Dubroff: Markets can’t seem to grapple with higher interest rates
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A powerful tool for pricing water is not being given a fair chance
A California appellate court ruling that has stalled tiered pricing for water as a way of navigating through the drought is a stunning reminder of how diminished a role markets play in managing this precious commodity. But that was a point hammered home by David Sunding, a UC Berkeley professor of agricultural economics, during a Read More →
Business Times founder honored with entrepreneurship award
Henry Dubroff, the founder, editor and chairman of the Pacific Coast Business Times, was honored with the Joe Nida Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at the 2013 Clean Business Investment Summit in Santa Barbara on Sept. 12.
The award recognizes exceptional work promoting entrepreneurship on the South Coast. “Henry has been at the heart of the success of so many entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations throughout our region — including our own,” California Coast Venture Forum CEO Jerry Knotts said in a statement. “We are extremely honored to present The Joe Nida Spirit Award to Henry, to acknowledge his exhaustive efforts on behalf of entrepreneurs and to salute him as an example of entrepreneurship and clean business growth.”
This transaction pans out for Treasury, taxpayers
Pacific Capital Bancorp’s controlling shareholders cured one of the biggest TARP headaches when they inked a $46-per-share sale to Union Bank’s parent company.
New cigarette tax could be breath of fresh air for cancer researchers
Prop. 29, which requires a simple majority to pass, would impose a $1 per-pack tax on cigarettes.
Applying the Martinez Mantra to three big public policy issues
A look at three big public policy issues through the lens of the Deckers exec’s rule.
Social-media IPOs could launch Golden State sustainability fund
Now would be the perfect time to create an economic sustainability fund that smooths out these wild swings in revenue
