Dako, a Danish company that makes cancer diagnostic tools and employs about 200 people in Carpinteria, has been purchased by Santa Clara-based Agilent Technologies in a $2.2 billion deal. Dako has about 1,000 employees worldwide, is owned by private equity fund EQT and had revenue of about $340 million in 2010. The company makes a Read More →
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As the battle for a bigger slice of the $70 billion U.S. burger market heats up, CKE Restaurants is preparing to go public again in a $100 million stock offering. CKE, the Carpinteria-based parent of burger chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, said in a May 17 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to Read More →
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published online on May 18, was updated with additional quotes and information. The updated version, published May 25, is below]. On the heels of $463 million in business investment since 2010, the city of Goleta is teaming up with its neighbor UC Santa Barbara and the Goleta Valley Chamber of Read More →
Incoming Amgen chief Robert Bradway takes the baton from longtime CEO Kevin Sharer as the world’s largest biotech company makes critical decisions about how it will compete with Big Pharma and biosimilars. Amgen, the Tri-Counties’ only blue-chip stock and the largest employer in the region with more than 6,000 employees, will install Bradway, a former Read More →
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