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Attorney General goes after Distenfield venture in N.Y.

By   /  Friday, May 23rd, 2014  /  Law, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Attorney General goes after Distenfield venture in N.Y.

The New York State Attorney General has sent a cease and desist letter to a legal documents business run by a member of Santa Barbara’s Distenfield family, alleging the firm is illegally practicing law in the Empire State. The order is the first deep scrutiny of the newest document filing venture by a new generation Read More →

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Central Coast banks on startups to drive growth

By   /  Friday, May 23rd, 2014  /  Central Coast, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Central Coast banks on startups to drive growth

Cal Poly’s successful SLO Hot House program is welcoming its fourth cohort of companies, and the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet will soon open its doors.

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Snapwire connects amateur photographers and publishers

By   /  Friday, May 23rd, 2014  /  South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Snapwire connects amateur photographers and publishers

Chad Newell, founder of Santa Barbara-based Snapwire, a mobile stock photography company. (Nik Blaskovich / Business Times photo)

Snapwire is hoping to solve several problems that plague stock photography, chief among them the issue of freshness. I

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Nonprofit aims to connect entrepreneurs

By   /  Monday, May 19th, 2014  /  Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Nonprofit aims to connect entrepreneurs

A new Santa Barbara-based nonprofit is hoping to connect entrepreneurs with mentors.

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CenCal-USC dispute highlights Medi-Cal pricing issues

By   /  Friday, May 16th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Law, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on CenCal-USC dispute highlights Medi-Cal pricing issues

A USC hospital is demanding $2 million for a surgery performed on a Medi-Cal patient from Santa Barbara County, more than 25 times as much as Santa Barbara County officials believe the procedure should have cost.

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Mining new markets: HG Data funding rises to $5.5M

By   /  Friday, May 16th, 2014  /  Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Mining new markets: HG Data funding rises to $5.5M

With a fresh round of venture capital, Santa Barbara-based business intelligence firm HG Data is hoping to track the technology in use at about 100,000 Asian companies to complement it huge database of North American firms.

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Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent

By   /  Friday, May 16th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent

Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm Ceres has been granted a patent on a gene sequence derived from corn and plans to license the patent to big seed companies.

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