February 11 - February 17, 2007

Friday, Feb. 16
•Socal is expected to add 1.1 million jobs and 2.2 million residents over the next 10 years, according to the...
The president and COO of Universal Studios is apparently the subject of a Times investigative report that focuses on his...
C'mon, who needs reality TV when you can have real reality TV? Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler said that...
Stamps.com keeps managing to defy the naysayers, most recently in a fourth-quarter profit that was above analysts estimates and seemed...
What's up at the Beverly Hills Hotel? Check out p36 of Citybeat and you'll find a display ad for host/hostess,...
It's not fourth-quarter earnings that's getting Wall Street in a tizzy this morning. Actually, the L.A.-based restaurant chain reported a...
Broadcom probe revealed: The WSJ and LAT provide some details on the federal investigation into backdating stock option grants at...
Thursday, Feb. 15
L.A.'s famous jazzspot isn't confirming but Eater L.A. has gotten hold of a sale listing for an "upscale jazz club"...
Are corporate boards, especially those sitting on compensation committees, personally liable for issuing options just before the release of good...
Good luck. Here it is two months after the holidays and it's very tough to keep the thing in stock....
NY magazine came across this pitch from a casting producer for Magical Elves Productions (home of "Project Runway," "Project Greenlight,"...
Airbus snubs LAX: The airport shelled out $9 million in order to accommodate the new A380 jetliner on what was...
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Got any Power 106 listeners out there in LA Biz Observed land? Well, the L.A. hip hop station (actually it's...
January's median price was a still-hefty $520,000, down 0.9 percent from December and up 6.1 percent from a year earlier....
NY keeps nibbling away at L.A.'s movie-making supremacy (they still have a ways to go). Steiner Studios, Brooklyn's largest studio...
NBC pulled the love-it-or-hate-it show off the network lineup a week ahead of schedule. The plan all along was to...
It's not an L.A. story, but I couldn't resist. The 60th birthday party of Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman of Blackstone...
V-Day: Florists will be averaging $30,000 per shop today - part of the annual lovesfest in which 189 million roses...
Tuesday, Feb. 13
If you're paying attention to the veeeery early action on Intrade, one of the more popular prediction markets, Hillary Rodham...
In its 10K filing on Tuesday, L.A.-based KB Home provides a little more detail on the internal investigation into former...
Good luck. The L.A.-based homebuilder reported a mish-mash of a fourth-quarter that had a $50 million net loss - better...
Leonardo DiCaprio seems to have a thing for business-themed movies. There was "The Aviator," of course, and his Oscar-nominated performance...
Enjoying your new cable service? Well, now you can buy shares of Time Warner Cable, which will begin trading next...
Most indicators are pointing to a good, if not great, economy over the next 12 months. Jack Kyser, chief economist...
The problem with region-wide transportation efforts is that everybody has to sign on. Otherwise, the plan falls apart. Such is...
KB's red ink: The L.A.-based homebuilder lost $49.6 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of $304.4 million...
Monday, Feb. 12
Tribune goes it alone: It's looking more likely that the Chicago-based parent of the LAT will turn down those few...
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