January 28 - February 3, 2007
Friday, Feb. 2
The News Corp. chieftain is giving each of his six children $100 million worth of stock, and that, of course,...
The campaign to get travelers to avoid LAX gets a big boost with plans by ExpressJet Airlines to start service...
In case you haven't heard, the northbound 405 is a parking lot over the Sepulveda Pass, thanks to a crane...
In the immortal words of Ricky Ricardo, "Wha Haapened?" Well, the weather got nasty back East, which increases demand in...
That's roughly what CBS is charging for a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl (though prices will vary quite a...
Hearst Corp. has lost $330 million in the San Francisco Chronicle and tried to sell the newspaper in 2005 to...
That's what fired Citigroup executive Todd Thomson had in his "Swiss chalet" of an office - photos of himself with...
Hmmm, this could get interesting. The parent company of MTV and Comedy Central is demanding that all its stuff be...
Jobless numbers: Somewhat tame employment report for January, with 111,000 jobs added to payrolls for the month (analysts had expected...
Thursday, Feb. 1
The L.A. City Council has signed off on $36 million in subsidies for a planned $146 million mixed use project...
Red flags should be posted at Calabasas Hills-based Cheesecake Factory - at least according to Jeremy Perler of the Center...
As a public service, courtesy of WSJ's Weath Report, LABO brings you globalrichlist.com, a site where you can plug in...
Debating living wage: It sounded like a done deal yesterday, but the compromise on extending the city's living wage ordinance...
Wednesday, Jan. 31
Good question. Bloomberg News reports today that the crackdown on backdating is stuck because SEC Chairman Christopher Cox hasn't decided...
If only you had bought shares of the Calabasas-based mortgage company early Friday morning. The stock opened at $40.29 and...
That seems to be the case with Citicorp joining up with Bev Hills-based Relativity Media to fund at least 45...
Several Socal ad agencies worked on spots that will be seen during Sunday's big game. It's a lot of car...
One defense analyst is calling it the most politicized military contract he has ever seen, which says a lot. It's...
Economy surprises experts: The gross domestic product grew at a rate of 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, despite concerns...
Tuesday, Jan. 30
Remember Eurochow, that all-white, high-design super-snobby restaurant in the middle of Westwood Village? Owner Mr. Chow of Bev Hills fame...
Deutsch, Los Angeles, will be picking up GM's Saturn account from Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco - a piece...
If you bought a flat-panel TV during the holiday season, the following item might be too much to bear. iSuppli,...
How do you say that someone is getting laid without actually saying it? The WSJ has its hand with innuendo...
Yes, the Bev Hills-based talent agency has a marketing arm and it's in charge of launching Colorist, Revlon's new hair-coloring...
Alas, we win out over Detroit. Ad agency McCann Erickson was having such a tough time getting folks to move...
The decision by the former LAT editor to return to the NYT, announced this morning, will lead inquiring minds to...
Countrywide's sober forecast: While shares of the Calabasas-based mortgage giant continue to rise on takeover rumors, CEO Angelo Mozilo expects...
Monday, Jan. 29
That's as in Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun, the former Paramount president and Yahoo media/entertainment head. They're launching a multimedia...
They're due out Wednesday and they're not going to be pretty. Analysts expect fourth-quarter profit to be 46 cents per...
NY magazine provides us with waaaaay more up close and personal stuff than I, for one, was looking for on...
Not that you'll probably notice, but Tesoro Corp. is buying Royal Dutch Shell's Wilmington refinery, plus 250 filling stations, for...
Banking does not sound like a very exciting business. You bring in money at the lowest possible interest rate and...
Paramount vs. DreamWorks: It's been a year since the "Dream team" was purchased by Paramount in a $1.6 billion deal,...
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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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