KEYT Channel 3 anchor Paula Lopez will co-host Pacific Coast Business Times’ inaugural Latino Business Awards reception Thursday, July 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Ventura. The awards program is the first regionwide effort to recognize top Latino business leaders from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. “Paula is the perfect person to Read More →
Santa Barbara-based wireless music gear maker Sonos has raised $135 million in new capital, the largest funding deal in the Tri-Counties so far this year and possibly a substitute for an initial public offering. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a private equity firm, led the funding round and was joined by Redpoint Ventures and investors associated with Read More →
By Editorial Board / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Moving dirt on Miramar should be top priority
Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors has narrowly approved a new tax rebate for hotel mega-projects. Now it will be up to Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso to walk the walk and start moving dirt at the much debated, long-delayed Miramar Hotel and Cottages in Montecito. And it will be up to the Board of Read More →
“It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place,” Andrew Carnegie, one of the country’s original businessmen turned philanthropists, once said. That’s the problem Tina Fanucchi-Frontado helps donors address with her business, SB Philanthropy. Three years ago, Fanucchi-Frontado was serving as executive director of the Read More →
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You might call it the curious case of Make It Work. The South Coast-based company was a pioneer in the business of at-home computer repair and networking installation. But after more than 10 years in business, it shut down abruptly on June 25, leaving employees out of jobs and customers wondering what was going to Read More →
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