Since 2003, the Business Times has worked with the SBA and other organizations to bring you a special report that celebrates small businesses. The report includes profiles of innovative companies, how ...

UC Santa Barbara named its sixth chancellor on July 17 when the university announced that Dr. Dennis Assanis has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to be UCSB’s next man in charge. Assanis, who ...

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that its shareholders have elected Stephanie Hastings to serve on the firm’s Executive Committee (EC) for a three-year term. Shehas over 20 years ...

Mitch Zacks at Zacks Investment Managementis making the bullish case for U.S. equities. “What’s been encouraging to me is that investors appear to be taking more interest in areas of the market with ...

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After one of the most challenging years the health care industry has ever faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, French Hospital Medical Center has reason to celebrate. The facility has reached a ...

Shares of The Trade Desk received a nice bump in after-hours trading on July 14 after it was announced that the ad-tech company would be joining the S&P 500 beginning on July 18. The Trade Desk, which ...

The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties increased by 7% in 2024 over 2023, according to their recently released annual crop and livestock reports. Ventura County’s ...

For the second time in three years, Bob Bradway raked in the most of any executive of a public company based on the Central Coast in 2024, generating a total compensation package worth $24.4 million, ...

Despite economic uncertainty, middle market leaders are choosing to remain resilient in 2025, according to J.P. Morgan’s 2025 Business Leaders Outlook Pulse Survey released June 30. The survey ...