Editorial: Weighing the benefits of an oil boom
On one side of the argument is jobs and America’s manufacturing resurgence. On the other is fracking and its environmental impact.
Editorial: Retroactive tax payments would punish job creators
The Franchise Tax Board’s decision to retroactively tax small-business owners who sold their companies smacks of a bureaucratic over-reach.
Behind the effort to get a presidential pardon for a manufacturing icon
Gene Haas and Haas Automation made headlines on Feb. 4 when the company confirmed to the Business Times that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is slated to make a recruiting trip to the Oxnard machine tool maker later this month. Whether or not Haas pulls the trigger and expands in Texas or North Carolina, the home Read More →
Op/ed: Valuing the soft power of Ventura County
While Ventura County’s hard power has taken a hit, the new State Of The Region Report gives plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future, based on those soft-power indicators.
Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks
For community banks, these new regulations are as onerous as they are expensive.
Editorial: Immigration reform could open paths to entrepreneurship
California’s access to the Pacific Rim, its universities, its base of tech companies and its access to venture capital are huge pluses when it comes to recruiting and retaining foreign-born entrepreneurs.
Editorial: Bank reform needed to increase small-business access to financing
They don’t need to be shut out of the financial system by rules that make it too difficult for banks to take relatively small risks on customers who have sound plans but no credit history or extremely limited access to personal capital.
