January 13 - January 19, 2008
Saturday, Jan. 19
The groundbreaking ceremony is being postponed for the third time, which is bound to raise questions on whether the much-ballyhooed... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Jan. 18
Well, at least when it comes to their own employees. Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici says that the average Zagat employee is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The December jobless rate in L.A. County was 5.6 percent, up from 5.3 percent the previous month and 5 percent... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Here's another reality check for Writers Guild members: NBC Universal's 10 percent increase in fourth-quarter operating profit and 8 percent... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Will writers buy into directors deal?: Writers Guild President Patric Verrone isn't saying much ("We need to assess how this... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Jan. 17
Susan Estrich, the Fox News columnist and USC law professor, has joined the L.A. powerhouse law firm of Quinn Emanuel,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The tentative contract agreement with the networks and studios was just announced after six days of formal negotiations. the LAT... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
When the chairman of the Federal Reserve testifies on Capitol Hill and strongly hints of more interest rate cuts, investors... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Merrill Lynch's medicine: Everybody expected a bad number, so the $9.8 billion fourth-quarter loss wasn't that much of a surprise... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Jan. 16
The February issue of the Conde Nast biz mag reviews Hollywood's financial winners and losers. Here's a sample of a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The opening night of Fox's megahit beat out the network competition by a healthy margin, but viewership was 10 percent... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A planned 78-unit condo development on the corner of Wilshire and Barrington in West L.A. is on hold until June,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
High anxiety: Today, it's a profit warning from Intel and a 34 percent decline in earnings at JP Morgan. Markets... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Jan. 15
The Pasadena-based mortgage lender is cutting its work force by more than 2,400 people, or 24 percent. Regional wholesale mortgage... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Bev Hills real estate investor gets the up close and personal treatment in a P1 WSJ profile in which... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yep, he wore black during this morning’s presentation at Macworld in SF and introduced the stuff that had been expected... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The December median price in L.A. County was a jaw-dropping $470,000, which is down 10.5 percent from a year earlier... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Citi's ugly numbers: The bank's fourth-quarter loss weighed in at close to $10 billion, the result of $17.4 billion in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Jan. 14
What really got Wall Street is a tizzy about the economy was last month's sour employment reports, which showed a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This award show one seemed to be on safe ground, but now it seems that several big-name recording artists who... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The early writeups on last night's ratings point to the abysmally low viewership for NBC's hour-long program announcing the winners,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Will directors cut quick deal? That's the Hollywood chatter this morning after contract talks over the weekend between the Directors... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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