September 16 - September 22, 2007

Friday, Sep. 21
It was a very good year for Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh, two co-founders of Oaktree Capital Management. They sold...
It's coming from South Korea's SK Telecom, which along with EarthLink owns the L.A.-based wireless venture that's been hemorrhaging dollars...
Mattel apologizes: So much for assuming that the toymaker's recalls this summer were the result of shoddy Chinese manufacturing. In...
Thursday, Sep. 20
Both papers have finally decided that the escalating tensions between Paramount and DreamWorks merit coverage. As was reported on Tuesday...
The former CBS star who has sued his former employer was on the phone at length with the Wash. Post's...
Randall Lee, who recently stepped down as regional director, is opening up an L.A. office for the firm of WilmerHale,...
New mortgage rules: That's what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is promising this morning before a House committee. "We are looking...
Wednesday, Sep. 19
It's taken a really long time, but federal prosecutors in L.A. seem to be closing in on the Milberg Weiss...
So what's up with the former HBO head - and the guy who was arrested and charged with assaulting a...
Don Imus had his way with just the threat of litigation, so perhaps the former anchorman figures, why not me?...
Remember all the plaudits this company got some years back when it was a lot smaller - and the industry...
This one is bound to get some attention. The Business Journal is reporting that Club View, a super-luxury condo being...
That post rate-cut glow: Enjoy it while you can. At last check the Dow is up almost 100 points, with...
Tuesday, Sep. 18
Not to seem parochial about it, but why no Socal institutions? Stanford and Berkeley are the only California schools to...
After a long hot summer of discontented money lenders, all it took was for the Fed to slice short-term rates...
Standard & Poor's has put MediaNews Group, the Dean Singleton chain, and Freedom Communications, parent of the Register, on Creditwatch,...
It's the first rate cut in four years and is clearly aimed at avoiding a recession. "Today's action is intended...
Rate cut day: The market is way up in early trading, in part because of better-than-expected third-quarter numbers from Lehman...
Monday, Sep. 17
William Lerach, the notorious class-action attorney, is set to plead guilty in Los Angeles federal court on one count of...
That was the subscription program for columns, archival access and other special features. It’s been free to print subscribers, but...
A drop in interest rates is supposed to cause an economic jump-start that stimulates demand. Tomorrow the Fed is almost...
The results are based on a survey of 4,430 recruiters conducted by Harris Interactive. Both USC (Marshall) and UCLA (Anderson)...
UC Irvine made the announcement this morning, capping what must have been a wild and woolly weekend of negotiation. Chancellor...
Will UC Irvine recant?: No followup so far to the weekend LAT about the school possibly brokering a deal to...
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