Letter to the editor: Capps, let business get back to business
It is time to let customers, not the government, select winners and losers.
Read More →Guest op/ed: Heavy burden of regulation is weighing economy down
Destructive government fiscal and monetary policies are clearly hurting the economy, but overregulation is an unnecessarily self-inflicted wound that can quickly be cured.
Read More →Area banker tells Fed chair how grim it is
Santa Barbara resident and California Bankers Association President Rod Brown recently met with Ben Bernanke.
Read More →Editorial: Politicians and economists agree, make building easier
When State Sen. Tony Strickland, Gov. Jerry Brown and California Lutheran University Economist Bill Watkins all agree on a single topic, we’re inclined to pay close attention.
Read More →Guest op/ed: Navigate these hurdles to ride the M&A wave
By John F. Stuart, Kenneth E. Moore and Ryan J. Barncastle on September 16, 2011 The marketplace is rich with discussion concerning the future of mergers and acquisitions. With so much talk about the coming wave of acquisitions, what is preventing more deals from being announced? The answer to that question requires us to revisit Read More →
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