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New carrier arrives

By   /  Monday, February 22nd, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on New carrier arrives

Speaking of free enterprise, United Airlines is about to get some competition on its heavily traveled route from Santa Barbara to Denver. Frontier Airlines, which emerged from bankruptcy recently under the ownership of Republic Airways of Indiana, is going to give United its first head-to-head competition to Denver in decades. Business travelers and ski fans Read More →

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Select Staffing going-public deal shelved

By   /  Monday, February 22nd, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Select Staffing going-public deal shelved

With its public option off the table, Santa Barbara-based Select Staffing is returning its focus to family ownership and a fundamentals-first approach to growth. Select, a temporary staffing firm, is the largest private company in the Tri-Counties, with revenue last year of $1.5 billion. Saddled with $535.5 million in debt and facing pressure from lenders Read More →

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A flurry of transactions

By   /  Monday, February 22nd, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on A flurry of transactions

It’s still not clear whether the real estate market will thaw in 2010, but the South Coast scene is certainly heating up. After months of sluggish sales volume and anemic pricing, credit lines seem to be loosening up and organizations big and small are looking for their own slice of the South Coast. Among them Read More →

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Yardi Systems buys resident screening service software firm

By   /  Monday, February 22nd, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Yardi Systems buys resident screening service software firm

Santa Barbara-based real estate software developer Yardi Systems just purchased RentGrow, a Massachusetts-based company that offers Web-based resident screening for multifamily property managers. Yardi said it acquired the company so it could offer the screening service as part of its Yardi Multifamily Suite, a program that includes payment processing and utility billing. “Yardi acquired RentGrow Read More →

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Controversial Oxnard smelting plant is on the market again

By   /  Monday, February 15th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Controversial Oxnard smelting plant is on the market again

The former Halaco smelting plant in Oxnard is on the market again. The 10.7-acre site at 6200 Perkins Road is being marketed by Ventura County’s Troop Commercial Brokerage, which is hoping a buyer converts the controversial property to a clean job site. The property served as a smelting plant for Halaco Engineering from August 1965 Read More →

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Jobs agenda meets politics of obstruction

By   /  Monday, February 15th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Jobs agenda meets politics of obstruction

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 8 to make his pitch for a $500 million plan for job growth and green tax credits, he was preaching to his kind of business leaders. Central Coast Republicans and Democrats alike often find common ground with the governor’s mix of faith in Read More →

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SLO finds a solution

By   /  Monday, February 15th, 2010  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on SLO finds a solution

The monthlong battle over San Luis Obispo’s Farmers’ Market has finally been settled, and the two warring parties have come to a joint decision: The Farmers’ Market Association will regain control of produce sales at the popular street fair. The Downtown Association, which seized control of produce sales in January, and the San Luis Obispo Read More →

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