Ventura County SCORE chapter assists Hispanic entrepreneurs
A group of regional mentors is trying to make more opportunities available to Hispanic entrepreneurs. Formerly the Service Corps of Retired Executives, the SCORE Association has 348 chapters throughout the U.S. Today, the Ventura County chapter has about 40 volunteers and two of them said not enough services are offered to Hispanic entrepreneurs for a Read More →
Inphi’s second quarter revenues soar
Inphi saw revenues rise during the second quarter as it sold off its memory products business. On June 30, Inphi announced it would sell its memory products business to Sunnyvale-based Rambus. Inphi said revenues rose from $49.4 million in 2015 to $60.5 million during the second quarter of 2016 when revenues from the memory business Read More →
Abbvie sues Amgen to block sales of Humira biosimilar
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen faces a lawsuit seeking to block it from selling a biosimilar of AbbVie’s popular Humira. The rheumatoid arthritis medicine is Abbvie’s best seller. Sales were up 17 percent in the second quarter to $4.15 billion and accounted for 61 percent of AbbVie’s 2015 revenue. Abbvie claims Amgen’s proposed copy would Read More →
Protect elderly from information scammers
By Paul D. Witman “Knowledge (information) is power.” — Francis Bacon, 1597 Edward, 82, bought long-term-care insurance 25 years ago. But when circumstances conspired to force him to make claims against it, his provider delivered a perfect storm of information problems — confusing deadlines, conflicting bills and poor customer service. What should have been a Read More →
Retailers worry about state of State Street
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Silence is deafening when new drugs are not approved
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’Tis the season for everything except helping small business owners
So far the 2016 election campaign has been about a lot of things — immigration, treatment of Gold Star families, tax returns, emails and email hacks. But one thing it has not been about is enabling the real people who make America great, our more than 3 million small business owners. You get the feeling Read More →
