March 11 - March 17, 2007
Friday, Mar. 16
We seem to be in the goofy zone this afternoon, so here's one more: nightclub owner, film producer and man... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Mouse House has finished up its inquiry into backdating options at Pixar, which it now owns, and has concluded... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
ShaRon Lewis might have pulled a fast one. She was used in an anecdotal quote for the Times' March 10... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Is John McCain still running for president? You wouldn't know it, judging from the California bidness heavyweights who have jumped... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Looks like Joachim Splichal's Patina Restaurant Group has some company in the bidding for steak house chain Smith & Wollensky.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Zell losing steam: WSJ, NYT and Chicago Tribune report that yet another bid for the Tribune from yet another billionaire... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Mar. 15
It's the annual Calpers rundown of companies that have failed in the area of corporate governance and financial performance. Ten... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's what forecasters are telling the WSJ in one of the paper's periodic surveys. Slightly more than half of the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's a lot of rumble in the newsroom these days about people moving here to there - and some of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Et tu, Dow?: Yeah, this is the Ides of March, all right, and the market has gotten so nutty these... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Mar. 14
Not only that, but the market actually picked up 56 points on the day - not bad considering that the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's the old farts at Viacom vs. the youngins at YouTube. The old model of actually paying for content vs.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Can't this guy cut a deal without complications? The former Mouse House CEO has gotten the baseball card company Topps... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Literally. I've heard there's some sort of sign hanging over the LAT's Spring Street exit that reads -30-, which is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Could be another tough one. The Dow is down about 80 points at mid-session, but more ominously the index is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Market stabilizes: A fourth-quarter profit by GM has gotten Wall Street into a more positive mood this morning - the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Mar. 13
Just when you think the city of L.A. can't possibly get any more misguided about downtown development, along comes the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Anything having to do with real estate took big hits - no doubt the fallout from worries about subprime financing.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That would be Korea's Red Mango yogurt, which opens its first U.S. location in Westwood in May. It was in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
As in L.A. attorney Robert Shapiro, who is representing Angels centerfielder Gary Matthews Jr. in connection with a government case... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chick Hearn would have called it nervous time. Wall Street remains jittery about whether the subprime tumult might spill over... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Viacom sues Google: The media giant is alleging "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacom's entertainment properties on YouTube, which is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Mar. 12
Weren't prices supposed to be falling this year? So far, they're increasing. The latest February numbers from DataQuick show that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The latest numbers released by the government this afternoon show that an average gallon of self-serve regular in the L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That it's even being called as much is a sacrilege, but here goes: NY magazine's Grub Street discovers a place... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Another decent and unspectacular day on Wall Street. The Dow was up 42 points, with airlines, utilities and biotech issues... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Subprime mess: OC's New Century Financial said this morning that it's losing all short-term funding from its bank lenders, another... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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