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Blockbuster business deals heat up region

By   /  Friday, June 3rd, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Blockbuster business deals heat up region

Last year, it was Gerald Ford of Texas who led the way as investors poured something like $700 million of new capital into the region’s banking system.

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What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

The Governator era suddenly it looks like one big ego trip.

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Grocery chain Fresh & Easy eyes another spot in the region

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Grocery chain Fresh & Easy eyes another spot in the region

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A $14.5M bet on computing supremacy

By   /  Wednesday, May 11th, 2011  /  Columns, Technology  /  Comments Off on A $14.5M bet on computing supremacy

Last week, I spoke with Fareed Zakaria, an author and editor-at-large for Time magazine as well as a CNN host. He’s put a lot of thought into the “rise of the rest” — that is, what the post-American world is going to look like.
You can trot out the statistics of your choice to show how America is fast losing its technological edge. We lag other countries in math and science scores. But Zakaria pointed out a number to me that’s much more foreboding — citations in peer-reviewed research.

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SLO business and government law firm attracts big-city clients

By   /  Wednesday, May 11th, 2011  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on SLO business and government law firm attracts big-city clients

Since 2004, San Luis Obispo County firm Carmel & Naccasha has expanded from its two founders to nine staff attorneys and five of-counsel attorneys by blending business and government agency law expertise. And perhaps no one is more surprised at the firm’s quick growth than partner Ziyad Naccasha, a San Luis Obispo native who moved Read More →

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Network Hardware expansion signals technology turnaround

By   /  Friday, May 6th, 2011  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Network Hardware expansion signals technology turnaround

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Award adds spark to our new ventures

By   /  Friday, May 6th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Award adds spark to our new ventures

Pacific Coast Business Times is the winner of a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in news.

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