September 24 - September 30, 2006
Saturday, Sep. 30
Once again, Tim Rutten is on his holier-than-Times rant. This week, he focuses on those money-grubbing Wall Street types who... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Sep. 29
Franklin Avenue takes up the rumors that Star 98.6 (KYSE-FM) will switch to a country format, filling the void left... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last week, I gave the LAT a hard time for placing the jump to a feature about the retailer H&M... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Senate signed off on a $448 billion military spending bill that includes enough money to fund a few more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Merrill Lynch and Citigroup have been brought on to help make recommendations to the board of the Chicago-based company -... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Note to union: Be careful what you promise. Thursday's LAX-area demonstration to protest the treatment of immigrant workers employed at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Sep. 28
EMI Group is selling the world's first circular building to developer Argent Ventures for $50 million. The music company has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
But it was close. The index finished the day at 11,718.45, just four points shy of the all-time high close.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Along with today's release of the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast was a study of Southern California's aerospace industry - and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
All I want to know is whether my grilled chicken sandwich at Burger King has a suspected carcinogen. Seems simple... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Times talk: LAT Publisher Jeff Johnson gets a mostly flattering writeup in the NYT. Without offering any details, story notes... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
UCLA's Anderson Forecast expects the declining real estate market to take a bite out of growth, but not create R-word... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Sep. 27
Vectibix is for the treatment of advanced colon cancer and is considered one of Amgen's most promising drugs. It was... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
She's young and beautiful and has been in a lot of movies, but not many of them are very good.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Brace yourself, Web 2.0 is in full throttle. The latest evidence comes from a crazy valuation for Beverly Hills-based MySpace,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Not that there was any doubt, but Univision shareholders signed off on the company's sale to a group of private... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Store owner Robert Blue, who had been holding out against the $400 million Hollywood and Vine development (the one featuring... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dole woes: A third bag of Dole spinach has tested positive for E. coli, which puts the Westlake Village-based company... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Sep. 26
The sale of the Spanish-language network will be formally approved by shareholders tomorrow at a special meeting in Los Angeles.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Would you believe that the Dow is within 60 points of its all-time high? Today's close of 11,669.60 is just... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With surprising ease. As I write in next month’s issue of Los Angeles magazine, the class division of haves and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It would have made for a nice story, but Russ Solomon has decided to pass on a bid for Tower... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
How low can gas go?: The federal government's weekly survey found that the price of a gallon of self-serve regular... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Sep. 25
The super-sly media investor John Malone has been in the news the last week or two for his possible swap... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's pullback wasn't huge - down 2.5 percent, to close at $33.15 - but it was telling. Analysts are beginning... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Economists at the National Association of Realtors cite a 1.7 percent drop in August home prices. "We've been anticipating a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Some years back, billionaire Alfred Mann, who made a fortune on medical devices, offered UCLA $100 million. He told the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
UAL Corp., the parent of United Air Lines, has hired Goldman Sachs & Co. to advise it on the possibilities... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Northrop must wait: Having lost out on two huge contracts in the past month or so, Northrop is facing an... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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