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Customer list, library drive $1.5B merger

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Customer list, library drive $1.5B merger

It is the second largest tech acquisition in the tri-county region’s history, after the $6.9 billion purchase of Santa Barbara-based Software.com.

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Beach town in spotlight: Carpinteria benefits from tech firms like Lynda.com

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Beach town in spotlight: Carpinteria benefits from tech firms like Lynda.com

Carpinteria is made up of just seven square miles and about 14,000 residents, yet companies including Agilent Technologies subsidiary Dako, silicone manufacturer Nusil and restaurant management firm CKE all call it home.

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Surgery centers at issue in health care merger

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Surgery centers at issue in health care merger

The FTC would not comment on the merger, but officials at the two companies say the agency has questioned at length the merger of the only inpatient hospital on the South Coast with the large physician practice.

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Apartment building revival, home starts put Santa Maria on the map

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Apartment building revival, home starts put Santa Maria on the map

The UCSB Economic Forecast Project will focus on housing and residential construction when it holds its annual forecast summit on May 8 at the Radisson Santa Maria on Skyway Drive.

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Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing

They are analyzing phenolic levels in robust red wines like cabernet sauvignon and syrah to help them make more reliable decisions on when to separate the juice from skins and stems, and how to blend to achieve consistent structure in successive vintages.

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Botanic Gardens leads push to use less thirsty plants

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Botanic Gardens leads push to use less thirsty plants

Even traditional nurseries, which tend to suffer during droughts, are expanding their native and drought-tolerant offerings.

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Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light

It’s worth noting that Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Business Times, written slightly more than 15 years ago, featured a story about the first plans for reconstructing the Miramar.

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