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By Staff Report / Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Personal Finance, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on QAD’s second-quarter profits drop despite record revenue
Shares of Summerland-based business software firm QAD fell Aug. 27 on news that the company’s second-quarter profits dropped 24.2 percent to $985,000. QAD reported record revenues and higher operating income during the second quarter. Its total revenue climbed 12 percent to a second-quarter record of $73.1 million, it said, up from $65.2 million in the Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 / Central Coast, South Coast, Tri-County Economy / 3 Comments
Proponents of Santa Barbara County’s Measure P, an anti-fracking measure that could also shut down conventional oil and gas production, suffered a setback on Aug. 27 when the largest South Coast chamber of commerce said it opposed the November ballot initiative. The Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce said that its board voted to “urge Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 22nd, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Competition heats up in infrared market as Flir, Seek Thermal release smartphone products
This holiday season, two South Coast firms will compete to sell what could be the hottest gadget gift of the year: affordable thermal cameras for smartphones. Goleta-based Seek Thermal, the company founded by longtime infrared entrepreneurs Bill Parrish and Tim Fitzgibbons that has raised $30 million, said Aug. 19 that it will offer a Read More →
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