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Making the Leap

By   /  Friday, May 23rd, 2008  /  Small Business  /  Comments Off on Making the Leap

The University of California, Santa Barbara, has seen many of its laboratory triumphs turned into business successes. But until four years ago, there was no dedicated program to help students make the leap from classroom theory to real-world business.   The University of California, Santa Barbara, has seen many of its laboratory triumphs turned into Read More →

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Overtime prompts lawsuit

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  Organizations representing unionized electrical workers in the Tri-Counties have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing two regional contractors of labor code violations, including failure to pay correct wages and overtime, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, payroll tax fraud and retaliation. The suit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court will likely seek at Read More →

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For business owners, future may be stone-washed

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Consider, if you will, the following recent news items: Saudi Arabia, leader of a resurgent OPEC, twice has rebuked President Bush’s plea for more output to cut oil prices. A surge in inflation amid slow growth has flummoxed central bankers and stock market investors. Paul Volker, the former Federal Reserve chairman and inflation slayer, has Read More →

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Calavo acquires company

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Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers announced May 20 it has acquired Hawaiian Sweet Inc. and Hawaii Pride papaya and tropical-product packing and processing operations owned by CalavoThe company appointed food-industry securities analyst Michael R. Lippold as director of strategic development, a newly created position. Calavo said the papaya acquisition and new hire are consistent with its Read More →

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Montecito Brooks campus to be auctioned in June

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Brooks Institute announced May 20 that at the end of June it will relocate its Montecito program, and the nine staff and operations workers at that campus, to its other three locations in Santa Barbara. The Montecito campus, a 79-year-old former residence, will be sold, Brooks officials said. According to regional real estate agent and Read More →

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Westlake Village firm raises $21 million

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Row 44, a Westlake Village-based company that makes wireless broadband systems for commercial airplanes, has raised more than $21 million. By the end of June, Row 44’s technology will connect to the Internet on an Alaska Airlines jet and four Southwest Airlines jets. “Assuming those trials are successful, we’ll do fleet-wide deployments” with Southwest and Read More →

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Chilling Effect

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An unusually chilly weekend in late April proved devastating for some Santa Barbara County vineyards, with reported losses of thousands of tons of grapes to freezing temperatures.   The Santa Ynez Valley, which is home to many of the county’s largest and most notable vineyards, experienced frost in elevations as high as 1,300 feet – Read More →

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