July 15 - July 21, 2007
Friday, Jul. 20
L.A. entrepreneur Brad Greenspan has finally presented his proposal to recapitalize Dow Jones - and ward off the offer by... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sumner Redstone, never shy about shaking out the family laundry for the world to see, kept going after his daughter... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Just curious: Does anybody still believe the nonsense that government officials keep spewing out about securing our homeland? The nation’s... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June's jobless rate in L.A. County was 4.9 percent, up from 4.7 percent the previous month and 4.6 percent in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dow pulls back: So much for that 14,000 stuff. Disappointing earnings from Google, Caterpillar and Ericsson are seen as a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Jul. 19
He feels that DreamWorks has been treated shabbily under the ownership of Paramount Pictures, and BW's Ron Grover reports chatter... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Maybe the department store giant wil eventually get gobbled up by private equity. But so far investors aren't biting. A... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Here's an odd one. Citadel, which is a huge hedge fund manager out of Chicago, has urged the board of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Redstone squabble: Chairman Sumner Redstone has had a major falling out with his daughter and heir apparent, Shari Redstone, that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Jul. 18
Shares in the parent of Vons were up 2.7 percent in an otherwise down day on Wall Street. One logical... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
As many as 1,200 copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" have been delivered to readers by DeepDiscount.com, which... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
NBC will pull all Fred Thompson reruns of Law & Order if the actor/pol decides to run for president. That... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Doubtful market: This isn't looking like the day the Dow will push over the 14,000 mark. Stocks have been down... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Jul. 17
Remember that scene in "The Devil Wears Prada," where the mean fashion magazine editor played by Meryl Streep orders her... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's Computer Sciences Corp., which is a monster information technology company based in El Segundo that handles the really big... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Assuming that the Dow Jones board votes tonight or tomorrow to approve the company's sale to Rupert Murdoch, the final... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's getting to be a broken record - L.A. County saw a 32.5 percent plunge in June home sales from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dow 14,000: It went over the magic mark in early trading, and then retreated, and then went over again, and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Jul. 16
It's the $5 billion offer originally made by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. As reported tonight by the WSJ, negotiators from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This time it's over how many years would be required to reach top pay. The union wants seven years; the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
IHOP buys Applebees: It's a nearly $2 billion deal that first surfaced several weeks ago - and attracted considerable skepticism... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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