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Calavo Q3 profits up 109%

By   /  Wednesday, September 5th, 2012  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Calavo Q3 profits up 109%

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:CVGW” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”05-03-2012″ enddate=”05-09-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers reported Sept. 5 that its third-quarter profits have more than doubled since the same period last year, largely thanks to high avocado volume and good results from its packaged food segment. The avocado marketer and distributor said its earnings for the third Read More →

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Will turn tricks for profits Magic Geek conjures a business out of a hobby

By   /  Friday, August 31st, 2012  /  Features, Small Business  /  Comments Off on Will turn tricks for profits Magic Geek conjures a business out of a hobby

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50 Fastest-Growing Companies 2012

By   /  Thursday, August 30th, 2012  /  Features  /  Comments Off on 50 Fastest-Growing Companies 2012

Learn more about this year’s featured companies and the awards event.

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Thousand Oaks apartments sell for $51.4M

By   /  Thursday, August 30th, 2012  /  Latest news, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Thousand Oaks apartments sell for $51.4M

A 191-unit apartment complex in Thousand Oaks has been sold to a Los Angeles investment firm for $51.4 million, an almost 20 percent premium over the property’s last sale price in 2007. IMT Capital purchased the Archstone Thousand Oaks Crest complex at 491 W. Gainsborough Road. The property drew more than 90 interested buyers and Read More →

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Ventura city manager to step down

By   /  Wednesday, August 29th, 2012  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Ventura city manager to step down

Longtime Ventura City Manager Rick Cole is stepping down, effective Sept. 15. The news came Aug. 29 in separate statements from the City Council and Cole. “During City Manager Rick Cole’s annual evaluation, it became clear that a majority of the City Council believes that it is time for a change in leadership,” the council Read More →

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UCSB spinout sold to medical supply giant

By   /  Monday, August 27th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on UCSB spinout sold to medical supply giant

Sirigen, a UC Santa Barbara biomedical technology spinout, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Becton Dickinson and Co. The company was founded in 2003 by two students and a professor to enter UCSB’s New Venture Competition. Sirigen won the competition in May 2003. The company’s technology tapped recently discovered conductive polymers to improve what are Read More →

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Stratus hits brakes on car shows amid shakeup

By   /  Friday, August 24th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Law, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Stratus hits brakes on car shows amid shakeup

By Julian Moore on August 24, 2012 A Santa Barbara company that produces lavish luxury and collectible car shows has suspended its event schedule amid a financial shortfall and turmoil in its executive suite. Stratus Media Group, the luxury car show and fight promoter that owns the event, has sacked its CEO and given him Read More →

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