A new brew: Santa Barbara entrepreneurs invent frozen coffee product
By Dana Olsen / Friday, July 27th, 2012 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on A new brew: Santa Barbara entrepreneurs invent frozen coffee product
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As merger looms, PCBC marks profits
By Staff Report / Thursday, July 26th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on As merger looms, PCBC marks profits
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust parent Pacific Capital Bancorp earned $24.1 million, or 73 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2012 compared with $21 million the year before. The company, which is in the process of being bought by Union Bank, said the profits were its highest since Texas-based Ford Financial Group Read More →
RightScale buy launches new cloud service
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 20th, 2012 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on RightScale buy launches new cloud service
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Interim chief named for Santa Barbara chamber
By Staff Report / Monday, July 16th, 2012 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Interim chief named for Santa Barbara chamber
Zoe Taylor, a veteran chamber executive with deep roots in the tri-county region, has been named interim president of the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce. Taylor will manage the chamber’s operations for the rest of 2012, according to a statement from board chair Janet Garufis, president and CEO of Montecito Bank & Trust. Taylor Read More →
Bold moves for health giant: New Sansum COO steps in to steer initiatives
By Dana Olsen / Friday, July 13th, 2012 / Features, Health Care & Life Science / Comments Off on Bold moves for health giant: New Sansum COO steps in to steer initiatives
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Santa Barbara restaurateur orders up scholarships at city college
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Columns, Restaurants / Comments Off on Santa Barbara restaurateur orders up scholarships at city college
Mitchell Sjerven has set up a scholarship and internship program in conjunction with SBCC’s culinary arts program.
How Make It Work fell off the fast track
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / 6 Comments
With a fleet of red Mini Coopers, Eric Greenspan built Make It Work into a tech support empire that stretched from Goleta to the Mexican border along the California coast. Starting with Santa Barbara in 2001, the company’s technicians fanned out across the Southland and rolled all the way to San Diego, the Mini Coopers Read More →