LTC beats on revenues, meets on profits
Westlake Village-based LTC Properties beat revenue estimates in the second quarter as its funds from operations were up 17.8 percent to $22.5 million, or 64 cents per common diluted share, meeting Wall Street expectations.
Conversant profits on track, extends buybacks
Westlake Village-based digital marketing firm Conversant stayed on track with earnings but slightly missed Wall Street’s revenue targets as it committed to returning $150 million more in cash to shareholders through stock buybacks.
Crop values hit $4.4B as drought parches strawberries
Drought conditions sapped 12 percent of the value of strawberry production in Ventura County while wine grapes surged for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties to help boost the region’s crop values to $4.4 billion, according to reports on last year’s crops.
Amgen to slash 2,400 jobs, shrink Thousand Oaks HQ
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will cut staff at its Conejo Valley headquarters and consolidate into fewer buildings as part of a company-wide restructuring plan that will eliminate between 2,400 and 2,900 jobs and shutter facilities in Colorado and Washington. Amgen said the moves are designed to reduce operating expenses by $700 million by 2016, money that Read More →
Community West Bank profits fall 19.8 percent
Goleta-based Community West Bancshares, the holding company for Community West Bank, reported that earnings per diluted share fell to $0.18 for the second quarter while net interest income rose to $6.3 million.
