May 11 - May 17, 2008

Saturday, May. 17
Redstone managed to take a shot at CBS' Les Moonves and heap praise on him - all in the same day.
Friday, May. 16
This is almost certain not to happen. Check that, it simply can't happen. Or can it?
The real estate company's board is under pressure from shareholders to name a new CEO and chairman.
Had a poor quarter? Just blame it on the writers walkout. Lots of companies are doing it.
L.A. unemployment last month was 5.9 percent, which isn't great but not a disaster either.
New forecast has oil reaching $148, more finger-pointing on Pellicano case, and health care coverage restored.
Thursday, May. 15
More folks were taking the bus and subway last month than a year earlier. We'll see how long it lasts.
The Hollywood gumshoe was found guilty on 76 of the 77 charges he faced. Those charges included racketeering, racketeering conspiracy,...
One transaction is the largest non-options-related sale by a Disney insider in the last five years.
Unlike many of today's publicists, he never made it seem as if he were doing you a favor by just doing his job.
Icahn goes after Yahoo board, CBS to buy CNET, Countrywide suit goes to trial, and Samueli steps down.
Wednesday, May. 14
He's battling the IRS over whether his family can claim $290 million in tax losses from a $6 million investment.
The SEC accuses Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli of a scheme to backdate stock options. As a result...
Remember when LAT columnist Steve Lopez knocked on the gate leading to Sam Zell's Malibu estate, and Zell got all...
If you're still a little confused about the particulars behind the housing collapse, check out last week's edition of "This...
Wolfgang Zwiener was asking for trouble by opening his Wolfgang's Steakhouse just down the street from Spago, which happens to...
Sidestepping recession? That's the view of a growing number of economists, many of whom all but declared an economic downturn...
Tuesday, May. 13
Only 7 percent of Angelenos fall into that category, far fewer than the 12 percent in Austin, Texas, according to...
At least that’s according to the latest numbers from Pubmatic, an Internet consulting firm. On average, according to the April...
Losses on home-equity loans will be even worse than predicted three weeks earlier, according to Liam McGee, president of the...
This is one of those devil-in-the-details cases. The City Council is considering a proposal that would impose $25,000 fines on...
Signs of spending?: Retail sales fell last month, as expected, but much of the drop came from a plunge in...
Monday, May. 12
Weekend talks between the Service Employees International Union Local 1877 and the Building Owners and Managers Association appear to have...
Some of you might find it perverse to consider the economic fallout from today's disaster in China's Sichuan province, but...
All of a sudden companies - or their bankers - are willing to take out their checkbooks, which is another...
Downtown project stalled: This was to be a $125 million mixed-use development near the Historic Core, the Toy District and...
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