August 19 - August 25, 2007

Friday, Aug. 24
No wonder the 84-year-old chairman of Viacom thinks he can live 50 years - and keep running the company. Sumner...
Our friend Michelle Leder at footnoted.org has come across a weird passage in the CBS honcho’s new contract. It notes...
You have to wonder which strategy is more clueless - the Bush plan for Iraq or the Villaraigosa plan for...
They're sold under the "Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots" brand at Ralphs, Trader Joe's and other stores. Los Angeles Salad Co.,...
In a matter of speaking. Forbes has come out with its annual list of Best Cities For Singles, and Los...
Countrywide's savior?: There's still all kinds of discussion about the effectiveness of Bank of America's $2 billion investment in the...
Thursday, Aug. 23
I'll be out of pocket for at least the day....
Wednesday, Aug. 22
Variety is reporting this afternoon that giant concert promoter Live Nation will not be renewing its deal with Ticketmaster, a...
We all know that the wealthy among us - and we're talking filthy rich here - operate in a different...
Yesterday the baseless speculation centered on Warren Buffett, but the WSJ, citing sources, just reported that the bank giant will...
The new boss of the LAT - and of all Tribune for that matter - was at the paper last...
Anderson had been publisher of the Register, but also a key executive for the paper's parent, Freedom Communications. He'll be...
State of the market: To cut or not to cut - that is the question. After lots of buzz on...
Tuesday, Aug. 21
The financial folks are having some fun today over the vague possibility that Warren Buffett might want a piece of...
It wasn't pretty, but they finally agreed on a $145 billion spending plan. Now the state can begin paying billions...
This time, Disney is under the gun. The advocacy group China Labor Watch today cited the Mouse House as among...
One of today's big stories is the jump in July foreclosures, as measured by the Irvine-based firm RealtyTrac. It's important...
Tribune deal approved: By shareholders, that is. They're selling their shares as part of an $8.2 billion buyout that's led...
Monday, Aug. 20
So does DreamWorks. The decision to bypass the more popular Blu-ray format came as a surprise among the folks who...
The Calabasas-based mortgage lender was downgraded to "underperform” by KBW Inc., which said in a note that a liquidity crisis...
Stocks are down, based both on the banks putting aside more money for sour loans, and on the perception that...
OC Register columnist Jon Lansner compares the current market with the disastrous 1989-91 stretch and finds, well, some unsettling patterns,...
The week after: The market was mostly flat this morning as Wall Street tries to stabilize after the last few...
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