March 28 - April 3, 2010
Friday, Apr. 2
Sales begin tomorrow morning at 9 and you had better get in line early.
He was none too pleased to hear about one juror's inappropriate hand shake. Also today was the testimony of Eli Broad.
The idea is to have Masaharu Morimoto create the menu for a restaurant at the airport.
Rock & Republic, the Culver City-based clothing house that filed for Chapter 11, does a lot of "inspired bondage numbers,"
Where exactly are those folks supposed to find a job? The short answer is no one knows.
Jobs report shows manufacturing revival, Riordan on Karatz, L.A. budget troubles intensify, and fewer viewers for CBS and ABC newscasts.
It's a mushy report that can be interpreted in any number of ways. The early read is that it's decent but not terrific news.
Thursday, Apr. 1
iTunes has a number of them available for purchase; the device goes on sale this Saturday.
She's dating a big-time hedge fund manager based in Los Angeles, according to the NY Daily News. But who?
Most economic work is aimed at prediction, and most predictions are forgotten almost as quickly as they're made.
...Hedge fund manager Richard Grubman holds a special place in our spleens. Yesterday, he was just another super-rich guy -...
Some experts point to the $3-a-gallon threshold as a turning point for demand in the state.
A raft of incentives obviously helped push deals, though everyone admits it's a questionable strategy.
For what it does, the Apple tablet device is terrific. But there's a fair amount that it doesn't do as well as a laptop.
Markets betting on jobs report, Villaraigosa's aide takes shot at unions, hedge fund managers clean up in 2009, and Broad to defend Karatz.
Wednesday, Mar. 31
Disney selling Miramax, MGM struggling with creditors, Tribune slogging through a bankruptcy - will any of these sagas be over in our lifetimes?
The days of all e-books priced at $9.99 are fast coming to an end.
Too much growth too quickly is usually a recipe for trouble.Music-themed games fell 36 percent in 2009.
Survey finds a drop in executive compensation for 2009, the second straight year that's happened. But not for some people.
It was "like a psychological and intellectual boot camp for the very best young minds in the world, the most ambitious and most driven."
The peaking has come earlier than expected and is the result of stepped-up border enforcement and a downturn in the economy.
Jobs report is weaker than expected, Toyota sales looking better, and L.A. location shooting rebounds.
Tuesday, Mar. 30
Selling things that aren't bad and cost less can be preferable to selling things that are good and cost more.
Under the compromise rates would go up 4.5 percent for residents and 5 percent to 6 percent for businesses.
The Santa Monica-based videogame publisher has restructured its senior management group without telling anybody about it.
Chinese investors have gotten into the foreclosure market, either as an investment or as residences for their kids.
He tells Bloomberg TV this morning that there's a 50-50 chance of another downturn in the housing market.
The federal credits are worth up to $8,000 and California tax credits are worth $10,000. So there's quite an incentive to buy a house now.
For every online job advertised, there are 1.7129 folks out-of-work. That makes the Silicon Valley city the easiest place to find a job.
Apple at all-time high, Council considers DWP rate hike, AT&T loses iPhone monopoly, and Larry King gets beaten up in ratings.
Monday, Mar. 29
They're monumental - $138 million, or about one-quarter of the company's cash flow last year.
The average L.A. household spent $39,422 last year on stuff, a paltry 4.3 percent higher than the national average.
Jaime's divorce lawyer, Dennis Wasser, insisted that the couple shouldn't be judged on the basis of their obscene spending.
Shares of Manhattan Beach-based Skechers have been soaring, so what better time for the co-founder to sell some of his stock?
For years, the FCC has been telling CBS that it would have to dump one of its L.A. properties.
L.A. transit pitch gains traction, CA safety net is failing, American Apparel shares are sinking, and not so fast on 3-D.
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