Community West lost $591K in Q2
Shares of Community West Bancshares soared 7.7 percent even as the Goleta-based bank reported a $591,000 second-quarter loss. The parent company of Community West Bank’s latest loss swings away from an $819,000 profit in the first quarter. Including $268,000 in dividends and accretion on preferred stock, Community West’s second-quarter net loss applicable to common stockholders Read More →
Teledyne profits, sales up
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies, a defense and industrial conglomerate, reported second-quarter profits of $39.5 million, or $1.06 a share, on July 26, compared with $38.7 million, or $1.04, last year. The company also said it took in $518.5 million in sales compared with $502.9 million for the second quarter of 2011. Sales increased 3.1 percent Read More →
Dole profits slip, spin off looms
Fruit and produce distributor Dole Foods Co. earned $66 million, or 74 cents per share, in its second quarter and said that a proposed spin off of its packaged foods business could happen by year’s end. The earnings announced on July 19 were down from $83 million, or 94 cents per share, in the second Read More →
Teledyne to buy N.Y. firm for $291M
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has agreed to purchase a New York-based electronics testing instruments maker in a deal valued at $291 million. Teledyne, an industrial-defense conglomerate, is set to purchase Chestnut Ridge-based LeCroy Corp. for $14.30 a share, for a total of about $240 million. Stock options, appreciation rights and net debt push the deal Read More →
Underperforming stock price prompts Dole to put asset sales on menu

By staff and wire reports on May 18, 2012 A strategic review going on at Dole Food Co. could lead to a major overhaul and asset sales at the one of the biggest companies headquartered in the Westlake Village-Thousand Oaks corporate corridor. Amid disappointing results, Dole shares have struggled to get to double-digits, a thorn Read More →
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 →