April 29 - May 5, 2007
Saturday, May. 5
The deal-making bad boy in Oliver Stone's 1987 "Wall Street" is being revived in a sequel called "Money Never Sleeps,"... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's the biggest box office opening ever in the U.S., taking in $59 million on Friday, according to Nikki Finke,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, May. 4
This was the replacement ordinance passed by the L.A. City Council that requires LAX-area hotel operators to pay their workers... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's Beverly Hills, about noon, at a crosswalk on Canon Drive (a half block south of Little Santa Monica). There's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Media buyer John Rash goes through this week's top 10 shows for Ad Age (in the all-important 18-49 demographic, of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's as in very early reaction - a little after one in the morning, as shot by NY Mag for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected claims that Marilyn Monroe's "right of publicity" had been violated when photos of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Newport Beach-based guru of bond trading made news a couple of weeks back with word that he was auctioning... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Microsoft-Yahoo merger?: The NY Post reports this morning that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to re-enter formal negotiations (Microsoft was turned... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, May. 3
Most cities would kill for an NBA Weekend, but Vegas is not most cities. MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni told... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jim Cramer of CNBC and The Street.com fame is wrong about a lot of things, but he's probably onto something... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's a small group of L.A. investment bankers whose careers have more or less moved in lockstep - from Drexel... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I'm a little late on this one, but data gatherer TNS is out with its annual survey of millionaires -... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
L.A. billionaire Haim Saban gives Fortune a peek of how he does business in a profile that gets into his... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
CBS slumps: First-quarter net income fell 5.9 percent, in part because of a 9 percent drop in operating income -... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, May. 2
After meeting this afternoon, the board issued a statement confirming that about 80 percent of the Bancroft family's voting power... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's become the most frequently cited metric of a law firm's performance, but Bill Henderson, a law professor at Indiana... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's how Dean Starkman glumly - and probably accurately - describes this morning's full WSJ coverage of Rupert Murdoch's buyout... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Battling for Dow Jones: Is the Bancroft family united in its opposition to Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for Dow... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, May. 1
That's assuming there is a battle. Some members and trustees of the Bancroft family, Dow Jones' controlling shareholders, say they... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
They should be back tomorrow. Light posting today.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The LAT has a "hey Martha" piece on p1 about those folks who twirl signs that advertise everything from Subway... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular in the L.A. area, according to the federal government's latest... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Apr. 30
How did Sam Zell manage to avoid a huge tax bill in the Tribune deal? Newsweek's Allan Sloan found a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The six-month numbers from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show the Times down to 815,723 daily, a 4.2 percent drop,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Love it, hate it: A survey of L.A. business executives finds general optimism about the local economy, but ongoing gripes... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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