May 6 - May 12, 2007
Friday, May. 11
The burger chain has been a basket case for years, what with poor marketing, bad service and sluggish sales. That's...
After yesterday's 9 percent beating, the Thousand Oaks-based drug firm is down nearly 3 percent, to $55.64. Never mind that...
It hasn't been formally announced - a few out-of-touch wire services still say the series is merely "in trouble" -...
Catalina fire: This is likely to be a pretty significant economic event because of the area's strong tourism base. Three...
Thursday, May. 10
Ari Emanuel, founder of the Endeavor Agency and agent for Larry David, Michael Moore, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc., etc. (and...
Another one - this time from a panel of advisers to the FDA, which voted 15-2 in favor of prescribing...
At Time magazine's big NY shindig the other night celebrating the world's 100 "most influential" people, film mogul Harvey Weinstein...
The managing director of the Peninsula in Bev Hills makes it his business to learn a lot about his guests....
That's the general consensus of private economists surveyed by the WSJ. First quarter's very sluggish 1.3 percent growth - weakest...
Weak April retail sales: Some economists had been afraid of this - perhaps a harbinger to a consumer spending slowdown...
Wednesday, May. 9
CEO Dennis FitzSimons, who has become Sam Zell's go-to guy in making the case for the company going private, took...
Nikki Finke reports this afternoon that the cable channel's CEO is being told to quit or be fired. It seems...
"This is the final stretch, brothers and sisters," is the message from Greg Conger, president of the United Food and...
That's what former WSJ reporter Dean Starkman wants to know after hearing that Managing Editor Paul Steiger sat on the...
Not that Nancy Silverton needs yet more positive press, but NYT restaurant critic Frank Bruni spends some time at her...
Grocery talks collapse: Lots of the usual hot air from both sides, so it's hard to know where the long-winded...
Tuesday, May. 8
This post is actually about this afternoon's earnings results from the Mouse House. But before we get to that, here's...
Inaction is more like it. This morning's NYT story about how several top Journal editors were aware of Rupert Murdoch's...
Los Angeles magazine has posted my May piece on the ousted chairman and CEO of KB Home. Karatz, of course,...
Goodness knows how they made a connection, but when HBO head Chris Albrecht was arrested early Sunday morning for roughing...
Market opens lower: This could be the day when stocks take a breather after five straight up sessions. The Dow...
Monday, May. 7
Shares of Santa Monica-based Activision took a 5 percent tumble today, despite the company holding video-game rights to "Spider-Man 3."...
Ho-hum, another all-time high - the fifth straight record close for the Dow and the 24th gain in 27 sessions....
I realize this is getting repetitious but, ahem, we've never spent this much at the pump - and it's likely...
Well, it's at least looking that way. Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group has agreed to a revised $94.6 million buyout...
Michelle Leder from footnoted.org comes across a nifty back and forth between the SEC and Hot Topic about how the...
All right, so working on highways, bridges, mass transit systems and water and wastewater facilities is not likely to impress...
Spidey rules: To little surprise, "Spider-Man 3" set an all-time box office record in its opening weekend, with $148 million...
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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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