Hummingbird Nest rezoning paves way for Simi’s first 5-star resort
Texas billionaire David Saperstein has finally secured approval to have Hummingbird Nest Ranch rezoned, paving the way for Simi Valley’s first five-star resort.
Read More →Vapor Hub hopes to lead the way in $3B e-cigarette market
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration promising to impose regulations on the free-for-all e-cigarette market, Simi Valley-based Vapor Hub International is hoping to help the industry grow up.
Read More →Cashing out: Bank of America consolidates Simi operations
Bank of America has shed a 1 million-square-foot portfolio of former Countrywide Financial Corp. office buildings for $200 million and plans to consolidate its Simi Valley campus.
Read More →Simi mall owners pin turnaround plan on high-end theater anchor
Over the last three years, the new owners have gone through dozens of draft plans and contended with the demise of Simi Valley’s redevelopment agency. The developers have finally settled on a vision that will add a Studio Movie Grill as a second anchor tenant and build a new, centrally located parking lot.
Read More →Defense leaders say industry faces skilled worker shortage
Some of the nation’s top defense industry executives said at a forum at the Reagan Presidential Library on Nov. 16 that they have grave concerns about the nation’s ability to supply the workers needed to maintain the nation’s technological superiority.
Shaky job security at defense firms, competition for talent from non-defense companies and a shortage of science and math graduates are making it hard to hire and retain the kind of skilled people who have made the United States a world leader in technology for decades, panelists said.
Read More →Fraud verdict for former Countrywide unit
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NYSE:BAC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”23-04-2013″ enddate=”23-10-2013″ width=”300″ height=”245″] A fraud verdict against Bank of America and its former Countrywide unit – once a major employer in East Ventura County – has handed the U.S. government a rare victory in a lawsuit that stems from the subprime mortgage meltdown and subsequent financial crisis. A Manhattan Read More →
Read More →NFP buys Simi Valley entertainment insurance firm
A division of National Financial Partners Corp., one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the country, has acquired a niche Simi Valley business for an undisclosed amount. New York-based NFP said Sept. 9 that its had bought Insurance West Corp., a Ventura County-based firm that offers insurance to the entertainment equipment rental industry as Read More →
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