December 19 - December 25, 2010
Thursday, Dec. 23
As usual, Charlie Brown is depressed about Christmas, but the shrinks will tell you that the real depression takes hold on Monday, January 17.
Actually, this Happy Holidays business is barely a blip on the screen.
Cash-strapped cities could be faced with a nightmarish choice: Do they continue to pay retirees or do they continue to provide basic services?
The Water Gardens on Olympic Boulevard could be the new location for the movie company.
So far this year, Leonard Green & Partners has been involved in 15 buyouts.
Much of the increase is due to encouraging reports about the economy, but if crude keeps going up it may put the brakes on the economy.
Consumer sentiment keeps rising, today is a big shopping day, FCC chairman ready to sign off on Comcast-NBC deal, and L.A. investment firm to buy fabric chain.
Wednesday, Dec. 22
That what former LAT horse-racing reporter Bill Christine claims in appealing a lower-court decision concerning a $4,000 tax bill.
It's part of the city's crackdown on pirated movies, music and knock-off apparel.
Actually, the odds are usually against you, which is why banks and department stores have switched to the single queue.
AARP found that 1.3 million people were working, or at least looking for work, in 2009, compared with just under half a million 20 years earlier.
More jobs were added between October and November than in any state, but more jobs were lost over the last 12 months than in any state.
Is billionaire Phil Anschutz actually part of the proposal being advanced by his sports empire, AEG, to build a stadium and convention center next to Staples?
The Culver City-based jeans maker, which had been stuck in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, had been in talks with VF Corp. for several months.
Growth revised higher, Apple and Calpers in Scuffle, Texas firms buys Union Station, and Activision hits $1-billion mark on "Black Ops."
Tuesday, Dec. 21
As you might guess, it'll be more men than women, and more younger than older.
This morning's chat looks at why L.A. County's unemployment rate went up in November - even though 16,500 jobs were added to the rolls.
It's the unintended consequence of a California law that restricts the way attorneys working on loan modifications can be paid.
As of April 1, 2010: 37,253,956, up from 33,871,648 in April 2000. As you might guess, California remains the nation's largest state.
Toyota to pay record fine, strong shopping season, pricey holiday driving, and Census data will be announced.
Monday, Dec. 20
The $1-billion contract provides an upgraded satellite communications system for the Mexican government that includes three satellites.
Standard insurance covers damage from rain, but doesn't cover damage from rising water.
It's Dennis Zine, whose lady friend, Veronica Becerra, tells the Weekly that "It's a dating situation. It's not like we're living together."
Just remember that the nation's largest carriers reported a 10.5 percent profit margin in the third quarter.
The 90,000-square-foot store on Hawthorne Boulevard lost its sweetheart lease, and the chain apparently wasn't interested in paying market prices.
Two deaths have been linked to a Bev Hills clinic that performs the procedures.
That's the day when cities and states are forced to default on debt, ask Washington for help or cut basic services like police, fire, and CHP.
Ernst & Young faces fraud charges, Silicon Valley shows strength, Web ads exceed print ads, and NFL tops all programming.
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