Fresh coat of paint: Amgen’s new mural pays homage to diversity in biotech
Update: A previous version of this article mistakenly quoted Janet Franklin instead of Sarah Van Driesche. When Amgen scientist Sarah Van Driesche attended an awards program at Rockefeller University in New York prior to the pandemic, she took note of a mural depicting top scientists from the institute. A casual remark about “what’s with up the Read More →
UCSB leads the charge on AI cybersecurity
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Dubroff: As fed pauses, Latino workforce bolsters soft landing scenario
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Semtech shares rise in after-hours trading following earnings beat
Camarillo-based Semtech saw its shares rise nearly 15% in after-hours trading on June 7, hours following the company’s first-quarter earnings announcement in which it beat analyst expectations in both revenue and net income. Semtech, which specializes in the Internet of Things applications, generated revenue worth $236.5 million, an increase of 41.2% sequentially, which means from Read More →
Puretec treats water for thousands of different uses
By Abigail Napp Special to the Business Times Since 1965, Jim Harris has served as President of Puretec Industrial Water, a water purification company he founded in Ventura. “Everybody takes water for granted,” said Harris. “There’s a lot to it.” Under Harris’s leadership, Puretec Industrial Water has become a regional leader in the purified water Read More →
Updated: AppFolio lays off 62 people
This story was updated on May 27 to add more context. Goleta-based AppFolio is the latest technology company based on the Central Coast to cut its workforce, as the software company for the real estate industry announced it will be laying off 62 people, according to a WARN act filing with the state on May Read More →
Improving accessibility is key for South Coast tourism
According to Victoria Strong, founder and executive director of the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation, one in four Americans are disabled, with the number growing to one in two for those over the age of 65. This is a target market the tourism industry just isn’t reaching — but it is one it is trying to reach with Read More →
