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By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Owl Biomedical bought by German firm
Less than two years after it was founded, Santa Barbara-based Owl Biomedical has been acquired by a German firm. Bergisch Gladbach-based Miltenyi Biotec said April 23 that it had purchased Owl for an undisclosed sum. The heart of Owl is a chip that can sort millions of cells per minute with help from lasers and Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, April 22nd, 2013 / Features, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on 101 One Hundred & Business Hall of Fame announced
The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2013 class of 101 One Hundred & Business Hall of Fame honorees. This annual special section published with the April 19 print edition. An evening awards reception for the honorees will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara. [Buy Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, April 22nd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Power-One to be acquired by Swiss firm for $1B
Camarillo-based Power-One, a maker of inverters for solar power systems, is set to be acquired by Swiss industrial group ABB for $6.35 per share in a deal valued at about $1 billion. The deal bookends Power-One’s mid-2000s turnaround strategy. After struggling as a maker of computer power supplies, in 2006 Power-One bought an Italian inverter Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara chamber names new CEO
Ken Oplinger, a veteran chamber of commerce executive with roots in California, will move from Washington State to take the helm of the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce in June. Oplinger is currently president and CEO of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Bellingham, Wash. He has served in chamber leadership positions Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, April 11th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Prosecutors allege Deckers, Pacific Capital victims of KPMG auditor’s leaks
Deckers Outdoor Corp. and the former Pacific Capital Bancorp, two of the biggest names in tri-county business, were the targets of a KPMG auditor who leaked their financial information to a golf partner and now faces federal criminal insider trading charges, according to prosecutors. Scott London, a former partner in charge of the accounting firm’s Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, April 5th, 2013 / Features, Green Coast, Technology / Comments Off on Green Coast 2013: How the region is leading the way in energy efficiency
The Business Times published the fifth edition of Green Coast, our annual special report on the business of sustainability in the Tri-Counties, with the April 5, 2013 print edition. This special section took on a theme for its fifth anniversary: Energy efficiency, how our region is leading the way. Along with profiles on innovative energy Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Green Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Energy efficiency the name of the game at Eco:nomics
Energy efficiency was the hot topic at Eco:comics, the Wall Street Journal’s annual conference on green business. The three-day conference, held March 20-23, again took place at Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta this year. A quick informal poll of the audience at the invitation-only conference revealed a strong preference for energy efficiency technology: Out Read More →
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