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Ventura County Credit Union purchases former Affinity Group HQ

By   /  Monday, August 18th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, East Ventura County, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Ventura County Credit Union purchases former Affinity Group HQ

Ventura County Credit Union has purchased the 73,000-square-foot office building at 2575 Vista Del Mar Drive in Ventura for its new headquarters. The property was previously the corporate home of Affinity Group. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property previously changed hands for $4.4 million in late 2012, property records show. The credit union Read More →

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Santa Barbara Community Bank to open on Carrillo Street

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara Community Bank to open on Carrillo Street

OCB Bancorp has taken over the 1,600-square-foot space at 21 E. Carrillo St. in downtown Santa Barbara for its new Santa Barbara Community Bank division. The location is a new branch for Ojai-based OCB Bancorp, which announced last month that it had tapped veteran banker Eloy Ortega to lead its expansion into the South Coast. Read More →

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Billion-dollar bond bonanza bound for ballot box

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Personal Finance, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  1 Comment

Tri-county school and community college districts are seeking passage this fall of bond measures totaling more than $1 billion, with many officials saying outdated buildings and overcrowded classrooms are the reason for the onslaught of financing initiatives. Across the region, at least 11 districts have successfully placed bond measures on the November ballot. The largest Read More →

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CoastHills Credit Union expands to five counties

By   /  Wednesday, August 13th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on CoastHills Credit Union expands to five counties

CoastHills Credit Union, the region’s largest credit union, has extended its reach from the southern edge of the Bay Area to the Los Angeles County line. The $750 million-asset financial institution said Aug. 13 that its July conversion from a federal to a state charter will allow it to set its service area as the Read More →

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Inogen raises 2014 guidance after beating on Q2 profits

By   /  Tuesday, August 12th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Inogen raises 2014 guidance after beating on Q2 profits

Shares of Goleta-based Inogen climbed 4.3 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday as the medical-device maker reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit. The company, which went public earlier this year, makes portable at-home oxygen concentrators. Its second-quarter revenue soared 50.8 percent to $30.4 million, beating the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate by $6.5 million. Product sales Read More →

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Funding farming’s future: USDA tags Tri-Counties for program

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Funding farming’s future: USDA tags Tri-Counties for program

  A $10 billion federal fund from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could provide much-needed assistance for developing water systems and other infrastructure in the Tri-Counties, where the region’s agriculture industry has suffered tremendous losses from the drought. The USDA has designated Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties as “drought disaster counties” as Read More →

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Vitesse loss narrows as new product sales overtake legacy offerings

By   /  Wednesday, August 6th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Vitesse loss narrows as new product sales overtake legacy offerings

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. continued its fight back to profitability in the third quarter, with new product revenues driving higher sales and its net loss narrowing to 7 cents per share. In the same quarter a year earlier, the Camarillo-based firm had recorded a net loss of 17 cents per share. Third-quarter revenue increased 3 percent Read More →