February 28 - March 6, 2010
Saturday, Mar. 6
The labor market is indeed stabilizing- unemployment, both nationally and locally, have peaked. But that's not the key question.
Friday, Mar. 5
The CEO of L.A.-based Occidental Petroleum received $31.4 million in compensation last year.
Nearly 74,000 payroll jobs were lost between December and January, a huge dropoff that was seen in most segments of the economy
LegalZoom.com, Shopzilla.com and other Los Angeles-based Internet companies threatened to leave the city
businesses have learned to live with fewer workers, and so their hiring is likely to be a lot less robust than in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
January unemployment numbers were supposed to have been released this morning, but they're running into glitches.
That's right - a newspaper is actually adding to its print product.
The economy continues to be in a muddle - not quite a recession and quite a recovery,
Assessing employment report, theme parks inundated with job seekers, iPad hits stores on April 3, and gas prices shoot up.
No change in the jobless rate. But the last few months show an economy that's going nowhere fast.
Thursday, Mar. 4
Cool ad (especially for the stodgy book business), but aren't we getting a little tired of this vampire stuff?
UCLA study finds that consumers get turned off by wines that are identified as organic, even though they often rate higher than non-organic.
I realize that the guy doesn't want to waste campaign money so early in the process but those Meg Whitman's ads are just sooooooo lame.
Despite the recent negative press, it's still favored to take home the Best Picture Oscar.
Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was sounding almost apologetic last night in praising George W. Bush's handling of the financial crisis.
The former heads of the development studio that worked on the popular videogame series allege they were fired over a royalty dispute.
U.S. companies flush with cash, Facebook in no rush for IPO, Pom Wonderful gets warning, and Palin pitching docudrama.
Wednesday, Mar. 3
The first time Barbara Walters did her silly but eminently watchable Oscar thing - it was 1981 and she had...
California doesn't quite rank as the worst of both worlds, but the numbers are bad enough.
WSJ's David Wessel says the capital is taking on some of Sacramento's same dysfunctional features.
Yet another service disappears from what used to be the full-service department store.
It's Barack Obama, along with the last six presidents, and the subject is consumer protection. It's pretty funny - really.
There are 8 million stories in the Naked Corporation - and two of them are no longer with the Santa Monica-based videogame company.
New Toyota headache, CA not the highest bankruptcy state, weather eats into tomato supply, and Oscar balloting is over.
Tuesday, Mar. 2
Kentucky's Jim "Mean 'Ol Man" Bunning ends his one-man blockade of emergency legislation to extend jobless benefits.
February sales translate to an adjusted annualized rate of 10.4 million vehicles, far below what a consumer-led recovery is supposed to look like.
Latest Field Poll: No to new taxes and no to messing around with the state constitution.
There's nothing all that new in Greuel's report, but it's another sobering picture of just how broke the city is and will continue to be.
The visuals were amazing, no question, but Best Picture? Please, please don't let it happen.
Looks like last month's snowstorms are going make a jumble out of the February employment report.
California has the seventh-highest energy costs in the nation, according to a study. Last year it was ranked 11th-highest.
GM sales are up, creditors take over Panavision, big jump in gas prices, and ABC in cable dispute.
Monday, Mar. 1
Doesn't Sen. Jim Bunning remind you a little of Henry Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
The disasters in Haiti and Chile make the perennial question all the more relevant - even if no one can offer absolute assurances.
The Oracle of Omaha prefers being interviewed on CNBC, probably because he gets to say whatever he wants.
Reporting two separate sets of employment data on the same day is bound to cause a little confusion.
Job benefits extension may get through, Buffett worries about health care, Calpers considers cutting rate of return, and Jay's back.
Sunday, Feb. 28
It expands on my Tuesday morning chats with Steve Julian. We got things going a few days ago.
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