Camarillo blaze forces home evacuations; CSUCI class cancellations
Hundreds of homes in Ventura County are being evacuated after a massive brush fire ignited early Thursday morning near the 101 freeway in Camarillo. Fire authorities have ordered evacuations for neighborhoods in Camarillo and Newbury Park and nearby areas after the so-called Springs Fire erupted at around 6:30 a.m. on May 2 and quickly consumed Read More →
Swiss firm snags Power-One at bargain price
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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 →
Chancellor talks budget, calls on private sector to support CSUCI
Timothy White, who took the role of chancellor of the California State University system at the beginning of the year, visited its youngest campus for the first time on April 18. At a news conference at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, White said the Ventura County campus — which is the sixth of the 23 Read More →
Planting the seeds of hope: Houweling’s builds greenhouse for Guatemalan town
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Semtech sets sales record, shares soar
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:SMTC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”06-09-2012″ enddate=”06-03-2013″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Camarillo-based Semtech beat analyst expectations for revenue and profits for its most current fiscal year and raised its sales prediction for the next quarter, sending shares up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading. Semtech said its full-year revenue came to $578.8 million, up 20.4 percent Read More →
2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies honorees announced
Congratulations to the 2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies award winners. The section published Friday, Feb. 22 and is available with the print edition of the Business Times. This year’s winners are: Family Business Titan: Gills Onions, an Oxnard-based onion processing company owned by brothers Steve and David Gill. Legacy Family Businesses • Green Read More →
