NiMin reports $1.5M loss
NiMin Energy Corp., the Carpinteria-based oil and gas producer that is disbanding, said it narrowed its first-quarter loss to $1.5 million, compared to a loss of $8.5 million a year ago. The company said in late April that poor stock-price performance prompted it to start dismantling the business and selling its assets. The move came Read More →
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Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group has spurned an unsolicited takeover offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp. First California, a $2 billion bank whose profits dropped drastically in the first quarter, is under pressure from three major shareholders to sell itself and has hired an investment banking firm to help evaluate its options. The company Read More →
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Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., a Camarillo-based company that makes chips for carrier and enterprise networks, reported a second-quarter net loss of $6.2 million, or 25 cents per share on May 8. The generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, numbers were lower than the 7 cent per share loss predicted by analysts. On a non-GAAP basis, the Read More →
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