March 9 - March 15, 2008
Saturday, Mar. 15
Some primers on the troubled financial markets and why the Bear Stearns story is really a big deal. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Tribune Co. CEO, speaking to Baltimore Sun staffers, was sounding more downbeat than at earlier appearances in L.A. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Mar. 14
U.S. video game sales — including hardware and software — jumped 34 percent. Local publishers did well. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's only so much that the nation's central bank can do to stabilize the banks and credit markets. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jurors found that doctors did they everything they could to save the actor’s life. His widow wanted an apology. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The bank has been in precarious shape for many months now, but concern turned into crisis over the past 24 hours.
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Wall Street freaks out over Bear Stearns free fall, another jump in gas prices, and dockworkers to begin contract talks. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Mar. 13
Not surprisingly, the big money - high six figures by one estimate - would involve taking her clothes off. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An FDA panel placed more restrictions on the company's anemia drug, but opposed any outright ban. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Daily nonstop service will begin this fall, another example of the airport's effort to cut deals with international carriers. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last Friday's employment report, which showed a loss of 63,000 jobs in February, clearly changed a lot of minds. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
February's declines are at least partly the result of folks who have the ability to buy or sell choosing to stay on the sidelines. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Financial markets are down, downtown real estate is in the pits, Pellicano's gal brought to tears, and splitsville for Harry Potter. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Mar. 12
The Chino slaughterhouse owner fails to show up at a hearing, then is subpoenaed, then retracts his prepared remarks. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The airline has had to ground 38 of its 737s, resulting in some cancellations around the country. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Her real name is Ashley and she doesn't want to be thought of as a monster. "This has been a very difficult time," she says. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Spitzer resigns today, slaughterhouse owner denies that unsafe meat was processed, and Amgen drug faces new restrictions. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Mar. 11
A slowing economy is no doubt behind the lower numbers, but international travel remains strong. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wall Street reacts to the Federal Reserve offering to loan banks $200 billion by accepting mortgage-backed securities as collateral. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lots of money was invested in the business that's at the center of the largest-ever meat recall - except for one thing.
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Stocks up after Fed eases lending policies, Spitzer expected to resign, judge reduces Dole damages, and NBC not for sale (we think). $MTEntryExcerpt$>
But the drumbeat of bad news runs the risk of having people act as if there were one. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Mar. 10
Northrop and the European company that won a $40 billion contract to build refueling tankers, will have to wait several months.
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There really aren't that many, which might just reflect an "everybody does it" culture. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He's become a lot more pessimistic about the economy, while Disney CEO Bob Iger isn't talking. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Oil surged above $108 a barrel for the first time, another record high, and pump prices are approaching $4 a gallon. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The ring had 50 prostitutes available for appointments in L.A., NY, Washington and other cities.
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How Northrop won Air Force award, new warnings for Amgen drug, Countrywide stock is down, and Diller and Malone go to court. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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