March 22 - March 28, 2009
Friday, Mar. 27
Main Street people are a lot happier - and a lot more tempted to buy a sweater - if the Dow is up 400 points rather than down 400 points.
The L.A.-based homebuilder reported a first-quarter loss of $58.1 million, somewhat improved from the net loss of $268.2 million a year ago.
Candy Spelling is selling her French chateau-style mansion for the modest sum of $150 million (well, modest by Washington standards).
Thursday, Mar. 26
Excluded from the filing is the company's 35-story 717 W. Ninth Street residential tower project currently under construction.
I'm in deadline frenzy on a couple of projects, so very light posting through next week....
The controversy reflects the ineptitude of city officials in regulating signage and not the aesthetics of the billboards themselves.
Wednesday, Mar. 25
The stimulus plan should focus on homes, cars, retail and restaurants because that's where most of the damage has come from.
Stocks keep climbing, UCLA economists see continued high unemployment, bond sale a success, and Dov Charney on a buying spree.
Tuesday, Mar. 24
Nobody knows, everybody is guessing, and the economy hangs in the balance. Cocktails anyone?
Americans have been consuming growing volumes of Mary Janes, Tootsie Rolls and Gummy Bears, and it's being tied to the recession.
Nothing like 6 percent yields - tax-exempt - to get the attention of investors, especially when you can hardly get half that with a CD.
The big question is whether this marks the end of the bear market, or at least the beginning of the end. There's a case on both sides.
Monday, Mar. 23
Scrap metal prices fall, feds seize credit union, and appelate court nixes parts of ports plan.
The Treasury Secretary announces the Public-Private Investment Program, which will provide $500 billion in financing to buy toxic bank assets,...
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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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