My jobs plan for small businesses
Now that President Obama has announced his “American Jobs Act” to decidedly mixed reviews in the political arena, I’d like to suggest a follow-on proposal.
Read More →What did Sheila Bair know about Banco BuenaVentura, and when did she know it?
It might be the understatement of the decade to describe Sheila Bair as a complex creature. The recently retired chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was early to spot the evils of sub-prime mortgage lending — she warned about them as a Treasury official in 2002. During the 2008 financial crisis, she famously feuded Read More →
Read More →World’s worst deal, right in our back yard
Like millions of suffering homeowners who bought at the top, Bank of America now is suffering the extended consequences of the real estate bust.
Read More →Hold that thought: Thousand Oaks entrepreneur Turpel pens book
Pete Turpel opens “Holding Power,” his recently released book, with a story about how he did something all of us think about doing — sometimes more than once a day. He threw away his smart phone. In fairness to smart phones, it was a BlackBerry, a less cool and perhaps more intrusive device than the Read More →
Read More →CMH takes $350M, goes to next level
For decades, midtown Ventura has been a health care hub for Ventura County, but it’s a vision that’s gone largely unrecognized as the city grew up around Community Memorial Hospital.
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Looking past the gloom for a way forward
Swept aside in this summer from hell have been a few very promising developments.
Read More →An ode to Business Times history on four wheels
I’ve grown fond of saying that I started the Business Times with a checkbook, a business plan and a leased Saab.
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