October 18 - October 24, 2009
Friday, Oct. 23
About those CEO pay cuts, City National takes hit, Relativity lands $300 million, and Fortune trims number of issues.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Billionaire David Murdock retains a 59 percent stake in the food company, which made shareholders a little skeptical of this week's public offering.
The MTA board signed off on its long-range transportation plan that includes a Westside subway that everyone knows will never, ever, possibly happen.
A slight uptick in airport traffic matches surprisingly upbeat comments by a US Airways executive.
CEOs getting the bad word, Microsoft 7 finally arrives, Leiweke & Trutanich duke it out, and one more step for the NFL.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
September new vehicle registrations fell almost 18 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Mattel's iconic doll must deal with competition from the popular Liv dolls (14 moveable joints), and Moxie Girlz.
The owner of an Echo Park furniture store must deal not only with a tough economy but with changing demographics.
Bulldozer sales are up, Disney to sell movies on multiple platforms, some relief for local hotels, and car buyers shun brand loyalty.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
It's no surprise that scammers have gone after the government's tax credit program for first-time home-buyers. It's just pathetic.
Attorney General Jerry Brown alleges that State Street Bank and Trust overcharged more than $200 million to the state's two largest pension funds
Does the drop from the April-June period mean that the worst is over? Not necessarily. The foreclosure dynamics are hard to accurately measure.
LAX expansion approved, Staples re-ups, Chernin back in game, and actor suspended from SAG.
Monday, Oct. 19
Yahoo's CEO says young people think managing is a natural progression -- "I'm good at this so I'm going to be good at that, and it's not that way at all."
A mortgage note on the complex's largest office development site has been put up for sale,
L.A. shells out more in litigation costs, Vivendi's asking price on NBC, Glickman to leave MPAA, and L.A.'s largest private companies.
Sunday, Oct. 18
More than 17 percent of the office space in L.A. County, Orange County and the Inland Empire is empty.
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