SFVBJ online: selected news published on sfvbj.com.

The following are some of the stories published in the last two weeks on the Business Journal's website (sfvbj.com), which is updated with the latest news on a daily basis.

Data Collector: A Los Angeles company providing automated compliance and reporting services to the affordable housing industry will become part of fraud detection provider Interthinx, the company announced. ISO, parent corporation of Agoura Hills-based Interthinx, acquired Domus System for an undisclosed sum. The Domus System electronically collects, maintains, and reports on resident and property data. Current data can be updated, while historical information is securely stored to allow for outcome analysis and fund tracking. Interthinx recognized the potential benefits with Domus in terms of data, analyrics, and fraud metrics.

Fab Fourth: Internet service provider ISWest landed for the fourth time on a list ranking the fastest growing technology companies in Southern California, the company announced. Agoura Hills-based ISWest made the Deloitte Fast 50 based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 2001 to 2005. Less than one-third of the companies on the list are named four years in a row. ISWest attributes some growth to acquisitions made over the past several years of six additional Internet service providers, making the company the largest ISP in Ventura County and the premier business-to-business ISP in Southern California. Nineteen companies from the San Fernando Valley region were named on the 2005 Fast 50 list. Deloitte has released its Fast 50 list since 1995.

Location Insurance: Film L.A., the city-county agency that handles film permits for the region, will no longer process insurance for production companies shooting on location in Los Angeles. The City Risk Manager will now handle the insurance processing, which L.A. Inc. will verify before issuing permits. FilmL.A., formerly called the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., was formed in 1995 to help coordinate film production with the city and serve as a liaison with the community. For the second quarter ended June 30, FilmL.A. issued permits for 7,853 on-location production days for shoots in the Los Angeles area.

HemaCare Expands: The Woodland Hills manufacturer of blood products and services HemaCare Corp. has purchased Teragenix Corp., a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., provider of human biological samples, for $4.8 million. HemaCare acquired the company in exchange for $2.3 million in cash and stock to be paid immediately; $700,000 in notes and assumed debt; $1.8 million paid over rime tied to earnings. HemaCare, founded in 1978, has indicated in recent weeks that it plans to expand in the research sector.

Technicolor Pact: Thomson and its Technicolor Digital Cinema division locked into an agreement with National Amusements Inc. to install digital cinema equipment in 14 theaters, the company announced Tuesday. Los Angeles is one of three markets where Camarillo-based Technicolor will test the equipment as part of an overall rollout to set up digital systems for 5,000 screens in the next three to four years.