Lucia aquires West Coast Asset Management office, key staff
West Coast Asset Management, the alternative investment firm founded by Paul Orfalea and family member Lance Helfert, is merging with a San Diego-based money manager.
Clean Diesel chairman resigns, metals industry veteran steps in
Shares of Clean Diesel Technologies closed down 5.5 percent on Tuesday, after the company announced that Alexander “Hap” Ellis III had resigned as chairman and that board member Charles Engles had taken over the position. Ellis resigned to focus more time on RockPort Capital, the venture capital firm of which he is a partner, Clean Read More →
Qualstar shares sink on $5.6M loss
Qualstar cut its annual loss to $5.6 million — almost half of what it had been a year earlier — but investors weren’t happy with the company’s slow progress as it struggles to return to profitability. Shares of Qualstar plummeted 6.9 percent to close at $1.21 on Sept. 29 after the company reported its fiscal Read More →
Teledyne to raise $125M in debt sale
Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies hopes to raise up to $125 million in operating capital by selling debt. The company said that on Dec. 4 it will issue $30 million of senior unsecured notes at 2.6 percent due Dec. 4, 2019 and $95 million of 3.1 percent senior unsecured notes due on Dec. 6, Read More →
