August 26 - September 1, 2007
Friday, Aug. 31
We're talking about Bill Lerach, the retiring class-action attorney who could be on his way to jail over allegations of...
After jumping 6 percent in premarket trading, the Calabasas-based mortgage lender slid back during the session and finished with a...
No such thing as dog days for our favorite crisis manager. L.A.-based Sitrick & Co. is now working for Democratic...
You know the ones – they’re usually shown around half time of a football game and feature pretty pictures of...
In the fourth issue of New Angeles, Maxwell Harwitt examines whether developers in Hollywood and downtown really give a hoot...
Kind of. Confidentiality agreements prevent the 40 kids participating in the upcoming reality series - and their parents - from...
More heat: And with it, more strain on the state's power system, though demand will probably ease up as lots...
Thursday, Aug. 30
No doubt the Labor Day timing was just coincidental, but the California Supreme Court have given workers a pretty big...
Why would the CEO of a company take a leave of absence in the midst of an internal investigation? Don't...
That's what the chatter suggests - and considering that the stock is trading at a whopping 10 percent below the...
Remember the couple who arranged in February to tie the knot at Sky Studios, the glam Greenwich Village property with...
This might seem like a strange time to set up a buyout fund, but Ken Moelis appears to be moving...
Labor Day rush: The Auto Club is looking at 3.1 million Socalians taking trips during the long weekend, 80 percent...
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Actually, shoves is more like it. The New York senator told the Calabasas mortgage lender today to stop paying brokers...
Never mind about the stock market being up more than 200 points - Wall Street's really big story today concerns...
Like your typical rich guy (and we're talking $4.5 billion at last estimate), David Murdock has lots of opinions about...
Today and Thursday have been declared "Flex Alert Days," which means setting thermostats at 78 degrees or higher, leaving drapes...
L.A. incomes rising: The local economy is in decent shape. Really. The latest numbers from the Census Bureau show that...
Tuesday, Aug. 28
If you're a Hollywood hotshot (and a guy), you might wind up in an apartment house on Ocean Avenue near...
With Labor Day weekend fast approaching, we're seeing a bunch of end-of-summer laments about how bad airline service has been...
The Writers Guild is now making noises about working arrangements for the upcoming CBS reality show – as well as...
Not to seem glib about it, but some companies change to accommodate customer demands and some just sit there like...
Real estate agent Kirsten Kemp tells Michael Schneider (Variety, Franklin Avenue) that even in this market you can buy a...
No more Wonder Bread: Interstate Bakeries is shutting down its four Socal bakeries in Glendale, Pomona, San Diego and in...
Monday, Aug. 27
To be precise, $2.741 in the L.A. area, according to the latest government survey - just in time for the...
The Business Journal's annual list of auto dealerships in L.A. County doesn't usually make for suspenseful reading. Longo Toyota in...
The plan is for "day-and-date" delivery in NY and other key cities along the East Coast - kind of an...
There's not much of a comparison - Circuit City is the one that fired its higher-paid workers and is struggling...
Yup, that's just what this town needs – part of the proposed "density bonus" plan that would allow developers to...
Gateway sold - again: The Irvine-based PC company is being acquired by Taiwan's Acer Inc. for $710 million. In addition,...
Sunday, Aug. 26
How else do you describe the goings on at the Calabasas-based mortgage lender, at least based on Gretchen Morgenson's Sunday...
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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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