January 4 - January 10, 2009
Friday, Jan. 9
Yes, the numbers are terrible, but they were supposed to have been terrible - and they will continue to be terrible for some time.
The promotion runs between now and June 3, which is typically a slow time in the theme park business - likely to be even slower this year.
He was a regular at a Palm Beach shop called Trillion, where you could spend $7,500 on a sports jacket.
Still-higher gas prices, Krugman says Obama plan not enough, Katzenberg losses reportedly total $20 million, and better KB results (sort of).
Employers cut 524,000 jobs in December, bringing the 2008 total to 2.6 million. That's the largest yearly slide since 1945.
Thursday, Jan. 8
"This is extremely painful and humiliating for me,” he tells CNBC. "It has done extraordinary damage to my philanthropy."
The $13.9 billion price tag suggests a huge discount on the failed Pasadena thrift's loans and securities.
The owner of the 7th & Fig shopping center figures that losing Macy's will be an opportunity to reposition the complex.
Investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million that apparently were ready to be sent to family members and friends
Those selling protection to Tribune investors will have to fork over $98.50 for every $100 of face value. Yowser!
Bratz sales approved, L.A. rents are falling, Grey re-ups at Paramount, and Northrop combines units.
Even sales at Wal-Mart, which had been holding up reasonably well because of its low prices, rose only 1.7 percent in December.
The 7th and Fig location, otherwise known as Ernst & Young Plaza, will be one of 11 underperforming stores to be shuttered.
Wednesday, Jan. 7
An executive buys a house in Corona in 2006 and its value promptly falls by 50 percent. But his company is bailing him out.
Banks, automakers - hell, why not pornographers? Joe "Girls Gone Wild" Francis and Larry "Hustler" Flynt are asking Congress for $5 billion.
Somehow the guy still manages to come off as being even more obnoxious than last we remember. He insists that he'll live forever.
The paper will resume a standalone business section four days a week - and it'll be renamed "Business" from the current "Marketplace."
Stocks off on Intel news, why banks still aren't lending, Blue Shield reissues medical coverage, and Hollywood swag takes a holiday.
Tuesday, Jan. 6
The case centers on alleged efforts by General Growth to prevent Cheesecake Factory from moving into the American at Brand center.
Entertainment lawyer Larry Stein is looking for ways to sever his connection with the NY attorney accused of bilking investors.
An $18 billion package of tax increases and cuts being proposed by Democratic leaders appears headed for the dustbin.
The subject is earthquakes - specifically a 7.8-magnitude shaker - and how it would further devastate the housing market.
Any prominent executive who takes his own life is getting lots of attention. Today, there are two such stories.
A lending bank tried auctioning the Marina property for $44 million, but there were no takers. So the unfinished place is gathering dust.
Oil and gas are back up, Madoff trustee finds $830 million, new name for IndyMac, and home video business takes hit.
Monday, Jan. 5
Lions Gate is now getting the cable channel of TV listings, along with TV Guide Online, for $255 million.
Citigroup offered to modify the loan terms for an OC subprimer named Daniel Sadek. But Sadek failed to make the new payments.
An office manager in the firm's London office is so ticked off that she's decided to yap about Bernie's spending habits.
Her candidacy would not be a big surprise - it's been the talk of Republican insiders for weeks.
This time it's the breast implant business. One NY plastic surgeon saw his practice take an 18 percent dip in October.
Jobs explains weight loss, box office was solid in 2008, feds investigated Madoff many times, and no more public access channels.
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