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By Staff Report / Monday, April 22nd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Power-One to be acquired by Swiss firm for $1B
Camarillo-based Power-One, a maker of inverters for solar power systems, is set to be acquired by Swiss industrial group ABB for $6.35 per share in a deal valued at about $1 billion. The deal bookends Power-One’s mid-2000s turnaround strategy. After struggling as a maker of computer power supplies, in 2006 Power-One bought an Italian inverter Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 14th, 2013 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on lynda.com buys Austrian video training firm
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. to correct a quote attribution.] Fast-growing online education company lynda.com, which last month raised $103 million in its first round of outside financing, has acquired an Austrian video training platform. Lynda.com said Feb. 14 that it purchased video2brain, a video training site that offers courses in Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 8th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on First California nixes acquisition on eve of PacWest deal
Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group has called off a deal to acquire Premier Service Bank, a small Riverside-based lender it was slated to buy last year. The dashed deal may be a sign that a contentious $231 million acquisition of First California by Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp is moving forward. Executives from First California Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 25th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Korean firm pays $170M to get toehold in U.S. with K-Swiss
After 47 years, the K-Swiss brand might be taking its first steps into the sunset. Westlake Village-based K-Swiss said Jan. 17 that it has agreed to a $170 million buyout by South Korean fashion and retail conglomerate E-Land World Limited. The sale comes after K-Swiss, the maker of the iconic white footwear that was the Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 11th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Ventura County deals fire up 101 corridor
Ventura County’s technology corridor has kicked off 2013 with $173 million in deal activity. Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan Corp., a maker of hard-disk storage arrays for mid-sized businesses, said Jan. 2 that it had been acquired by Minnesota-based Imation Corp. for $120 million. Oxnard-based wireless products company CalAmp Corp. said Dec. 20 that it is buying Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Nexsan sold for $120M
Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan Corp., a maker of hard-disk storage arrays for mid-sized businesses, has been purchased by Imation Corp. for $120 million. Imation will pay $105 million in cash and 3.3 million common shares, worth about $15 million, for the Thousand Oaks firm. Nexsan is privately held but kicked off an unsuccessful bid to go Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 10th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen buys DeCode Genetics for $415M
Biotech giant Amgen is buying Icelandic genetics research firm DeCode Genetics for $415 million, the Thousand Oaks company said Dec. 10. The all-cash deal is expected to close before the end of the year and will give Amgen, the largest biotechnology firm in the world, opportunities to develop new medicines that target defective DNA. “DeCode Read More →
