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With awards and promotions, our 13th year is off to a strong start

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on With awards and promotions, our 13th year is off to a strong start

I’d like to exercise my editor’s prerogative and talk about two promotions that have taken place in our newsroom, two big awards and the way forward for the Business Times.

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Guest op/ed: The business world needs women to help us get out of this mess

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  3 Comments

Traditional male-centric business practices as well as unregulated policies imposed on our modern society got us into this global recession.

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Editorial: Sack the bag bans

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Sack the bag bans

These bans amount to “greener than thou” grandstanding from enviro-cred-hungry city politicians.

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Editorial: To succeed, green energy needs predictable politics

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: To succeed, green energy needs predictable politics

Don’t make politics yet another risk factor in renewable energy investment.

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Letter: With Prop. 29, the devil is in the details

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: With Prop. 29, the devil is in the details

This measure allows Californians’ hard-earned tax dollars to be spent outside the state, even outside the country.

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Guest op/ed: SBB&T sale marks a turning point for the banking business

By   /  Friday, March 16th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Guest op/ed: SBB&T sale marks a turning point for the banking business

By Bill Watkins on March 16, 2012 Early in the morning on Monday, March 12, I received an email indicating that the stock of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s parent, Pacific Capital, was trading way above its recent market price. Clearly, something was up. Only hours later, The Pacific Coast Business Times had an article Read More →

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Editorial: PG&E can make Diablo a model for nuclear safety

By   /  Friday, March 16th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  1 Comment

This pause in relicensing should be a chance for PG&E to make real improvements in safety systems.