May 29 - June 4, 2011
Friday, Jun. 3
The Santa Monica-based electric car company finally expects to start selling in the second half of the year.
Here's another example of how the movie landscape is changing.
Nearly one in three of the people unemployed have been out of work for at least a year.
Weak jobs report, L.A. gas prices keep falling, Dodgers not the only team with debt troubles, and deadline set on downtown football deal.
Thursday, Jun. 2
Of course it comes at the expense of $121 million worth of cuts at the police department.
It's an experiment borne out of necessity: The long-struggling Skid Row mission is now charging $7 for an overnight stay.
Namely, a suspension of their salaries and per diem payments, effective June 15.
The social buying site aims to raise $750 million.
They are, in fact, higher than other carriers on the same routes at the same times.
Former LAT Editor Dean Baquet becomes managing editor, which was Abramson's old job.
Californians are spending more, poll shows split on dealing with state deficit, Dodger inquiry nearing an end, and L.A. controller wants parking records.
Wednesday, Jun. 1
She's supposedly asking $49 million for the 9,000-square-foot main house. Only money, right?
Under the deal being considered, 200 of the 405 remaining stores would be purchased.
More not-so-wonderful news: Annual sales rate was 11.8 million vehicles, down about 10 percent from April, but up a touch from May 2010.
Still two hours of trading left, but it's not looking good.
Weak numbers on jobs and manufacturing, wine business on the rebound, airlines cleaning up on fees, and designer found dead.
Tuesday, May. 31
He drew cash advances on the team's corporate sponsorship deals.
This week's chat looks at the efforts by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to attract California businesses to his state.
So consumers are in a huff over having to pay so much at the pump - and yet, prices are coming down substantially.
For those who don't get HBO - as well as those who do.
Business seems pretty good for the NY mainstay, which opened last week in Hollywood.
That amounts to a cool $47.4 trillion, up from $41.8 trillion in 2009, according to a new report.
The former chairman and CEO of Edison International would replace outgoing Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
Attention Angelenos: We can't read and all we ever talk about is Hollywood.
L.A. home prices fall modestly, national economy is in a funk, FBI widens Building and Safety probe, and huge opening for "The Hangover."
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