November 26 - December 2, 2006
Saturday, Dec. 2
I'll be traveling next week, so posting will be light and sporadic (no morning headlines). Normal posting returns next weekend....
Part of Kirk Kerkorian's mystique is that he simply doesn't do interviews. But that doesn't mean his friends and business...
Friday, Dec. 1
You just knew that Disney animators would be getting the short end of the stick when the Mouse House purchased...
The criminal case against the Compton-based supermarket chain is not over. At least the questions aren’t. While Ralphs the company...
This time, it's Keith Turner, president of ad sales. Turner, who had been with the network for nearly 20 years,...
Does Beverly Hills really need a kosher steakhouse that also specializes in sushi? We'll find out next week when New...
Shares are down 6.1 percent this morning, at $26.01, after the Calabasas-based restaurant chain reported lower third-quarter profit and a...
It was the biggest month of the year for the financial markets - stocks, corporate bonds, private equity, mergers and...
So much for that investment: Turns out that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is pulling out of GM entirely. The WSJ reports...
Thursday, Nov. 30
As usual, there's some good news for most of the networks. CBS continues to bring in the most viewers, ABC...
In case you've been just getting bits and pieces on the ongoing flap about Wal-Mart's allegiance to gay workers -...
C'mon admit it. You're starting to wonder what that holiday envelope with contain. Bonuses are a very big deal in...
What on earth would anyone do with a $1.4 million Bugatti Veyron, with a 1001-horsepower engine and a top speed...
The Bev Hills billionaire is selling another 14 million GM shares for $28.75 each, or a little over $400 million....
Retail sluggishness: Yes, there was plenty of action at the malls last weekend, but apparently it wasn't enough to offset...
Wednesday, Nov. 29
Or so reports the WSJ's Sarah Ellison. Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the 81-year-old ex-chairman of American International Group Inc., obviously has...
Catching up on today's news that Jim Cramer, that crazy guy who hosts "Mad Money," on CNBC, is giving up...
Boy, did they ever reject it - 99 percent of the voting Writers Guild employees working for CBS in L.A.,...
Lots and lots of stuff, courtesy of a WSJ.com notebook that includes reports from the WSJ, Marketwatch, Dow Jones and...
Beware of too many construction cranes, especially in a neighborhood that includes Skid Row. The Business Journal is reporting this...
Let's start with the assumption that none of us outsiders knows what's really going on with the Tribune auction and...
Looks like many of the big retailers are not letting go of those sale prices from the Thanksgiving weekend. The...
Auto show opens: The 10-day extravaganza at the Los Angeles Convention Center is a month earlier this year (it was...
Tuesday, Nov. 28
FranklinAvenue follows up on the LAT's piece about KKGO-AM going country by pointing out that the Inland Empire's country station,...
Remember when that wild and crazy Robert Iger suggested last year that it might make sense to release a film...
Hurry up and wait. Not surprisingly, the Chicago-based parent of the LAT is postponing a decision on how it plans...
Well, no, but fashion houses Oscar de la Renta, Monique Lhuillier and Chloe will be opening new boutiques on Melrose...
No worry about Barry Diller being afraid of speaking up - even if it means calling corporate governance activists “birdbrains.”...
Well, it takes all kinds in the business world, which is too bad for IHOP Corp. The Glendale-based pancake chain...
Stock watch: It's a good day to keep an eye on the market. The big question is whether yesterday's 160-point...
Monday, Nov. 27
Whenever there's blood in the water, you can be certain that advertisers will be looking for a discount off the...
Most everything went down today - in some cases by a lot. The Dow fell almost 160 points while the...
Barbra Streisand's 20 concerts, her first live performances in six years, grossed $92.5 million and set house gross records in...
DreamWorks Animation looks like an obvious acquisition target, according to Merrill Lynch's Jessica Reif Cohen, who spoke to the Reuters...
Burkle's latest plans: The L.A.-based billionaire wants to start a "corporate governance fund" in which shareholders force managements to clean...
Sunday, Nov. 26
Dull old sweaters were no match for flat screen TVs and other electronic items over the weekend. Blogging in the...
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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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