July 29 - August 4, 2007
Saturday, Aug. 4
Those are the lighter-side-of-the-news features that have been a hallmark of the WSJ since 1941 (credit goes to Barney Kilgore,...
Is it any surprise that the industries relying on undocumented workers aren't thrilled by the government's hard-headed orders to have...
Friday, Aug. 3
Shares of the Calabasas-based mortgage lender plunged another 6.6 percent. The stock closed at $25, which is as low as...
The stretch between noon and 1 p.m. really shouldn't be so painful. Grab a sandwich and take a break, right?...
Relations between Sumner and his daughter Shari were apparently cordial enough for the two to have dinner the other night...
Lukewarm jobs report: Nonfarm payrolls increased just 92,000 in July, down from 126,000 in June and well below the average...
Thursday, Aug. 2
How dare I raise the specter of companies actually benefiting from yesterday's bridge collapse in Minnesota. But there's a reason...
Going beyond this week's terrible earnings report, Michael Perry sent out an email to employees of the Pasadena-based mortgage lender...
Well, it's only the recall of nearly a million toys by El Segundo-based Mattel, one of Socal's biggest public companies....
Figuring out the market: Good luck. Just as Tuesday's session took a nosedive in the last hour or so, Wednesday's...
Wednesday, Aug. 1
CEOs aren't the only executives who report suspiciously high compensation packages. Let's take Brian Hodous, who joined Santa Monica-based Activision...
The local guy has sold it to the Bev Hills developer. Money problems, or so they're saying. Gary Dwight, a...
Well, what do you expect when mortgage lenders were practically begging to cut a deal - even if you really...
Tough day?: Stocks are fluctuating in early trading, with bargain hunters looking for deals and everyone else worried that problems...
Tuesday, Jul. 31
Now that the deal is done - or is about to be - it's time to put down the knives...
Stockpiling is definitely the order of the day. Off-lot feature filming in the L.A. jumped 29 percent in the second...
Here we wanted to believe that GM's strong earnings, benign inflation numbers and better-than-expected consumer confidence would get the Dow...
U.S. revenue for the second quarter fell 5 percent due to fewer larger concerts - as well as higher administrative...
It's bad enough that L.A.-based Brad Greenspan is out of his league in trying to concoct an alternative to Rupert...
Market update: Strong results by GM and Sun Microsystems helped boost the Dow over 100 points in early trading, though...
Reuters is reporting that the family controlling Dow Jones & Co. Inc.'s voting shares "has accepted" News Corp.'s $5 billion...
Monday, Jul. 30
This is the British-based grocery giant that will open its Fresh & East convenience stores in L.A. later this year....
As of early tonight, according to the WSJ, Bancroft family members holding about 28 percent of Dow Jones's overall voting...
It was one of those hold-your-breath days that turned out pretty well - a 92-point gain for the Dow on...
Time is running out on Chinese-made slacks and shorts being imported this year into the U.S. At the rate those...
Financing for most every leveraged deal is getting a second and third look these days, but Jeffrey Donnelly of Wachovia...
And they're off: Lots of volatility in early trading. More encouraging earnings this morning (Verizon, HSBC), but continued worries about...
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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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