Under pressure to sell itself, Vitesse plans $30M stock offering
Shares of Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. were down 15 percent to $2.30 in mid-day trading June 19 as the company announced a public stock offering to raise up to $30 million. The move comes as the company faces pressure from Columbia Pacific Advisors, an investment firm that owns nearly 10 percent of Vitesse, to sell Read More →
Water-tight business plan: Wow Gear goes global
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Dole CEO offers $1.1 billion to take firm private
Westlake Village-based Dole Food Co.’s stock soared more than 21 percent Tuesday morning as CEO David Murdock made a cash offer of $12 a share for the 60 percent of the company he doesn’t own in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. Dole is one of the biggest producers and importers of fresh fruit and Read More →
FCAL ordered to pay fine, set up $1.1M restitution fund for prepaid card users
Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine and set up $1.1 million in restitution to more than 64,000 consumers who used its prepaid debit card products. The announcement from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. comes on the day that Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp’s $237 million acquisition of First California Read More →
State exec to shed light on insurance exchange costs
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