May 23 - May 29, 2010
Friday, May. 28
SF had 7,031 bachelor and graduate degrees per square mile, more than another city in the nation.
Ah, those Friday afternoon pre-holiday weekend jams.
Turns out that Villaraigosa has received free courtside seats from none other than Anschutz Entertainment Group.
So much for a calm, pre-holiday trading session. Dow was down 122 points....
A technician involved in the massive plugging effort tells the NYT that pumping operations have been suspended.
The city is looking to move on after the electric car company Tesla bailed out of a pending deal.
Gas prices tumble in time for holiday, more Californians oppose oil drilling, celebs had suspicions about Starr, and Mercury on the way out.
Thursday, May. 27
The market stories will have all kinds of cockamamie explanations -- stuff like how China says it isn't planning to sell its European bond holdings.
How bad is the shortage of movies about women characters and situations that go beyond relationships and sex? Pretty...
Check out this very cool video of the unmanned X-51 WaveRider that was detached from a B-52 off the coast near Point Magu.
The much-beloved burger chain is looking to open a few locations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
The average L.A. household spent almost $3,600 in March, compared with a little over $3,000 for the same period a year earlier,
Top Kill looking good, Tiffany profit more than doubles, widespread fraud within L.A. County government, and small business gets smacked by high health costs.
Whether it's a sustainable rebound or just a quickie buying opportunity remains to be seen.
Wednesday, May. 26
Thanks to our old trusty mortgage interest rate deduction, Californians saved an average of almost $19,000 from their tax bills in 2008.
As a rule, newly arrived immigrants do not take jobs away from native-born Americans,
Good back and forth between David Brooks and Gail Collins of the NYT on the oil spill and the rage that it has stoked.
The "Top Kill" procedure got going a few hours ago and involves pumping thousands of pounds of fluids into a five-story stack of pipes.
This one is making the rounds. Well, what do you expect when BP comes up with such a silly name for its oil-plugging operation?
Tack off another 69 points, to 9974....
Min had been the high-profile editor-in-chief of Us Weekly. She'll be in charge of various platforms.
An appellate panel reverses a federal judge's ruling that struck down the city of L.A.'s billboard ban.
The SEC has charged an administrative assistant to a Disney executive with trying to profit from unreleased earnings results.
Oil rig was in trouble before blast, Apple faces music inquiry, ad spending increases, and LAX overhaul is complete.
Tuesday, May. 25
That's how Philippe Cousteau Jr. describes what's underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
When it comes to budget gimmickry, the Assembly Democrats deserve some kind of prize.
The council is picking up a $600,000 tab for a consulting firm's extra work on the proposed utility surcharge.
What started out in 2007 as an L.A.-based boutique investment bank is now up to 325 employees in offices all over the world.
One wacky day, with the Dow falling around 250 points in the first few minutes of trading and finally closing down about 22 points.
Doesn't the Federation have more constructive things to do, what with L.A.'s social safety net in tatters?
The Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, gained a whole 0.2 percent in the L.A. area between March and April, which is basically nothing.
Yale Professor Robert Shiller tells Bloomberg Television that it's "a time of extraordinary uncertainty for home prices."
L.A. home prices fall, airlines add summer fees, LAX area enterprise zone created, and MGM debt holders are ruling the roost.
The talks collapsed because of the complex structure of the acquisition, which was to have been financed largely by L.A. billionaire Ron Burkle.
Dow is down about 275 points in the first minutes of trading. The overseas financial markets took a licking....
Monday, May. 24
The billionaire philanthropist had six architecture teams coming up with designs for the proposed downtown site next to Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The L.A. numbers are still higher than the national average of $2.79 a gallon, but they have fallen almost a dime in the past two weeks.
Looks like the computers kicked in once again during the final hour of trading. Dow finished at 10.066, down 126 on the day.
The governor is pushing for pension reform, and his proposal seems reasonable. But don't get your hopes up.
Time out from his high-level talks in China....
L.A.'s wealthiest, more Californians exhaust jobless benefits, "Shrek" underwhelms, and Karatz puts up home.
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