Menu
Montecito
Pac Premier
Giving Guide
Loading...
You are here:  Home  >  Top Stories  -  Page 297
Latest

SEC probes stock buy

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on SEC probes stock buy

A Victorville man accused of falsely claiming he owned millions of dollars of shares in dozens in companies around the world has touched a nerve in Westlake Village. Last year, CapitalSource Healthcare REIT, a Westlake Village firm, filed papers to raise as much as $362 million in an initial public offering. The company, a subsidiary Read More →

Read More →
Latest

A trademark duel

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on A trademark duel

Two high-end gun makers are dueling across the Atlantic over the rights to use one of the oldest names in the trade. Paso Robles-based John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Inc. is suing London-based newcomer John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd. for trademark infringement. In a complaint filed Aug. 24 in a federal court in Los Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Flir scores victory in Raytheon battle

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Flir scores victory in Raytheon battle

In one of the most-watched legal fights in the defense industry, infrared camera maker Flir Systems has won a preliminary victory against Raytheon over infrared sensor technology developed in Goleta. In 2007, Raytheon sued Flir, alleging the smaller company had stolen its trade secrets, competed unfairly and infringed its patents. On Aug. 31, a federal Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Green Coast goes to Washington

By   /  Wednesday, September 16th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Green Coast goes to Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Obama administration nudging climate change toward the top of the political agenda, the new energy economy was a timely topic as 25 business and community leaders from the Tri-Counties convened for a day of discussions hosted by U.S. Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara. Capps said she was encouraged by efforts Read More →

Read More →
Latest

Carpinteria device firm gets big bucks

By   /  Monday, September 14th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Carpinteria device firm gets big bucks

In the biggest single round of venture capital financing announced this year in the Tri-Counties, Carpinteria-based medical device maker ValenTx raised $22 million Sept. 8. Founded in 2002 and operating quietly until now, the company is testing out a treatment for morbid obesity, a condition in which patients are typically overweight by more than 100 Read More →

Read More →
Latest

BuenaVentura

By   /  Monday, September 14th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on BuenaVentura

When Banco BuenaVentura was rolled out in Oxnard less than a year ago, it catered almost exclusively to the area’s Hispanic community. But in light of its upcoming Sept. 21 closure, some are left wondering if the niche bank’s business plan is to blame for its collapse. The bank had a very clear goal when Read More →

Read More →
Latest

$22M bankruptcy spotlights Montecito

By   /  Monday, September 14th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on $22M bankruptcy spotlights Montecito

A year after the worst market quake since the Great Depression, aftershocks from the credit crunch are rumbling through Montecito’s upper crust. Patricia Klink filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Aug. 17 with $29.3  million in assets and $22.2 million in liabilities. She is the wife of John Klink, a longtime high-level Vatican adviser whose anti-abortion Read More →

Read More →