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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 5th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Features, Personal Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen news kicks off Q3 trading: CalAmp frontrunner in first-half standings
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By Stephen Nellis / Saturday, June 29th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Investors wager $37.5M on Vitesse turnaround
[wikichart align=”left” ticker=”VTSS” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” rollingdate=”6 months” width=”390″ height=”245″] The markets gave Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor’s turnaround strategy a vote of confidence June 25 as the company sold out a stock offering that netted it $37.5 million. The company closed an offering of 18.7 million shares at a price of $2.15 each for a gross of Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Under pressure to sell itself, Vitesse plans $30M stock offering
Shares of Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. were down 15 percent to $2.30 in mid-day trading June 19 as the company announced a public stock offering to raise up to $30 million. The move comes as the company faces pressure from Columbia Pacific Advisors, an investment firm that owns nearly 10 percent of Vitesse, to sell Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Dole CEO offers $1.1 billion to take firm private
Westlake Village-based Dole Food Co.’s stock soared more than 21 percent Tuesday morning as CEO David Murdock made a cash offer of $12 a share for the 60 percent of the company he doesn’t own in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. Dole is one of the biggest producers and importers of fresh fruit and Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, June 7th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on $243M merger comes with fine, branch closures
PacWest Bancorp’s contentious acquisition of First California Bank has closed but the dust hasn’t settled yet on the $243 million merger. As the deal was sealed, the banks announced that federal regulators had ordered First California to pay a $600,000 fine and set up $1.1 million in restitution to more than 64,000 consumers who had Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen teams up for Chinese joint venture
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has teamed up with a Chinese company for a joint venture to sell its colorectal cancer drug Vectibix there. Zhejiang Beta Pharma will be 51 percent owner of the the new firm, which will be known as Amgen-Beta Pharmaceuticals. The deal is still subject to approval from Chinese authorities. Amgen’s Read More →
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