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Lucia aquires West Coast Asset Management office, key staff

By   /  Friday, October 17th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Personal Finance, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Lucia aquires West Coast Asset Management office, key staff

West Coast Asset Management, the alternative investment firm founded by Paul Orfalea and family member Lance Helfert, is merging with a San Diego-based money manager.

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USDA taps VSolvit team for 5-year, up to $500M contract

By   /  Friday, October 17th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on USDA taps VSolvit team for 5-year, up to $500M contract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has awarded a five-year, $500 million contract to the Ventura-based tech firm VSolvit to provide software tech support for the department in areas such as budget and finance and management solutions.

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SLO developers expand regional impact

By   /  Friday, October 17th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Top Stories, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on SLO developers expand regional impact

San Luis Obispo-based real estate and development firm PB Cos., started in 2011 by partners Ryan Petetit and John Belsher, has gone from a single deal to build a few homes to a collection of projects valued at more than $300 million.

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Circa Terra hopes to emulate Magellan’s South Coast success

By   /  Friday, October 17th, 2014  /  Latest news, Real Estate, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Circa Terra hopes to emulate Magellan’s South Coast success

A former South Coast standard in travel gear is returning to its Santa Barbara roots and operating under a new name.

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Teledyne lands 5-year Navy deal

By   /  Thursday, October 16th, 2014  /  Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Teledyne lands 5-year Navy deal

Teledyne Technologies, a publicly traded aerospace and defense engineering firm headquartered in Thousand Oaks, announced today that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group won a contract from Connecticut-based General Dynamics Electric Boat with a potential $40 million value. The company will use the money to develop electrical and fiber-optic connector hardware for U.S. Navy submarines Read More →

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Spacecraft set to land near Lompoc

By   /  Tuesday, October 14th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Spacecraft set to land near Lompoc

An unmanned space plane resembling a miniature space shuttle is expected to end a nearly two-year classified mission with a not-so-secret landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, perhaps as early as Oct. 14. One of two X-37B robotic space planes in the Air Force fleet, the California landing may be one of the Read More →

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Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history

By   /  Friday, October 10th, 2014  /  Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history

In the relatively short time since his 1992 discovery, Nakamura’s LED technology has supplanted Edison’s incandescent bulb. And Edison never won a Nobel Prize.

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