Amgen announces $721M acquisition
Amgen reported its second major acquisition of the month, as the Thousand Oaks-based firm announced March 30 that it will acquire Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation, a privately held biotech company based in Seattle. The deal is worth more than $700 million, $55 million of which will be paid upfront, with up to $666 million more in Read More →
UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang named to Business Times Hall of Fame
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang will become the 22nd member of the Pacific Coast Business Times Hall of Fame. Yang is the fifth chancellor in UCSB’s history, and by far its longest serving, having led the campus since 1994. He will be inducted at a virtual event on May 20 and will be Read More →
House bill gives growers new hope for immigration reform
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International tourists could return to region in fall
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One year later, Santa Barbara teen still zooming in to help seniors
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Santa Barbara Film Festival makes do without crowds
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Region’s unemployment down to 6.8% in February
The tri-county region’s unemployment rate dropped more than a half a percentage point between January and February as the region began to emerge from the deadly winter surge of COVID-19 cases. The region’s combined unemployment rate was 6.8% in February, according to Business Times analysis of data released March 26 by the California Employment Development Read More →
