May 4 - May 10, 2008

Saturday, May. 10
More deli and meat selections, better signage and additional "international" products are in the works, according to the OC Register's...
Out of the blue (at least to us outsiders), News Corp. has pulled its $580 million bid for the Tribune-owned...
Friday, May. 9
These are cellphone companies that package all kinds of features and re-sell the phone service part through Sprint Nextel. L.A.-based...
Boy, talk about your sign of the times. The Bloomingdale's by-mail catalog is being discontinued next year in favor of...
The Bev Hills billionaire wants to boost his stake in the car company from 4.7 percent to 5.5 percent. That...
This time, two Romanians have dismissed their discrimination and fraud case against the film's producers. Nicolae Todorache and Spiridom Ciorebea,...
Gas prices ease: Not that you'll notice. The Auto Club survey shows that the average price of self-serve regular gasoline...
Thursday, May. 8
This may come as bad news in some parts of Hollywood, but Disney has re-signed Stephen McPherson as president of...
It's a partnership of Phil Anschutz's sports and entertainment company and the boxer's Golden Boy Promotions. The idea is to...
Deputy Editor Glenn Hall will be leaving the paper to become editor of TheStreet.com in NY. Register Editor Ken Brusic...
Tejon deal reached: The developer of the massive residential project agrees to set aside 178,000 acres and offer up an...
Wednesday, May. 7
Councilwoman Janice Hahn seemed to give the all-clear today by praising Gina Marie Lindsey, the city's airport director, after two...
Among the well-to-do out there - we're talking about folks with an average discretionary income of $342,000 - optimism about...
At least that's according to research company TNS, which is out with its annual survey of millionaire households. L.A. County...
Morale at the Los Angeles office of Sidley Austin is "perilously low," according to Above the Law - so much...
$150 oil?: It might happen as early as this fall, according to some prominent energy analysts. That, of course, raises...
Sunday, May. 4
I'll be away for a couple of days. Be back Wednesday....
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