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By Staff Report / Friday, May 2nd, 2014 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on Oasis Technology hopes to get kids hooked on white-hat hacking
Oasis Technology of Camarillo is sponsoring a contest with three Ventura County high schools to get students interested in becoming the good guys in the world of cybersecurity.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 25th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Pharma shakeups put pressure on top brass at Amgen to perform
With activist investor Bill Ackman pushing to buy Botox maker Allegran in a bid with upstart Valeant and restructurings under way at pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly & Co. and Novartis, it’s logical to question whether biotech giant Amgen will be next. So far the answer seems to be “not yet” — with one big Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Saturday, April 19th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Without fishermen, region’s harbors and bistros would be poorer
Fishing is really at the leading edge of the tourism culture. Just ask Ventura Harbor and Morro Bay, which have been trying to rebuild their tourism cred in part by reinvigorating their commercial fishing appeals and playing up their local seafood.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Paso Robles wine pioneer sets out in pursuit of the $100 bottle
Paso Robles winemaker Daniel Daou is pursuing the holy grail of California vintners: A cabernet sauvignon or Bordeaux that can reliably fetch $100 a bottle.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Columns, Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cappello lends his clout to reshaping Santa Barbara politics
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 4th, 2014 / Columns, Technology / 1 Comment
Maverick Angels, the Westlake Village-based investor group co-founded by the late John Dilts, is disbanding but not disappearing completely. Founded in 2006, Maverick was a different take on the idea of an angel network. Like other networks, it was an association of individual accredited investors — it didn’t pool money, and members made their own Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 4th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Business lessons learned from region’s largest corporate bankruptcy
At least in terms of revenue, Select is the largest company in the history of the Tri-Counties to seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors.
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