January 21 - January 27, 2007
Friday, Jan. 26
Yeah, that's Katie Holmes and apparently her reps at CAA have been trying to get her back into the game...
Well, not yet, but the FT is reporting that the Calabasas-based mortgage giant is in talks with Bank of America...
This wasn't a great day for either THQ or Activision, Socal's two big videogame companies. Not a big surprise, really,...
OK, we have record earnings, monster box office, still-solid TV ratings, a stock that keeps going up - the new...
Tower trouble?: EMI's decision to merge Capitol Records and Virgin Records has locals worried that the music giant is prepping...
It's over the apparent backdating of the homebuilder's stock option grants - and what led to the ouster of long-time...
Thursday, Jan. 25
How about scented ads? The WSJ, no less, is on the verge of offering "rub and sniff" advertising, according to...
You can't keep hitting new highs forever. The Dow finished the day down 119 points - and as often happens...
Talk about your fast exits. When Judith Regan was fired and escorted out of her L.A. office, she was only...
The luxury hotel will occupy the first 20 floors of a 48-story tower designed by Frank Gehry (for-sale residences on...
Sometimes, it takes a crisis to get noticed. Such is the case with California's monster agriculture industry, which everyone living...
The charges against Victor Jung, former treasurer of NBC Universal, have the makings of one (at least an episode of...
Tribune race shifting?: The Broad/Burkle offer appears to have a slight edge, according to the WSJ. But not enough to...
Wednesday, Jan. 24
You're not surprised, are you? The national Nielsen numbers show that Tuesday night's "American Idol" drew 32.6 million viewers on...
That's what 20th Century Fox wants to know, which is why the video site was served with a subpoena demanding...
The deal would be worth nearly $700 million, covering the 38 percent of the Woodland Hills-based insurance company that AIG...
Maybe it was just a coincidence, but I happened to notice two beefy business stories wind up on the LAT...
DoItYourself.com, one of the more popular self help Web sites, is being purchased by El Segundo-based Internet Brands Inc., which...
Trouble with defaults?: The LAT is playing up new figures showing that default notices statewide jumped 145 percent in the...
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Here's another example of a company knee-deep in backdated stock options trying to smooth things over in advance of the...
Ever since Tribune Co. went on the block, there have been rumbles about the head of News Corp. wanting a...
This is always a guess, at best, given the funny way that Hollywood determines profit and loss. But among the...
There's nothing like a positive earnings report to get Wall Street excited. Such was the case today with the Pasadena-based...
Disney and Michael Eisner get cited in Business 2.0's list of 101 clunkers for the year (Wal-Mart steals the show)....
Yes, it's true - being a multimillionaire means having "more adventurous and exotic" sex lives, according to a survey out...
Ratings have bounced around these last few years, from 33 million viewers in 2003, when "Chicago" took most everything, to...
Oscar surprise: They can't be thrilled over at DreamWorks and its new parent, Paramount Pictures. Yes, "Dreamgirls" scored eight Oscar...
It once housed the offices for Howard Hughes' aviation empire and then it was planned to be the headquarters for...
Monday, Jan. 22
Three executives have been brought on to head CAA Sports, a new division of Century City-based Creative Artists Agency. The...
The big plunge in oil seems to be finally having its effect at the gas pump. For the week ended...
That's the rumble anyway, as reported by the Santa Barbara Independent Web site. Caruso, who is known for his shopping...
The trend among law firms is to shorten the name, but as you can imagine egos will sometimes get in...
DirecTV's playbook: Now that John Malone has control of the El Segundo-based satellite service, the question is what he plans...
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The funeral for Mark Lacter will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles 90045. Reception to follow.
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