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Op/ed: What’s ‘right’ and what’s ‘left’ in national political scene

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: What’s ‘right’ and what’s ‘left’ in national political scene

Bloomberg View’s Cass Sunstein reports on research showing that “partyism” is now an even deeper social division in American society than racism. Political commentator Jonathan Chait thinks that’s just fine: He wouldn’t want his child to marry a Republican.

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Ceres still spending, but looks to generate revenue

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Ceres still spending, but looks to generate revenue

Sitting in public-company-listing limbo with a listing deadline on its current stock price, Thousand Oaks-based energy crop producer Ceres will attempt to continue its numerous pricey research projects by balancing them with new revenue streams.

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Teenage powerhouse revolutionizes cinemas for hearing impaired

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Women Inc.  /  Comments Off on Teenage powerhouse revolutionizes cinemas for hearing impaired

Valedictorian will be an afterthought on resumes for Alexandra Kukoff, a half-deaf, 15-year-old Thousand Oaks-native who is attending high school and college simultaneously, working towards her associate’s degree in women’s history.

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Court levies $25M penalty on Conejo Valley firm

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Court levies $25M penalty on Conejo Valley firm

In a written opinion entered Sept. 18, the court found that 110,000 consumers had bought the defendants’ program and “more than 99.8 percent never earned any commission whatsoever.”

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Spinal fusion kit is latest innovation from ECA Medical

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Spinal fusion kit is latest innovation from ECA Medical

ECA Medical Instruments, a designer and manufacturer of single-procedure torque-limiting surgical kits and other medical devices, is producing the world’s first single-procedure spinal fusion kit.

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Practical prestige: Innovation can be pricey, but pays off

By   /  Friday, November 7th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Practical prestige: Innovation can be pricey, but pays off

If continuing research can change the amount of energy we expect our consumer electronics to consume as much as Nakamura’s LEDs have changed the way we think of light bulbs, the university will more than recover Munger’s donation money in patent licensing and added prestige.

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Hitting a home run at TechPitch

By   /  Friday, October 31st, 2014  /  Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Hitting a home run at TechPitch

Superior Solutions grabbed judges’ attention with the marketability and built-out business model for its LiftGator, a pick-up truck attachment that eases heavy lifting for which it had already raised $25,000 of its initial $55,000 seed round.

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