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The top five financial truths in blockbuster Amgen-Onyx deal

By   /  Friday, August 30th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on The top five financial truths in blockbuster Amgen-Onyx deal

For sheer size and scale, Amgen’s $10.4 billion purchase of South San Francisco-based cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals dwarfs any recent deal in the Tri-Counties. For size, let’s remember that Dole Food Co. is selling its entire self for about $1.3 billion and that Santa Barbara Bank & Trust parent Pacific Capital Bancorp, previously the Read More →

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The Golden State needs to stop scaring away its manufacturers

By   /  Friday, August 23rd, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on The Golden State needs to stop scaring away its manufacturers

What California doesn’t have is a government that provides a clear set of rules for manufacturers or a playing field that’s remotely level with other states.

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Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care

By   /  Friday, August 16th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care

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Dubroff’s top 10 tips to Jeff Bezos for mastering media moguldom

By   /  Friday, August 9th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Dubroff’s top 10 tips to Jeff Bezos for mastering media moguldom

My first job in journalism was phoning in the Northwood High School basketball scores to the Washington Post, a task typically performed from a pay phone outside a fast food joint in Four Corners, Md. My pay was $4 per game, enough for a burger, fries and a shake. That was in the 1960s, and Read More →

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Mega merger puts Rosetta and SLO in spotlight

By   /  Friday, August 9th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Mega merger puts Rosetta and SLO in spotlight

It’s a very long way from the canyons of Madison Avenue or the boulevards of Paris to Rosetta’s sleek new building near the airport in San Luis Obispo. But the successful creation of the world’s biggest advertising agency will depend in part on what happens within the walls of Rosetta, and other niche agencies, that Read More →

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With new leaders and branding, Port of Hueneme’s ship comes in

By   /  Friday, July 26th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on With new leaders and branding, Port of Hueneme’s ship comes in

For the past 20 years, the Port of Hueneme has been a place of big dreams and lowered expectations.

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‘History and Hollywood’: Lincoln display sparks visitor surge at Reagan Library

By   /  Friday, July 19th, 2013  /  Features, Tourism  /  Comments Off on ‘History and Hollywood’: Lincoln display sparks visitor surge at Reagan Library

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