July 22 - July 28, 2007
Friday, Jul. 27
Buyouts usually don’t just happen. The Bev Hills-based hotel chain notes in its proxy that Blackstone had been sniffing around...
So let's put a sock on all those "Don't worry about a thing" stock pundits. I'm officially worried. What seemed...
Hardly. The next time you read a story about Hollywood watching its pennies, it might be worth noting the sometimes...
Be back later today....
Thursday, Jul. 26
Sure, it was ugly. But it was also a little strange. I mean, how did shares of locally based homebuilder...
It's a tentative agreement. No details so far. Negotiators for the port clerks and shippers began meeting again this morning...
It's about time. For several years now, the L.A.-based jeans maker was among the cluster of locally based denim manufacturers...
This could be a bad one. The Dow is down by around 240 points, although it does shows some signs...
Wall Street jitters: This could be a rough day for stocks, much of it the result of growing concern about...
Wednesday, Jul. 25
Now the union representing clerical workers is back threatening a walkout, which would effectively shut down operations at the ports...
Mouse House CEO Robert Iger said that "we should avoid doing anything that could, in effect, encourage people, particularly young...
They resumed contract talks this morning, just as port and union officials were preparing for a major work stoppage at...
How else do you describe a 22.4 percent plunge in its stock price? That follows a comparatively mild 5.2 percent...
Sardar Biglari only has a 1.2 percent stake in Applebees, but he's speaking out against the restaurant chain's proposed sale...
Market bounceback?: That's the expectation anyway, perhaps bolstered by strong earnings this morning by Boeing and yesterday's huge numbers from...
Tuesday, Jul. 24
Well, what do you expect when the Dow falls 226 points? Countrywide took the biggest hit, down 10.4 percent, but...
CEO Angelo Mozilo has a tendency to overstate market conditions - up or down - but when he said during...
The numbers of second-quarter default notices statewide were the highest in over a decade, according to Dataquick, which is pretty...
Countrywide takes hit: This could be called subprime spillover. The Calabasas-based mortgage lender this morning reported a 33 percent drop...
Monday, Jul. 23
Service is expected to be terminated at 12:01 a.m. tonight (July 24). Customers of the mobile phone service reseller were...
Call it Bill Gross' second chance. Internet Brands, which is a collection of Web sites controlled by his Pasadena-based Idealab,...
Never underestimate the fascination about Hollywood - even when it comes to chronicling where agents break bread. The NYT reports...
Workers ratify grocery pact: Final tallies are still not in but union officials expect better than 90 percent acceptance. The...
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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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