August 13 - August 19, 2006
Friday, Aug. 18
With Federated Department Stores and its Macy's flagship ready to take over the retail world, it's worth remembering what department...
The pension fund disaster in the city of San Diego is bound to raise the question: What about L.A. and...
Tougher times might be around the corner, but you wouldn't know it based on the L.A. job numbers that were...
Boeing Co. didn't quite announce the end of the C-17 program in Long Beach, but it came pretty close. Directing...
Glazed no more: Krispy Kreme's La Habra store, which opened with so much fanfare that lines were snaking out the...
Thursday, Aug. 17
How bad is the housing market? John Karevoll of DataQuick and Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics (he was formerly with...
That's more or less how the Girls of 3iYing - a pen name for a group of five women who...
Is Hollywood big enough for two wax museums? The Los Angeles Business Journal is reporting that Madame Tussaud’s, the famed...
Not that I'm jumping the gun here, but should Boeing announce the shuttering of its C-17 program in Long Beach...
State Farms gives in: After a state appeals court turned down industry efforts to delay changes in how auto insurance...
Wednesday, Aug. 16
A meeting of C-17 employees is scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday at Boeing's Long Beach facilities, union officials told the...
This may just be a passing thing, but long lines at airports and the inconvenience of checking in bags have...
There was a bit of buzz about what turned out to be a phony MySpace page for supermarket tabloid queen...
Still no peep from the record retailer on its financial woes, but say this - company officials are sounding upbeat...
Time Warner Cable's takeover of Adelphia Communications is getting lots of ink locally, but it's being dismissed by investors because,...
Maybe there will be justice at the Santa Barbara News-Press after all. An unfair labor practice charge has been filed...
End of the line?: BusinessWeek is reporting that Boeing Co. will send out notices to suppliers on Friday telling them...
Tuesday, Aug. 15
Lots of speculation today about what shareholder activist Nelson Peltz might be up to with his purchase of 2.8 million...
Shares of Irvine-based PC maker Gateway were climbing today on word that the company had been selected by the Los...
L.A. is on its way to a very strong tourist summer, at least judging by the June report from PKF...
Ford scales back: There are 134 Ford dealers in Southern California, which is more than the automaker believes is financially...
Monday, Aug. 14
The average gallon of self serve regular in the Los Angeles area was $3.248 for the period ended Aug. 14,...
Delta Air Lines, which has been rejiggering its flight schedules while still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will add nonstop flights...
Would a $30 container fee for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have much impact on shipping? A...
Kind of a juicy court case between Maxine Swim Group Inc., which makes branded and private-label swimsuits, and former CEO...
Arenas Entertainment in Beverly Hills will be marketing and promoting ABC shows to the U.S. Hispanic audience. of particular note...
"WTO" results: Lots of debate this morning about whether moviegoers were more or less inclined to see "World Trade Center"...
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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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