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Investing in Main Street: Hutton Parker Foundation chief details real estate strategy

By   /  Friday, October 25th, 2013  /  Nonprofits, Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Investing in Main Street: Hutton Parker Foundation chief details real estate strategy

When it comes to commercial real estate and investing in commercial property, Tom Parker is just about the smartest guy in any room, anywhere.

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Letter: Sheriff’s decision to sue reflects poor judgement

By   /  Friday, October 25th, 2013  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: Sheriff’s decision to sue reflects poor judgement

The article headlined “Ex VC sheriff sues for supplemental pension” in your Oct. 18 issue got my blood boiling, as I am sure it did with many of your readers.

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Timing is everything with $56M Central Coast banking merger

By   /  Friday, October 25th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Timing is everything with $56M Central Coast banking merger

Regulators will have one less bank to regulate and the combined bank will get benefits from economies of scale.

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Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast

Farmers are a skeptical lot. And Ventura County farmers have good reasons to be skeptical. They, and their counterparts in the Tri-Counties, grow high-risk, high-yield crops on relatively small plots of land surrounded by housing developments and urban areas. They are subject to heavy regulations on fertilizer, pesticide and water use. Particularly on strawberry fields Read More →

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Letter: Clarifying NCHC’s winding-down process

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NCHC selected the assignment process because it is generally faster and virtually always less expensive than the alternative of bankruptcy.

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Op/ed: Central planning still rules China’s economy

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Central planning still rules China’s economy

Does innovation really function in a communist state-controlled economy that only partially incorporates a few facets of free-market capitalism?

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Editorial: Private sector should step up in debt debate

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Private sector should step up in debt debate

Business owners and managers are key stakeholders — we hold the keys to far more economic activity than politicians.

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