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By Staff Report / Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on No Startup Weekend Santa Barbara this year
Startup Weekend Santa Barbara will not be happening this year. The event was held the second weekend in November each of the past two years. Santa Barbara startup NextMover won the inaugural event in 2013. NextMover provided users with a cheap alternative to moving companies by connecting people with owners of large vehicles that wanted Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, November 9th, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s Beneflex buys Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions
Santa Barbara-based Beneflex Insurance Services recently acquired Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions. Beneflex helps small- and medium-sized companies in the tri-county region navigate Affordable Care Act compliance and other issues regarding employee benefits. It acquired Insurance Dimensions on Oct. 1 to increase its client base throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and benefit from owner/operator Aline Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, November 9th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on AppFolio reports strong revenue for third quarter
AppFolio founder and chief strategist Klaus Schauser Santa Barbara-based cloud computing firm AppFolio said revenue jumped 56 percent to $20.3 million for the third quarter as losses grew to $4.8 million. The company, which specializes in providing business-to-business cloud services, said that it had increased both law firm and property management Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 6th, 2015 / Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Central Coast economy expanding
The Central Coast labor market is growing at a rate faster than the state’s, led by an all-time high in nonfarm employment, according to analysis from the Central Coast Economic Forecast. About 400 people flocked to the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 6 for the annual forecast. Chris Thornberg and Jordan Levine of Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, November 6th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news / Comments Off on FDA to review Amgen’s new kidney disease dug
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced on Nov. 6 that the Food and Drug Administration will review a new treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease. The new drug, Etelcalcetide, works by suppressing the secretion of a parathyroid hormone. The drug is administered intravenously three times per week at the end of a dialysis session. Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 6th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Regulators put tri-county crab season on ice
Regulators have put crab season on ice. The tri-county commercial fishing industry is feeling the sting of a toxin that’s been found in some of the area’s seafood. The California Department of Public Health advised consumers in a Nov. 3 announcement not to eat Dungeness and rock crabs caught between the Oregon border and the Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, November 6th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies trading on Nasdaq
Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →
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