December 24 - December 30, 2006

Friday, Dec. 29
The last trading day of 2006 ended on a down note, with the Dow falling 38 points. But overall this...
This might have started a few days back, but today is the first time I've seen a Daily News story...
Several candidates come to mind, but my favorite is how the runup in gas prices would severely impact the economy...
It's sure looking that way, considering that opponents of extending the city's Living Wage law to LAX-area hotels have supposedly...
Thursday, Dec. 28
An announcement by the New York Stock Exchange is expected shortly. Nasdaq has already announced plans to be closed as...
You might recall plans first announced last year by the L.A.-based home builder to develop thousands of homes on a...
Wednesday, Dec. 27
It was a challenge to get a ticket on Christmas Day, when sell-out crowds prompted some theaters to add late...
The arrangements, to be announced sometime today, will likely involve a small private ceremony in Palm Desert, where the public...
Tuesday, Dec. 26
There's been a fair amount of blog chatter among foodies about the last days of L'Orangerie, the grand dame of...
They're up more than 20 cents a gallon since Nov. 6, just as the holiday sales season was getting started....
In the absence of any big news this week, it doesn't take much to get traders and investors thinking about...
We're here all week, but as you can guess the news machine is mostly in sleep-mode until next Tuesday. So...
"Disappointing" is the word being bandied about this morning. Visa USA said sales rose 6.5 percent in November and December,...
Socal's affluent residents - we're talking annual income of more than $200,000 - give away twice as much of their...
Sunday, Dec. 24
You knew it had to happen. After being pummeled pretty consistently these past 10 days for her scurrilous ways, the...
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