October 8 - October 14, 2006
Friday, Oct. 13
BW's Oct. 23 cover story has the magazine's list of top MBA programs in the country. UCLA's Anderson School winds...
He's planning a 50-story office tower overlooking the Harbor Freeway, according to the Downtown News, which will be posting the...
Shares of locally based homebuilders Ryland and KB are getting creamed today, probably in response to another homebuilder, Centex Corp.,...
When it comes to fashion shows, there's New York, Paris, Milan... and Culver City? Yep, it's that time of year...
Could this week's $1.6 billion sale to Google signal newfound interest among advertisers and investors in the lesser-known sites? Well,...
It's another day of light posting on the business beat. NBC struggling: Maybe Sunday night football and a couple of...
Thursday, Oct. 12
Another day of light posting (probably tomorrow too) due to deadlines elsewhere. LAT investigates itself: The Times appears to have...
Wednesday, Oct. 11
Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer will never be accused of knee-jerk, shoot-from-the-hip declarations. Consider his comments to BW about YouTube, Facebook...
Looks like he sold a huge chunk of Qwest Communications - $540 million worth, give or take a few million...
Not rich enough: The Malibu-based publisher of the Robb Report and other glossy pubs for the super-rich has taken itself...
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suspects that two more studios are looking to cut download deals with Apple Computer. Apparently,...
Total passenger traffic at all six Socal airports was down 3 percent in August, but occupancy levels at L.A. County...
Just buy a big supermarket chain. Thanks to its acquisition of Albertsons earlier this year, Supervalu Inc. reported second-quarter earnings...
YouTube coverage: WSJ, which has been ahead of the story, plays Google's $1.65 billion purchase inside, but LAT and NYT...
Monday, Oct. 9
Bet you never thought that 10 percent of your energy bill goes for so-called standby power - stuff like computers,...
He's still representing former H-P chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who appeared on "60 Minutes" last night and took aim mostly at...
Let the games begin. Google made it official this afternoon, agreeing to acquire the video-sharing site for $1.65 billion. The...
That's what an L.A. Superior Court judge determined this morning. Fox Interactive says that Judge Carolyn Kuhl "fully dismissed" a...
A number of readers tell me their e-mails have been bouncing back. It's been an occasional problem, but I think...
Costliest ever: Remember all that talk out of Hollywood about cost-cutting? So how does that jive with Universal's upcoming comedy...
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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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