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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 25th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Timing is everything with $56M Central Coast banking merger
Regulators will have one less bank to regulate and the combined bank will get benefits from economies of scale.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 18th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast
Farmers are a skeptical lot. And Ventura County farmers have good reasons to be skeptical. They, and their counterparts in the Tri-Counties, grow high-risk, high-yield crops on relatively small plots of land surrounded by housing developments and urban areas. They are subject to heavy regulations on fertilizer, pesticide and water use. Particularly on strawberry fields Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 18th, 2013 / Central Coast, Latest news, Tourism / Comments Off on Central Coast opens doors for flood of Chinese tourists
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 11th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Memo to Mr. Warner: Even Beanie Baby billionaires have to play fair
The prosecution of Ty Warner only came about as part of a relatively recent crackdown on offshore accounts in which nearly 70 wealthy individuals have faced fines and prosecutions.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 11th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast Health Watch, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Cottage-Sansum merger on track as anti-trust filing nears
Sansum Clinic’s planned merger with Cottage Health System remains on track despite the possibility that the partial government shutdown could delay an anti-trust review of one of the region’s biggest health care deals. And the biggest physician group in Santa Barbara County says it hopes to be able to join the Covered California insurance exchange Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 4th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Court filings offer a rare glimpse into Countrywide’s operations
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