June 24 - June 30, 2007
Friday, Jun. 29
Frankly, I'm having my doubts. The opening of downtown's first supermarket in more than 50 years has been delayed yet...
Vitesse is the Camarillo company that had been among the first players to be investigated by the SEC and the...
Historic Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood's largest independent studio and home to all kinds of classics over the years ("It Happened...
It's not what you think (even though it is in the NY Post). All the L.A. billionaire wanted to do...
His latest effort, "Sicko," opens nationwide today, and without getting into the whole thing about whether he distorts the facts...
Getaway day: Nearly 38 percent of the folks going somewhere to celebrate next week's holiday will get started today, so...
Thursday, Jun. 28
The FDA's alert on farm-raised seafood from China is all fine and good, but how are we supposed to know...
Please don't click onto another site when you read the following words: The For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. Pleeeeease, stay with...
Rankings, rankings - law firms just love their rankings. The latest is the American Lawyer's 2007 A-List, which rates firms...
Allan Keiter, whose MyRatePlan.com helps consumers compare cellular calling plans, figures that's the bottom line commitment for anyone wanting an...
Debt jitters: This could be just a temporary thing, but underwriters on a few big deals are having a tough...
Wednesday, Jun. 27
You just knew this was going to happen. The interesting but unorthodox plan to reduce emissions at the ports by...
Where does it say that Hollywood's profit participation deals have to involve the actual participant? Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner...
Our favorite acquisitor seems to be taking a cue from the Socal grocery workers: establish some arbitrary date for cutting...
What a shame that the options backdating trial of Brocade ex-CEO Greg Reyes isn't getting more coverage up in SF...
We realize that the U.S. government can do a better job monitoring food being grown, processed and packaged in this...
You'd think if anyone was going to pry open the vacuum-sealed chairman of Apple, it would be WSJ columnist Walter...
Stoking the flames: So how exactly did the mortgage mess start? The WSJ traces the beginnings of Wall Street's decade-long...
Tuesday, Jun. 26
The WSJ's influential tech columnist likes it - he really, really likes it. That's no small feat as Apple navigates...
It's always dangerous to take a few statistics and project into the future, but what's the deal with container volume...
Nikki Finke reports on her Deadline Hollywood site that MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson are looking for a...
The first shipments landed over the weekend in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, L.A., NY and SF. AppleInsider notes that armed personnel...
News Corp. has signed off on those editorial protections for Dow Jones, according to the WSJ, which presumably moves Rupert...
So now we're hearing from the Chinese tire manufacturer that has been accused by the New Jersey tire importer of...
Air travel madness: Everybody said it was going to be bad this summer, but when they start comparing U.S. airline...
Monday, Jun. 25
The key agreement on Dow Jones having editorial protections in the event of a News Corp. purchase appeared close at...
The Mouse House is negotiating for a slice of NBA China, which could turn out to be a full-fledged league...
Cravath Swaine & Moore, which routinely reports profits per partner of more than $3 million (it's the third most-profitable law...
The lines will be long - very long - come this Friday, when the much-anticipated gadget goes on sale. That,...
Strike authorization approved: To no one's surprise, union members voted to reject the contract proposals by the three major chains...
Sunday, Jun. 24
Don't expect much suspense about the outcome of today's balloting. Ralphs and Vons workers are voting on both the contract...
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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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