Venoco founder closes deal to take firm private
With $471 million in financing, Venoco founder Tim Marquez is taking the oil and gas company he founded private more than a year after his bid to buy up the 49 percent of the company he doesn’t already own. Venoco, which is based in Denver but has significant operations on the South Coast, announced the Read More →
Heritage Oaks to buy Morro Bay branch from Coast National
Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bank is buying the Morro Bay branch and assets of San Luis Obispo-based Coast National Bank. The acquisition, announced Oct. 1, will include about $30 million in deposit accounts. It will also include the branch building. Heritage Oaks said it will pay “market value” for the building at 898 Morro Bay Read More →
Investors cool to Deckers: Shoemaker’s shares stumble on lower Ugg prices
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Dole sells canned food business to Itochu for $1.7B
Produce giant Dole Food Co. sold its worldwide canned food business to Japanese conglomerate Itochu Corp. on Tuesday, fetching $1.7 billion and marking the Westlake Village-based firm’s exit from Asia. Proceeds from the all-cash sale, the biggest in Dole history, will be used to pay down debt, Dole said. Tokyo-based Itochu now has exclusive rights Read More →
Dole nears deal with Itochu
Westlake Village-based Dole Food Co. is closing in on a deal to sell its processed food business and Asian fresh fruit and vegetable businesses to a Japanese trading house. In an unusual move, Dole confirmed market rumors on Sept. 12 that it is in “advanced negotiations” with Itochu Corp. to sell the business units. Reuters Read More →
Qualstar cuts jobs amid $4.1M loss
Simi Valley-based Qualstar, a maker of tape-based hard-drive backups and power supplies, has laid off 13 percent of its workforce. The company said the employees were related to unprofitable technologies that it is phasing out, and the move is expected to save the company about $480,00 a year. The announcement came days after Qualstar said Read More →
