Teledyne to buy offshore oil equipment maker for $171M
Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies is buying Bolt Technology Corp., a maker of offshore oil exploration equipment, in an all-cash deal valued at $171 million. Teledyne said Sept. 3 that it will pay $22 per share to buy the Connecticut manufacturer. Bolt makes and supplies marine seismic energy products and replacement parts for offshore Read More →
Read More →Amgen seeks approval for new cholesterol drug
Amgen became the first drugmaker to seek U.S. regulatory approval for a new class of cholesterol-lowering treatments after it submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday for evolocumab. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said the drug works by blocking a naturally occurring protein called PCSK9 that prevents the liver from removing LDL cholesterol, Read More →
Read More →Semtech earnings on track after layoffs
Shares of Camarillo-based chipmaker Semtech Corp. were up 4.8 percent after the company announced stronger-than-expected sales and profits. Semtech, which uses a fiscal year that ends in January each year, said Aug. 20 that its second-quarter fiscal 2015 revenues were $145.7 million, up 10 percent from the previous quarter but down 12 percent from the Read More →
Read More →Inogen raises 2014 guidance after beating on Q2 profits
Shares of Goleta-based Inogen climbed 4.3 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday as the medical-device maker reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit. The company, which went public earlier this year, makes portable at-home oxygen concentrators. Its second-quarter revenue soared 50.8 percent to $30.4 million, beating the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate by $6.5 million. Product sales Read More →
Read More →Vitesse loss narrows as new product sales overtake legacy offerings
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. continued its fight back to profitability in the third quarter, with new product revenues driving higher sales and its net loss narrowing to 7 cents per share. In the same quarter a year earlier, the Camarillo-based firm had recorded a net loss of 17 cents per share. Third-quarter revenue increased 3 percent Read More →
Read More →Profits rise at PennyMac firms
Moorpark-based PennyMac Financial Services said profits rose to $51.4 million on revenue of $130.4 million for the second quarter, beating Wall Street expectations for both measures.
Read More →LTC beats on revenues, meets on profits
Westlake Village-based LTC Properties beat revenue estimates in the second quarter as its funds from operations were up 17.8 percent to $22.5 million, or 64 cents per common diluted share, meeting Wall Street expectations.
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