, lower than the 24 cents per share analysts were expecting, on average, according to FactSet.
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By Staff Report / Friday, December 27th, 2013 / Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Port of Hueneme gets $3M in federal funds
The Port of Hueneme announced Dec. 26 that it has secured more than $3 million in federal funds to reduce air emissions, improve its infrastructure and facilitate food distribution and education in Ventura County.
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 23rd, 2013 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Thomas Aquinas prevails in suit over birth-control mandate
Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, a Catholic four-year liberal arts college, has prevailed in a lawsuit challenging the birth-control mandate of the Affordable Care Act, the school said Dec. 23.
The U.S. District Court judge, however, ruled against Thomas Aquinas’ co-plaintiffs, including the Catholic University of America and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, in the suit over the new health-care law.
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 23rd, 2013 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on California Energy Commission awards grants to two regional research projects
Ron Pretlac of GreenTech Motors Corp. in Westlake Village and Peter Jardine of Shape Change Technologies in Thousand Oaks will receive almost $95K each from the Energy Innovations Small Grant Program.
