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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 7th, 2021 / Latest news, middle, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Pandemic has hastened ascent of e-commerce, trade expert tells Port of Hueneme
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the e-commerce trade has grown nearly 20% each year, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated that trend. That was one of the themes of a talk on May 4 by Marianne Rowden, the founder of TradeNerd and former president and CEO of the American Association of Importers and Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 7th, 2021 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Office workers prepare to leave the home front
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, May 6th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Interlink shares drop after report of first-quarter losses
Interlink Electronics, an Irvine-based sensor manufacturer with its primary research and development facility in Camarillo, saw its revenue dip and its net loss increase when it released its earnings for the first quarter of 2021. According to the company’s May 6 earnings release, Interlink generated revenue of $1.56 million in the first quarter of 2021, Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, May 6th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Salem Media Group back in the black for first quarter
Salem Media Group announced growing revenue, declining costs and a reversal of last year’s losses when it released its first quarter financial earnings on May 6. The Irving, Texas-based conservative media company, which retains significant operations at its former headquarters in Camarillo, had $300,000 in net income for the quarter, or 1 cent per diluted Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Lori’s Lemonade wins gold
Lavender Lemonade, a product by Ventura-based Lori’s Original Lemonade, won a gold award in the Specialty Food Association’s 2021 sofi Awards. The lemonade was one of 130 winners across 49 categories, announced May 5. There were almost 1,500 entrees, and the entrees were judged in an anonymous sampling for taste, ingredient quality and innovation. Lori Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, right, South Coast, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on MIT to drop affiliation with Central Coast Enterprise Forum
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Global will be closing its program effective June 30 and is asking all of its affiliated chapters, including the Central Coast chapter, to discontinue all association with the brand. The news came in an April 30 email to Enterprise Forum chapters from the CEO of MIT Technology Review, Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Monday, May 3rd, 2021 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Fienup: A long road to get economy out of ‘crisis mode’
Ventura County’s economy was in a rougher place than previously understood when the pandemic started, and rebuilding it in a way that benefits everyone is going to take a lot of careful work. That was the message from Matthew Fienup, the executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University, Read More →
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