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Ceres goes public at $13

By   /  Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Ceres goes public at $13

Ceres, the Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm, has gone public on the Nasdaq priced at $13 a share, raising up to $65 million in the sale of five million shares. The stock was up nearly 15 percent to $14.90 in mid-day trading on Feb. 22. Ceres struggled to push through its deal. Initially slated to Read More →

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K-Swiss shares tumble on higher Q4 loss

By   /  Friday, February 17th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on K-Swiss shares tumble on higher Q4 loss

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:KSWS” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”17-08-2011″ enddate=”17-02-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Athletic shoe company K-Swiss stumbled into another unprofitable quarter, reporting a $25.2 million loss that came to 71 cents per share, despite higher sales. Shares of K-Swiss dropped 10.7 percent to $3.35 on Feb. 17 after the earnings announcement. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Read More →

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Ceres delays again, warns of Brazilian drought

By   /  Friday, February 17th, 2012  /  Agribusiness, Green Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Ceres delays again, warns of Brazilian drought

Ceres, the Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm, has delayed its initial public offering again. It also said Friday that its existing investors might buy as many as a fifth of the shares slated to hit the market and that a drought in Brazil could hurt it sweet sorghum yields. The pushed back its planned initial Read More →

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Op/ed: You must tell your employees about 401(k) fees

By   /  Friday, February 17th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: You must tell your employees about 401(k) fees

Employers have a fiduciary responsibility to the participants in their 401(k) programs.

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Op/ed: An open letter to Ventura County — True pension reform is long overdue

By   /  Friday, February 17th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  2 Comments

Ventura County is clearly an outlier in its pension system and taxpayers are bearing the burden.

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The ethics behind blowing the whistle

By   /  Thursday, February 2nd, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  1 Comment

By Steve Mintz on February 3, 2012 Is it right to spy on an employer and violate one’s confidentiality obligation in order to be financially rewarded for blowing the whistle on corporate wrongdoing? This is an important question from an ethical perspective in light of the greater acceptance by society of those who blow the Read More →

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Level to break ground on new HQ

By   /  Wednesday, February 1st, 2012  /  Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Level to break ground on new HQ

Level Studios, a San Luis Obispo-based digital marketing and branding firm, said it plans to break ground Feb. 3 on a new 46,000-square-foot, two-story building on the Central Coast that will house up to 300 employees in the next two years. The new facility will be built in the East Airport Commerce Park in San Read More →

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