February 17 - February 23, 2008
Saturday, Feb. 23
General manager tells WSJ that cash has become tight and some customers stopped payments on checks. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Feb. 22
An arbitration judge issued the award to a breast cancer patient whose coverage was canceled. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The new financial arrangements supposedly will allow the first phase of the project to be completed by 2011. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
More likely it's just a split between the super-duper rich and the let’s-pretend rich. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Apartment rents are up, beef lobbyists pressure USDA on recall, Alitalia resumes LAX service, and Hollywood feels blue. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Feb. 21
Getting a little outraged over Sam Zell's outrageousness? Perhaps you don't know how these guys work. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Extra work before and after the walkout is likely to cushion the minimal economic impact. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Variety up for sale, Microsoft-Yahoo deal might be close to getting done, and Omar Sharif gets his just desserts. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Feb. 20
The man behind Newport Beach-based Pimco is sometimes accused of throwing his investment weight around. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With apologies to "Alvin and the Chipmunks," here are movies that filled seats
and received good reviews.
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All this suggests that at some point head honcho Sam Zell will be in major asset-selling mode. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Inflation is up, Sharper Image files Chapter 11, MySpace looking into music venture, and NBC wants year-round premieres. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Publisher is tearing apart the old-fashioned business model because a one-size fits all paper is no longer viable. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Feb. 19
The odds of a deal are still considered low, but both sides figure they have nothing to lose. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Businesses in Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Buena Park and Santa Ana were among those issued citations. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Prices jumped $4.51, to $100.01 a barrel, which isn't supposed to happen in a slumping economy. Fooled again! $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's a first for the newspaper, which had a 15 percent drop in advertising last year. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lindsay Lohan's fashion spread in this week's NY magazine got so many clicks that the servers crashed. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Disney's move to acquire Pixar two years ago is proving to be a financial and creative success. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Microsoft launches proxy battle for Yahoo, LAT earnings keep sinking, and inside the Chino slaughterhouse. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Feb. 18
You might be better off in show business. Since 1990, one in four newspaper jobs have flat-out disappeared. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Don't tell anybody, but they were powdered - and his guests loved them (lots of butter and cream didn't hurt). $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's a return to those ghastly pre-1980s business sections, which were journalistic jokes. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The flashy young woman behind the Jimmy Choo empire is duking it out with her mother in court. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Feb. 17
Health threat is small, though the feds continue looking into operations at slaughterhouse. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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