NiMin reports $1.5M loss
NiMin Energy Corp., the Carpinteria-based oil and gas producer that is disbanding, said it narrowed its first-quarter loss to $1.5 million, compared to a loss of $8.5 million a year ago. The company said in late April that poor stock-price performance prompted it to start dismantling the business and selling its assets. The move came Read More →
A blueprint for green business: Patagonia execs share lessons learned in new book
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Berry good: Fruit coating technology wins startup contest
Results from UC Santa Barbara’s New Venture Competition on May 9.
First California rejects PacWest takeover bid
Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group has spurned an unsolicited takeover offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp. First California, a $2 billion bank whose profits dropped drastically in the first quarter, is under pressure from three major shareholders to sell itself and has hired an investment banking firm to help evaluate its options. The company Read More →
Vitesse widens loss
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., a Camarillo-based company that makes chips for carrier and enterprise networks, reported a second-quarter net loss of $6.2 million, or 25 cents per share on May 8. The generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, numbers were lower than the 7 cent per share loss predicted by analysts. On a non-GAAP basis, the Read More →
CalAmp signs $25M contract
Oxnard-based wireless products maker CalAmp Corp. has signed a $25 million contract with Navman Wireless for fleet-tracking products. CalAmp said May 7 that under the five-year deal, it has purchased several products and technologies from Navman and set up a research and development center in New Zealand that is staffed by 14 employees brought over Read More →
Ojai Community Bank reports record Q1 earnings
Two months after Ojai Community Bank bucked a federal regulatory order, the bank reported first-quarter profits of $250,000, almost three times more than its earnings a year ago. Ojai Community, which also owns Santa Paula Community Bank, said the quarter’s earnings are a record. Total deposits have climbed 2 percent since the beginning of the Read More →
