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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 4th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on The good, the bad and the fake: Santa Barbara firm double checks sales leads data
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 21st, 2012 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: One hotelier’s pluck snags Amgen tour
Sometimes you just have to lead, dammit. That’s what happened in San Luis Obispo County this fall when hotelier John King stepped up big time to garner a huge prize, time trials and an overnight in Avila Beach for the Amgen Tour of California.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 21st, 2012 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Infrared pioneers return with $20M in funding
[Editor’s note, Dec. 24, 2012: The story originally contained multiple inaccuracies about the history of the infrared sensor industry in the Tri-Counties. A corrected version has been posted below.] A pair of entrepreneurs who built up and then sold Goleta-based Indigo Systems to Flir Systems are back in action with $20 million in fresh capital Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 21st, 2012 / Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Avila arrives: Beach town’s hoteliers led bid for Amgen cycling tour
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By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 / Latest news / 6 Comments
Embattled contractor Mark Melchiori pleaded his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked questions about money transfers and offshore accounts during a Dec. 19 bankruptcy hearing at the U.S. Trustee’s office in Santa Barbara. During a ninety-minute hearing, Melchiori invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about whether he transferred money between his company Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 14th, 2012 / Central Coast, Features, Green Coast, Small Business / Comments Off on Dry run: Jimmy Towel tests product on KickStarter
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 14th, 2012 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Hollister & Brace recovers millions from Ponzi schemes
Hollister & Brace has quietly become one of the top firms at recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for investors Ponzi schemes arising from so-called 1031 Exchanges.
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