Menu
Montecito
Pac Premier
Giving Guide
Loading...
You are here:  Home  >  Articles by Pacific Coast Business Times Staff  -  Page 122
Latest

Mall giant Macerich gets Paseo Nuevo role

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Mall giant Macerich gets Paseo Nuevo role

The Paseo Nuevo shopping center, which draws shoppers, tourists and retailers alike to downtown Santa Barbara, is under new management after investors agreed to a contract with Macerich to oversee the 438,000-square-foot property. Santa Monica-based Macerich, which also operates the nearby La Cumbre Plaza, The Oaks in Thousand Oaks and the Pacific View Mall in Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Mind over money – San Luis Obispo software firm scores big investment

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Mind over money – San Luis Obispo software firm scores big investment

San Luis Obispo-based firm Mindbody has landed a $5.6 million private equity investment, closing one of the biggest Central Coast technology deals in years. The company makes Web-based software for personal service businesses such as yoga instructors and day spas. Mindbody secured its cash at a time when funding for technology companies remains at its Read More →

Read More →
Latest

UCSB gets stimulus funds for energy center

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on UCSB gets stimulus funds for energy center

The University of California, Santa Barbara, has won $19 million in federal stimulus money for a new energy research center. The money will come in payments of about $3.8 million a year over the next five years and could begin flowing as early as late August, university officials said. The funding will help UCSB researchers Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Is CO2 the next big fuel? – Carbon Sciences says process could make it happen

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Is CO2 the next big fuel? – Carbon Sciences says process could make it happen

Santa Barbara-based Carbon Sciences says it has invented a breakthrough process to turn carbon dioxide into useable fuels, but its technology might have a long way to go before it’s ready to change the world. Carbon Sciences is raising its profile at a time when solutions to a global energy and climate change crisis appear Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Did financial journalists miss the meltdown?

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Did financial journalists miss the meltdown?

DENVER — Did the news media blow it in coverage of the financial mess? This is a question that’s come up in conversation quite a bit lately — I even asked about it during a recent interview on an area television show. That also happens to be the question that kicked off the annual conference Read More →

Read More →
Latest

South Coast sales activity sinks deeper in Q1 as incentives abound

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on South Coast sales activity sinks deeper in Q1 as incentives abound

According to the Scott Glenn team at Radius, the most telling statistic from the first quarter of 2009 was the lack of completed sale transactions. “The dramatic decline of both the stock market and credit markets beginning in September of 2008 were contributing factors as very few properties went into escrow in the fourth quarter Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Edison turns to UCSB for advice on lines

By   /  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Edison turns to UCSB for advice on lines

Overhead power distribution lines are better for the environment than their underground counterparts. That’s the general conclusion reached by a group of environmental science and management graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Southern California Edison. The project and its conclusions are important because SCE is predicted to expand fast. The company Read More →

Read More →