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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on The sudden awakening of antitrust regulators may be temporary
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like some of the crown jewels of tri-county commerce were about to change hands. Simon Property Group was mounting a hostile takeover of Macerich, looking to add The Oaks, Pacific View and La Cumbre to holdings that already include the Camarillo and Pismo Beach shopping outlet complexes. And Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 24th, 2015 / Columns / Comments Off on A powerful tool for pricing water is not being given a fair chance
A California appellate court ruling that has stalled tiered pricing for water as a way of navigating through the drought is a stunning reminder of how diminished a role markets play in managing this precious commodity. But that was a point hammered home by David Sunding, a UC Berkeley professor of agricultural economics, during a Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light
It’s worth noting that Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Business Times, written slightly more than 15 years ago, featured a story about the first plans for reconstructing the Miramar.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix
Brown’s bold move to cut water use by 25 percent in cities and suburbs is really a shot across the bow of special districts to get their fiscal affairs in order or find merger partners.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, March 27th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: It’s no easy task to put a fresh face on a spectacular retail disaster
The opportunity for Fresh & Easy 2.0 will be dramatically different from what Tesco envisioned in the pre-recession era.
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