Greater supply and lesser demand - and city officials keep march on.

Just take on as little as possible.

Well, specifically, 2004's American Jobs Creation Act.

Payroll report may actually be understating the strength of the recovery.

Republican candidate's explanation for the drop in unemployment.

Weak December for Best Buy, gas prices heading back up, Burkle's show business plays, and Taft building sold.

The gap between the state jobless rate and the national jobless rate remains very wide.

Budgets are never to be taken seriously at this early stage.

Here it is....

Or else he'll make $4.8 billion in cuts to public schools.

He told a documentary producer that he had said everything he wanted to say.

This counterintuitive trend has had criminologists scratching their heads for several years now. Various theories are being offered, including the simplest: There is little or no correlation between crime and the economy. From the New Republic: Consider, after all, the two big crime epidemics in the twentieth century--the first took root in the late 1960s, during a period of healthy growth; the other came during the economic doldrums of the late '80s and early '90s....

The best-performing carrier last year was Alaska Airlines, with Delta a surprising second.

The Peck's Bad Boy of liberal media is at it again. Does anyone still care?

Stocks slump: Traders remain fixated on Europe, despite better-than-expected job news. Dow is down about 100 points. Jobless claims fall: Weekly filings for unemployment insurance were down 15,000, to 372,000. That's 11 percent lower than the same time last year. December jobs report comes out Friday. (AP) Private hiring surges: Employers added 325,000 new workers in December, according to ADP, far surpassing expectations of a 178,000 gain. From Reuters: "The number is stunning," said Wayne...

Check out the chart - it's revealing and scary.

Perhaps more significant: California was the seventh most popular moving destination.

Investors are paying a bit more attention about the first week of trading.

In 1997, the company had a market value of almost $30 billion. Today, it's down to $145 million.

Left unclear is whether this means a move out of L.A. or simply a new destination out of L.A. (possibly Hawaii).

Strong year for Chrysler, gas prices on the rise, Obama to name consumer agency chief, and Oprah has good and bad news.

No indication what his role would be in the Dodger organization.

Tale of two cities.

Stocks typically go up in election years, but...

GOP wackadoodles running the government is about the best hand that Obama has for winning reelection.

Feature production was up 5.7 percent, and TV was down 2.7 percent.

Other venues will be considered after the 2013 show.

At some point businesses will have to stop being on the defensive.

This is the division that makes Marks-A-Lot pens, HI-LITERS and other pens and labels.

Wall Street off to a strong start, mayor defers payments, B of A cuts of small business credit, and Super Bowl ad time sold out.