August 3 - August 9, 2008
Friday, Aug. 8
At last check it was nearing $115 a barrel, which is down more than $4 on the day - and $32 from its peak. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Seven nights in a palacial suite, chauffeur-driven Maybach, private jet to Iran - any takers?
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Check out CNBC's August 2007 interview with Angelo Mozilo - the guy is practically tap-dancing in his chair. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Oil and gas prices keep falling, deli packages keep shrinking, Mozilo inquiry gets stepped up, and ways to watch the Olympics online. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Aug. 7
Overall ad sales have been dreadful, but the Beijing games are one of those grand events that prove to be the exception. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
L.A.'s developer extraordinaire says he's ready to just sell the land he bought 19 months ago and call it a day. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Hospital scam uncovered, only so-so July retail sales, movie-going takes dip, and proposal to ban smoking on restaurant patios.
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Wednesday, Aug. 6
That would be Howell Raines, former executive editor of the NYT - and now a knuckleheaded conspiracy theorist. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
As much as the so-called experts would like to paint the housing market with a broad brush, the reality is quite different. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
FirstFed is struggling to work out all the bad loans it handed out - almost literally - a few years back. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Stocks down in early trading, why Ontario is losing so many flights, and more conventions coming to L.A. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Aug. 5
The company's big problem: how to handle the raft of pay option mortgages, many of which are now going bad.
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That these two guys are still in charge - and still talking to each other - makes for one of L.A.'s longest-running acts. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
These rankings are always a little suspect, but what's interesting is the evidence of global wealth. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Stocks up strongly on lower oil prices, DirecTV may be a merger candidate, and TV tops newspapers in ad revenue. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Aug. 4
A federal judge turned down MGA's motion for a mistrial in the Bratz case, despite a juror's reported ethnic slur. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The politically connected parking lot king has been struggling to finish up what would become downtown's tallest residential tower. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Maybe it's a bit early to roll out the SUVs and pick-ups, but pump prices continue their downward move. The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A federal judge will hear Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment lay out its motion for a mistrial in the case with Mattel. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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