Orange County Business Journal

Neal Koch, an award-winning, experienced business journalist, has been selected to be the Orange County Business Journal’s next Editor-in-Chief. Trained as a lawyer, Koch has been deputy editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal, executive editor of the Pacific Coast Business Times, which […]

This edition of the Orange County Business Journal marks its last with Mark Mueller serving as Editor-in-Chief. Beginning in mid-May, Mueller will be taking on a new, less time-intensive role at the Business Journal. As Community Editor, he will be assisting the OCBJ in ensuring the newspaper […]

The Newport Beach-based restaurant chain raised its full-year outlook after reporting first-quarter revenue that exceeded the average analyst estimate. The post Midday Stock Roundup: Chipotle Raises Outlook appeared first on Orange County Business Journal.

Huntington Beach-based Nuvision Credit Union is acquiring National City-based Paradise Valley Federal Credit Union (PVFCU), effective May 1. The acquisition adds 4,500 members, $80 million in assets and 14 branches in the San Diego area to Nuvision, which currently has 160,000 members, $3.2 billion […]

Pfister promoted from executive vice president effective as of yesterday. The post Mazo Capital Appoints New CEO appeared first on Orange County Business Journal.

On a hilltop overlooking Camp Pendleton, some of the world’s smallest medical devices are being made. About 225 employees of Glaukos Corp. (NYSE: GKOS) peer into microscopes, constructing daily hundreds of eye stent devices that are smaller than the dot in this “j.” “We make […]

Sustainability has long paid dividends for Earth Friendly Products. The maker of cleaning products, better known as ECOS, has seen annual revenue sky rocket over the past decade, by focusing its efforts on creating environmentally friendly products with plant-powered formulas, while also […]

Software maker Ecotrak LLC didn’t have to wait long for its latest funding round. The Irvine-based firm, whose enterprise software allows restaurants and other businesses to automate repairs and maintenance work orders, said earlier this month that it received $30 million in funds, pushing […]

A new, well-funded defense technology upstart, founded by a teenager, has moved its base of operations to Orange County, the Business Journal has learned. Mach Industries, which aims to make a variety of hydrogen-powered platforms for the military, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), weapons […]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology does, indeed, have a football team: The Engineers, who play in Division III of the NCAA. Last year, they finished with three straight wins, boosting their record to 4 and 5, though who knows how their season could’ve turned out if they had the […]