Our view: SLO to Denver flight great for economy
Reports that San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport has landed a coveted daily nonstop flight to Denver came seemingly out of the blue. But, in fact, the announcement was the result of nearly a decade of effort by business and community leaders to give SLO County travelers an option that provides a same day connection Read More →
Read More →Letter to the editor: Stop asking Trump to release tax returns
Dear Editor: When I read your commentary, “Time for Trump to release tax returns, explain Russian ties” (Feb. 17 issue), I couldn’t believe my eyes. The editor of a business-oriented periodical spouting left-wing conspiracy theories and repeating fake news. Let me start by sharing my opinion that President Trump is a friend of the workingman Read More →
Read More →Fienup: At last, an end to the ‘New Normal’
By Matthew Fienup There is one clear lesson from the first 30 days of the Trump economy. The so-called “New Normal,” a belief in the inevitability of poor economic performance following the Great Recession, is now dead. I wish I could also say that a return to robust economic growth is just around the corner Read More →
Read More →Study shows Amgen’s Blincyto a better alternative than chemotherapy
Amgen’s new leukemia drug Blincyto increases the length of survival among high-risk patients, according to a study released by the New England Journal of Medicine. Results from its Phase 3 Tower study revealed that Blincyto almost doubled median overall survival versus chemotherapy among adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic Read More →
Read More →Inogen reports huge increase in net income
Inogen, a maker of portable oxygen concentrators based in Goleta, announced a 77 percent increase in net income Feb. 28 on fourth quarter revenues of $50.9 million. Sales revenues grew 47.2 percent over the same quarter in 2015, to $42.6 million. Net income for the quarter was $5.3 million, bringing the company up to $20.5 Read More →
Read More →AppFolio revenues grow, losses shrink
AppFolio announced an increase in fourth quarter and full year revenues Feb. 27, decreasing its net losses per share by around a third compared to 2015. The Goleta-based company’s revenues for the quarter ended Dec. 31 grew 37 percent to $28 million, up from $20.4 million during the same period the prior year. Full year Read More →
Read More →San Luis Obispo airport adding nonstop service to Denver
San Luis Obispo took another step forward in its quest to become a major tourism and tech hub on Feb. 27 when it announced the inauguration of nonstop service to Denver, beginning in June. The single United Express flight, which arrives in SLO in the evening and departs at the crack of dawn the next Read More →
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