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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 27th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Editorial: Fix the 1099 rule, the sooner the better
While restaurants and small businesses up and down the Central Coast are fuming about the need to send 1099 forms to their best customers, a fix for this foolish piece of the health care reform law languishes in the Congress.
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Editorial: $152M courthouse is a stimulating development
The state judicial branch should focus on helping the local economy along as it builds its $152 million courthouse in Santa Barbara
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Inphi gets votes of confidence
Westlake Village-based computer chip maker Inphi continues to impress lots of folks, including the people at Russell Investments.
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Paso’s day in the sun
Paso Robles’ recent wins in the wine world and a number of small tech firms are putting the city on the fast track
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Key ingredients missing in tax-cut deal
The Dec. 6 deal that extends unemployment benefits and the Bush-era tax breaks erases a lot of uncertainty.
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 6th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t let firms dodge public earnings reports
Back in the 1980s, when the film “Wall Street” was all the rage in Hollywood, corporate earnings releases were still somewhat of an inside game. In the heady days before the 1987 market crash, a savvy trader could grab the earnings off “the wire” and trade for a moment or two before the general public Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Monday, November 29th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Give till it helps
The Business Times encourages tri-county businesses to follow the lead of Montecito Bank & Trust, which gives away $1 million in Community Dividends each fall.
