November 12 - November 18, 2006

Saturday, Nov. 18
Several interesting morsals, courtesy of the WSJ, about where Hollywood's movers and shakers like to sit at the famous Beverly...
The Business Journal comes out with its list of the 100 fastest growing companies in L.A. County and surrounding areas....
There's at least some laudable news concerning the "If I Did It" idiocy - the decision by Borders and Walden...
Friday, Nov. 17
That's right, plunges - October joblessness was 4.3 percent, down from 4.8 percent in September and 5 percent from a...
The big music company, a unit of Vivendi SA, alleges that the News Corp.-owned social networking site violated copyright law...
Tuesday, Nov. 14
I'll be out of pocket the next couple of days. Be back late Friday....
If you're confused about the specifics of the stock options scandal, Fortune's Justin Rose provides some good background on how...
But the numbers are low - just 40 or so jobs throughout the news division. NYT reports tonight that the...
That's as in the day after Thanksgiving, when many retailers will be opening their doors in the middle of the...
The Malibu-based writer/actor/economist is also honorary chairman of National Retirement Planning Week and he says that the U.S. has a...
They were lined up outside the Westwood Borders this morning - and by the looks of it, many had been...
October sales of existing homes either fell 21.6 percent from a year earlier or 11 percent, depending on which data...
Turns out that there are lines that Gawker Media will not cross, such as daring one of its subjects to...
Will Chandlers make bid?: With a growing list of possible suitors for Tribune Co., why not the Chandlers? That's the...
Monday, Nov. 13
That was September's average daily room rate in Beverly Hills, a 14 percent increase from a year ago. Overall, L.A....
The City of Commerce retailer delayed filing quarterly results because of an internal investigation into its stock option practices (first...
L.A. still has a garment industry, but it's more of an adjunct to the major manufacturing that happens in China...
Just before the closing bell, KB Home was up more than 2 percent. Yes, that's the same KB Home whose...
Somehow, you could see this coming - a Snoop Dogg line of pet products, including toys, apparel and accessories. Malibu-based...
Stock update: In case you're wondering, Tribune is up 1.16 percent in early trading, to $32.40. Keep watching the numbers...
Will the future of the Tribune Co. be sorted out in just a few weeks? With every new bidder or...
Not likely. That internal investigation into backdated stock options by the L.A.-based homebuilder must have turned up some nasty stuff...
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