September 4 - September 10, 2011
Saturday, Sep. 10
A last-minute stab at job creation ended up in the trash last night - and it's probably just as well.
Friday, Sep. 9
Most likely, Gov. Brown, will sign the bills into law, and AEG will have its special status.
Revenues are not high enough to meet a budget target that would forestall huge cuts at the end of the year.
No special reason, it seems - just more of the same concerns.
Seems unlikely for lots of reasons (including the personalities involved.)
Great discussion on Charlie Rose last night about the president's speech and Wednesday's Republican debate.
And it's shrinking - big time.
Let us clap our hands and rejoice, friends.
Call it fix-as-you-go business plans.
Even if the entire measure gets through Congress, which it won't, the overall impact will be limited.
B of A plans big job cuts, Bernanke says consumers are too anxious, legislature considers changing environmental rules, and power bills could be going up.
San Diego Gas & Electric says all its 1.4 million customers have had power restored.
Thursday, Sep. 8
San Diego Gas & Electric says 1.4 million customers are affected.
Something about refineries selling more of their product overseas.
It's not that the president is fixated with politics - it's just that he's not very good at it.
Here's a sign that budget-conscious shoppers are struggling to make high-ticket purchases.
Well, bipartisan with the Assembly.
A state Senate report finds that some of them are acting as blank checks.
The restaurant guide started up by two NY lawyers had been on and off the block for some time.
"They're trying to show that they're not the doofuses that they are," she tells Fortune.
Low expectations for Obama speech, Amazon cuts deal with Sacramento, more stadium exemptions may be in the offing, and ESPN renews MNF contract.
Wednesday, Sep. 7
Or so urges Antelope Valley Congressman Buck McKeon.
The Natural Resources Defense Council sure seems to be.
No big news, though the last I checked up is still way better than down.
Forget about that time-honored delight of burning your mortgage.
The city's preliminary deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group is light on the mitigation front.
Coastal counties were up, inland counties were down.
The large number of long-term unemployed, and the likelihood of slow economic growth over the next several years.
Government messes up on tax assessment, more stadiums may be exempt to rules, proposed ban on plastic and paper, and L.A. among toughest cities to find work.
Tuesday, Sep. 6
The president's plan centers on tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and direct aid to state and local governments.
Carol Bartz is out and CFO Tim Morse has been named interim CEO.
They must be quaking in the Republican cloakroom.
Forget about oil prices tumbling - the gasoline market marches to its own mysterious drummers.
The Dow fell 100 points, to 11,139, which is a lot better than at the start of the session.
Get ready to kick the budget can.
After last year's disastrous pairing of non-comics James Franco and Anne Hathaway, the bar is especially low.
New CFO joins company, along with two TV executives.
The only thing they're really good at is lopping off potential tax revenues.
These results run counter to the surveys taken around the time of the debt ceiling debate.
Ugly opening for stocks, jump in California taxable sales, union workforce in L.A. is holding up, and big payday for Dodger lawyers.
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