November 29 - December 5, 2009
Saturday, Dec. 5
Just because other states are trying to grab our Hollywood production dollars doesn't mean the entertainment industry is ready to leave L.A.
Friday, Dec. 4
New study finds a negligible impact when the costs of illegal immigrants are weighed against the benefits.
The L.A. financier who admitted paying off NY state pension officials has been a major player in the local Jewish community.
The best piece of economic news in well over a year and the Dow ends the day barely on the plus side.
Many of the borrowers should never have received loans in the first place. How do you modify something that's faulty to start with?
Work hours go up, Broidy faces Calpers scrutiny, Comcast hedges its bets, and Rolling Stone goes Hollywood.
The very unexpected improvement in the jobs picture could be the result of what economic bulls have been saying for some time.
Thursday, Dec. 3
The WSJ.com's Notice to Readers is a whopper: A Nov. 10 "New Global Indian" online column by New York City...
The Daily Beast reports of negotiations in which Woods' wife Elin has been offered a $5 million payment if she agrees to stay.
The Tiger Woods stuff this week is a reminder of how celebrity redemption tends not to work in politics.
You'd think that folks would have more urgent matters to be concerned about these days, but...
L.A. investor's guilty plea in NY state court in Manhattan is for "rewarding official misconduct."
NY attorney general's office looks into an L.A. investor funneling $300,000 to an executive of a NY state pension fund.
Quick roundup on a busy morning: Tough retail month: November sales were lower than expected for a number of big...
Among the meatiest bits of speculation is that the Comcast deal for NBC would impact the network affiliated stations.
The question of whether GE wanted to dump NBC has been a media parlor game for many years - and always denied. So what happened?
The cable giant will pay $6.5 billion in cash and contribute programming valued at $7.25 billion for a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal.
Wednesday, Dec. 2
The Imperial Valley community is accustomed to high rates of unemployment, but 30 percent?
New Screen Actors Guild President Ken Howard keeps pushing the idea.
NYT columnist Paul Krugman worries that stimulus-related growth is likely to peak around the middle of next year and then start to fade out.
Comcast winds up with a majority stake after France's Vivendi agreed to sell its 20 percent.
NY Post reports that the National Enquirer killed an earlier story about his roving eye in exchange for him doing a cover-shoot for a sister magazine.
Wells to shut branches, Northrop may back out of bidding, Comcast faces antitrust scrutiny, and a tough search for L.A. hotel jobs.
Tuesday, Dec. 1
The idea is to create a single-source measurement system that covers both Internet and TV viewing.
Strong Cyber Monday, L.A. billionaire wants to buy planes, GM board to decide on Saab, and Dobbs might be looking at CNBC.
Monday, Nov. 30
Looks like he's prepared to sit tight in the belief that the frenzy will blow over. It's a risky strategy.
WSJ describes it as a tentative agreement in which General Electric will buy out French media conglomerate Vivendi's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal.
Among the many holdings of Dubai World's investment unit is the still-stalled Grand Avenue project in downtown L.A.
The Drucker Business Forum's next breakfast is with Justin Fox, Time's business and economics columnist. He'll be talking to Kai...
More confusion about Dubai, Cyber Monday awaits, business owners losing confidence, and trash is piling up downtown.
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