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LinkedIn picks up Lynda.com to lift content offerings

By   /  Thursday, April 9th, 2015  /  Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on LinkedIn picks up Lynda.com to lift content offerings

The social networking platform is acquiring Carpinteria-based Lynda.com in a $1.5 billion cash and stock deal.

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AppFolio acquires San Diego software startup RentLinx

By   /  Wednesday, April 8th, 2015  /  Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on AppFolio acquires San Diego software startup RentLinx

The company hopes the deal will allow its clients better market vacancies.

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Capps exit from D.C. to reshape Central Coast politics

By   /  Wednesday, April 8th, 2015  /  Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Capps exit from D.C. to reshape Central Coast politics

The Congresswoman will leave behind a legacy as a staunch environmentalist and party loyalist who also developed a reputation for supporting small business and building relationships with her political foes.

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SB retail property has new owner in eight-figure deal

By   /  Tuesday, April 7th, 2015  /  Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top 25 lists, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on SB retail property has new owner in eight-figure deal

The complex on State Street along Highway 101, anchored by REI, was previously purchased in two separate deals for about $13 million between 2005 and 2010.

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Solar3D up-lists to NASDAQ on strength of acquisitions

By   /  Friday, April 3rd, 2015  /  Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Solar3D up-lists to NASDAQ on strength of acquisitions

The firm raked in $20.2 million in revenue for 2014 and reported operating income of $311,072, compared to an operating loss of $1.1 million for the same period in 2013.

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Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link

By   /  Friday, April 3rd, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link

GroupGets is an online platform that hopes to democratize access to high-tech components.

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Independent bookstores on decline as Granada Books shuts doors

By   /  Friday, April 3rd, 2015  /  Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Independent bookstores on decline as Granada Books shuts doors

With the rise of book-selling giants like Borders and Barnes & Noble in the 1990s, followed by digitized selling popularized by Amazon in the new millennium, independently owned bookstores like Granada have become a rarity.

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