Over four days, the fall of Washington Mutual and Wachovia knocked out the Tri-Counties’ third and eighth largest non-local banks and created new opportunities for community banks.
 

Camarillo-based Kreido Biofuels has given itself two months to live.

While a volatile quarter in the financial sector has translated to a string of extreme ups and downs in the stock market, regionally based public companies have come out on top.