October 2 - October 8, 2011
Friday, Oct. 7
Next week's cover - a touching send-off.
The top 1 percent do a lot better than the other 99 percent. But there's more to it.
Another weird turn in the already baffling enforcement of marijuana laws.
Financial terms are not satisfactory to team owners or the league.
He'll step down as CEO in 2015 and leave the Mouse House entirely in 2016 at the age of 65. As part of the transition, reports the WSJ, Iger will add the position of chairman in March 2012 (current chairman John Pepper will be leaving at that time). From the Journal: The company said a successor had not been chosen. But Mr. Iger for several years has been grooming a group of potential heirs, moving...
CA still open to mortgage deal, confusion over fed's crackdown on pot dispensaries, and gas prices keep dropping - slowly.
His resignation as Apple CEO back in August gave the world an ominous clue.
Not a recession, just super-slow growth that's likely to be around well into next year and probably beyond. Daniel Gross has a good take: We've been banging this drum about the "conservative recovery" for several months, and this report shows it in very plain and stark relief. In this expansion, companies are increasing their payrolls while state, local and federal governments are trimming theirs. This trend would be much more pronounced if not for the...
Thursday, Oct. 6
Still trying to figure out where this goes, if anywhere.
This could be a killer for a fledgling business that already faces lots of headaches.
You actually can get things done without resorting to massive, mega-billion dollar developments.
In the process, hundreds of loan officers are being let go.
Employment in start-up companies is falling. That could be a sign.
Now, she really means business.
Jobs biography moved up, retailers have decent month, Costco raising membership fees, and more about movie museum.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
Transformed the way we look at technology.
Lawyers wanted to show that owner Frank McCourt was being singled out
Good news for Perry, who now gets the wacko vote almost all to himself.
Some striking similarities on the hold that a single person can have on Congress.
After six days of intermittent service, still no word on what's causing the problem.
A few well-intentioned ideas - and very little that's realistic.
You can't go down when you're already down.
Greece shut down, NBA preseason canceled, protesters disrupt OC bank meeting, and Disney adds to 3D lineup.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
The chain restaurant business has yet to recover from the recession.
Third-quarter filming rose 15.4 percent from a year earlier.
Stocks made a big comeback in the last hour or so of trading.
With Chris Christie out of the way and Rick Perry continuing to struggle, it's looking good.
Boy, that was fast.
The six principal actors who voice the show, now in its 23rd season, face huge pay cut.
They're claiming in a lawsuit that vendors were kept on the short end.
Well, that's according to several media outlets. The NJ governor will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. to make it official - one more time. From CBS: There were serious obstacles to a Christie run. The first was the fact that his position issues like climate change (he called it "real"), immigration and the notion of "creeping Sharia law" (Christie deemed such concerns "crazy" "crap") put him at odds with much of the GOP...
Bernanke sounding glum, Apple to introduce latest iPhone, MySpace tries out its new act, and LAX is getting quieter.
Monday, Oct. 3
He received a Golden Globes nomination and was sure he would lose. And then...
That buys you a three-acre property that includes a 9,200 square-foot main house, plus two guest houses
Here's a story that keeps getting ignored because its effects won't be seen for another few years.
At issue is whether the team should be allowed to introduce evidence on the financial status of other teams.
At last check, there was no correction on the website.
Apparently so, according to a new study.
Good month for automakers, factory activity picks up, protesters camped out at City Hall, and Jamie McCourt unloads home.
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The funeral for Mark Lacter will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles 90045. Reception to follow.
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