By Henry Dubroff / Monday, June 26th, 2017 / Higher Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Labor leader Lacayo’s life, work celebrated at CSUCI memorial service
About 350 Ventura County community and political leaders paid tribute to the late Henry “Hank” Lacayo on June 24 at the John Spoor Broome Library at CSU Channel Islands. Lacayo, a national figure in the labor movement and in Democratic Party circles, died May 1 after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 85. Read More →
UC Santa Barbara and six other universities announced the formation of the nonprofit organization Alliance for Southern California Innovation on June 22. Led by former California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and a board of directors including UCSB physics professor and vice chancellor for research Joseph Incandela, the group will work to support tech entrepreneurs and Read More →
By Staff Report / Friday, June 23rd, 2017 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Employee reviews rank Anant Yardi among top CEOs in the nation
Updated at 3 p.m. June 23: Anant Yardi, founder and CEO of Yardi Systems in Goleta, was named on June 21 to a list of the nation’s top corporate leaders by employer review website Glassdoor. Yardi, a member of the Pacific Coast Business Times Hall of Fame, received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award recognizing the Read More →
By Staff Report / Friday, June 23rd, 2017 / Latest news / Comments Off on Latino Business Awards winners announced
The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2017 class of Latino Business Awards winners. This annual special section published with the June 23 print edition. This year we turned its focus on higher education, highlighting leaders in the academic realm from across the Tri-Counties. The award winners, along with our first ever college Read More →
It’s not immediately clear how disruptive the merger of Amazon and Whole Foods will be to the global food supply chain. So far, the e-commerce giant has wreaked havoc in asymmetric directions. It disrupted the chain store concept for book sales but strengthened local vendors and sparked a surge of interest in book buying. It Read More →
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