February 18 - February 24, 2007
Friday, Feb. 23
This is the so-called self-help proposal in which the company is split into separate broadcast and newspaper divisions and shareholders... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The L.A. homebuilder issued a release this afternoon saying that the Department of Justice is looking into KB's past stock... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Don't expect me to sniff around for angles to the video showing a dozen or so rats having their way... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
So has the world's biggest coffee house chain gone a little too far in its expansion efforts, at the expense... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Bloomberg News is reporting that the L.A.-based homebuilder is under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles over... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A Valencia landscape company made news early in the week when some of its employees got stuck in Bermuda because... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Even by the loosy-goosy standards of today's private equity financings, this one really stands out. The L.A.-based Spanish-language media company... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAX loses out: Those monthly passenger counts at the airport routinely show signficant drops in international traffic because travelers -... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Feb. 22
Forget about Oscar-related goodie bags - it's all about "branded retreats," where the already ridiculously rich and famous are being... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, it's what you might expect. Fortune looks at 10 markets to see what's available for five million bucks. Here's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Greed as opposed to fear - and yes, the market mavens actually study the yin and yang of those two... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The world has truly gone nuts. I don't how I could have missed this one, but THR confirms that a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
L.A.-based Revver is a video-sharing site that's backed by some big-time venture money. Microsoft execs toured Revver's offices last month,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Eater L.A. has gotten word that Osteria Mozza, which is part of the Nancy Silverton/Mario Batali/Joe Bastianich casual Italian empire,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
BW's Ron Grover takes a look at the so-called Oscar curse - and yes, you've probably read about it many,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Ron Burkle's payday: You don't think he became a billionaire out of nowhere, do you? It looks like the L.A.-based... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Clearwire, billionaire Craig McCaw's latest venture, just selected the L.A. office of DDB to handle its advertising, according to Ad... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wild Oats Markets, whose largest shareholder is L.A. billionaire Ron Burkle (technically Burkle's investment arm, Yucaipa), is being sold to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
At least according to Page 6 of the NY Post. The story is that someone from Clinton's office placed a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's over the airport's plan to sharply increase terminal rents, a plan that the airlines say will eventually result in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Downtown boom?: It's a happening place, according to a study by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. The LAT trumpets... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Outgoing NBC head Bob Wright lays out the particulars in an interview with Fortune's Tim Arango. It was 1994 and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's from something called the Donald T. Sterling Graphic Design Foundation and it's a request - well, more like a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Item #1 The WSJ's Charles Forelle, James Bandler and Mark Maremont win a George K. Polk Award for revealing the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The L.A.-based warehouse chain, which was started 136 years ago when no one knew what warehouse chains were, was picked... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The NBC-owned Latino cable channel Mun2 obviously isn't interested in political correctness, at least judging by its new image campaign... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
No, not City Hall, but the Seventh Street Market, where the Department of Public Health has been finding all kinds... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gelson's deal: The high-end supermarket chain has reached an agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers that apparently eliminates... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Feb. 19
SmartMoney sits down with Amgen Chief Executive Kevin Sharer for its March issue and finds a CEO with "a militant... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The NY Post reports today that the long-awaited Sirius and XM merger is expected to be announced today, barring last-minute... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
JetBlue founder and CEO David Neeleman messed up big time during last week's winter storm (well, his airline messed up),... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's one of the biggest L.A. real estate deals ever. The NY investment firm Blackstone Group is selling 23 Socal... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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