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By Henry Dubroff / Thursday, September 11th, 2014 / Latest news / Comments Off on Slump in new business starts focus of jobs summit
Despite the buzz being generated about startups in downtown Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo, it is a shortage of new business starts that’s slowing America’s recovery. That’s was the view from Mike Soules, CEO of Corwin Management, a unit of Thousand Oaks-based Sage Publications. He joined former Cheers star John Ratzenberger, Go-Biz Director Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, September 11th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / 1 Comment
In what could be the region’s biggest-ever day for tech deals, Westlake Village-based Conversant said it will be sold to Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems in a deal valued at $2.3 billion, and Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems said it will be bought by HP.
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By Elijah Brumback / Thursday, September 4th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Restaurants, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Public Market, brewery slated for San Luis Obispo
A new public food market is in the works for the Bonetti Ranch property in San Luis Obispo, with Buellton-based Figueroa Mountain Brewery as the anchor tenant.
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, September 4th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology / Comments Off on Transphorm secures GaN patents
Goleta-based Transphorm, an energy-efficiency company spun out of UC Santa Barbara, said it has been granted two patents that it believes could cover as much as 60 percent of its target market in power-conversion electronics.
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By Stephen Nellis / Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Google taps UCSB for quantum computing
Google has selected a UC Santa Barbara lab for a new quantum computing initiative just a short distance from where Microsoft has an outpost, setting up a battle among tech giants on the South Coast.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Top Stories / Comments Off on Crunchies moves to block takeover bid with Chapter 11 filing
Westlake Village-based Crunchies Food Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, alleging that one of its largest vendors has attempted a hostile takeover of the fast-growing freeze-dried snacks maker.