December 10 - December 16, 2006
Saturday, Dec. 16
It's the 54-story hotel and condo tower that's the centerpiece of the L.A. Live complex, right next to Staples Center.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Dec. 15
HarperCollins announced the dismissal of the wild-and-crazy editor, who created quite a stir with her plans for a book and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The new owner of the Four Points Sheraton Hotel has rehired 12 workers who were let go earlier in the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This one, from Entrepreneur.com, involves Valerie Bent, who two years ago was working for an L.A.-area investor relations firm she... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Say what you will about Dean Singleton, but the guy is persistent. He's finally getting his hands on the Daily... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
As in public companies now having to report executive perks over $10,000 (from $50,000). The new SEC rule is already... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Did you know that Americans drank 10 times as much bottled water in 2004 as they did in 1980, that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gas prices go up: The party's over, it appears. Refinery production problems have pushed up wholesale prices and that's having... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Dec. 14
Interested in showing up your neighbor with the hottest, coolest, hippest, trendiest, have-to-have-at-any-cost add-on for your house? Real estate author... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Talking about stating the obvious. The Southern California Association of Governments came out with its annual State of the Region... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's not the Monday after Thanksgiving, as the news stories would have you believe. It was actually this past Monday,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Was it just a few months back that Disney was considered in a no-win position as the distributor of Gibson's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
At the closing bell, the Dow was up 96 points (it retreated a bit from earlier in the session). It... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chandler update: WSJ reports that the Chandler family, which is making noises about making a bid for part of Tribune... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Dec. 13
Now that lettuce has been identified as the probable source - or delivery "vehicle" - in the outbreak of E.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's at least the view of 24/7 Wall St.'s Douglas McIntyre, who lists the Thousand Oaks-based Amgen as among the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
While we're on the subject of rich and poor, perhaps it's worth noting that in this season of Wall Street... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe the gap between rich and poor is a serious national concern, according to a new... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The NYT's David Cay Johnson likes to delve into some very complicated economic and financial stories. His latest effort concerns... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's very small, but 1st Century Bank has gotten a fair amount of attention because it was started up by... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Housing settles down: The median price of an L.A. County home was $510,000 in November, according to DataQuick Information Systems,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Dec. 12
Techcrunch claims it's gotten a hold of documents showing the progression of negotiations between Yahoo and the social networking site... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The NFL Network is offering Time Warner Cable one free week of its programming, but the offer doesn't appear to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
New ways to cheat: But you have to be a corporate executive who is already manipulating his stock option grants.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Dec. 11
L.A. and other large Socal cities saw a drop in both central-city and suburban poverty rates over the period between... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Searching the Internet for "construction laborer" and "Mexican workers" could turn up an outfit called Labormex Foreign Labor Solutions, which... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Shopping update: Retailers might get a break this year because Hanukkah starts on Dec. 15, which means an extra shopping... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Dec. 10
His ultra-violent "Apocalypto" found enough takers over the weekend to top the box office charts. The R-rated story set in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Could a place like Chandler, Ariz. offer its residents the same kind of retail offerings without benefit of chain stores?... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's inevitable that the popular video site would be getting some competition, so now we have Fox, Viacom, CBS and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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