May 27 - June 2, 2007
Friday, Jun. 1
So what exactly would it be like being a butler to some veeeery rich family? The WSJ's Robert Frank visits... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This involves the long-running tax dispute pre-dating Tribune's purchase of Times Mirror and goes back to the 1998 sale of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
You probably missed it, but labor inspectors visited 37 garment factories a couple of weeks back and closed 30 of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Clear your calendars for next Tuesday, when everybody's favorite hotel heiress reports to the Century Regional Detention Center to start... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Talk about your one-liner opportunities. Taking off from the crazy speed-dating phenomenon, the Writers Guild has come up with something... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Four of the troubled law firm's top partners spent an hour this week with the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A.,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jobs report: Never mind that the nation’s gross domestic product barely moved in the first quarter. Nonfarm payrolls increased 157,000... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Running late on Friday morning headlines because of some wireless issues.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, May. 31
David Hiller's extraordinary memo to staff on changes at the Times, first reported by Kevin Roderick at LAO this morning,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The family that controls 64 percent of Dow Jones' voting power said it would meet with Rupert Murdoch about his... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Hey, if Kobe leaves, this may be our next best bet. The happy couple haven't even arrived in town, but... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Economy barely moving: First-quarter economic growth was a measly 0.6 percent, way down from the government's original estimate of 1.3... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, May. 30
Welcome to the United Football League, the brainchild of stock underwriting maverick Bill Hambrecht and Google senior executive Tim Armstrong.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's the Irvine-based distributor of flat-screen TVs, and founder William Wang has quite a story to tell. Of course, there's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The widely followed stock index - generally a better measurement of Wall Street performance than the Dow - reached an... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Never mind his strident views on illegal immigrants that he masquarade as real news. We all know about that. What... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Ever wonder how those OC subprimers could amass so many mortgages from so many unsuspecting borrowers? The answer that's laid... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
More summertime fun: Remember when the airlines gave you all kinds of extra goodies if they bumped you from a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, May. 29
So much for economic Armageddon. The federal government's weekly survey shows that the average gallon of self-serve regular in L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jim Cramer asks an obvious question in this week's New York magazine. The question: Why does everybody hate me? There... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Good luck. Since the government does not track any aspect of the foreclosure process, several private firms are left to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, you need to be a first-year associate at one of the big law firms in town. In just the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
NBC shakeup: No announcement yet on Kevin Reilly’s firing, but it’s getting close. As reported by Nikki Finke over the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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