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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Regional nonprofits star in California rankings
Recent reporting by the website Charity Navigator gives a bit of insight into how well the best-run nonprofits in the area fare when compared to their peers in California and nationwide.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Torture report takes important step forward
With more than a decade to reflect on what the wrongful detentions, wasted millions and lies told by the government to justify secret spending, at least now the American people have some idea of what the government did or didn’t do in the name of national security.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on An update from the Pacific Coast Business Times newsroom
We’ve quietly added some new faces to the Pacific Coast Business Times news team during the past few months.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: ’Tis the season to borrow money from family and friends…Ugh!
If you follow these steps, you will be able to help your family and friends in their time of need without losing them in the process.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere
Oil as a transportation fuel will be around for a few more decades. But oil as a hazardous monopoly fuel is now merely one of multiple options.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Small Business Saturday adds up for Orcutt’s Mark Steller
In a year where Black Friday disappointed the big boxes and Cyber Monday was not as strong as online giants might have liked, Mark Steller is happy about the smaller scale results that Small Business Saturday delivered for Orcutt’s Old Town Market. I first met Steller in August when he was our North Santa Barbara Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will
By Edward Niedermeyer U.S. auto sales boomed on Black Friday as huge discounts pushed volumes to more than 17 million units on an annualized basis, the highest level in 11 years. But even with big price cuts pumping up deliveries of new cars — likely at the expense of fourth-quarter profit margins — the biggest discounts of Read More →
