November 2 - November 8, 2008
Friday, Nov. 7
There’s a lot of schedule rejiggering for the holidays - and the watchword is entertainment, not seriousness. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This is why it's often foolhardy to link the real world with the Wall Street world. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Clearly, part of the drop-off is due to a new state law that requires better notification, but this is no longer just a subprime problem. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Stocks higher despite bad news, gas prices keep falling, layoffs at Mattel, and Zell having trouble with Cubs sale. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The billionaire developer just announced that he will not be a candidate in next year's mayoral campaign. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A total of 240,000 jobs were cut in October and the revised losses in September total 240,000 - nearly twice as many as initially reported. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Nov. 6
This is the latest in a series of demonstrations over Tuesday's passage of Proposition 8, the initiative that bans same-sex marriage. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Mouse House reported a 13 percent drop in fourth-quarter net income. EPS was well under the average estimate by analysts. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Dow is down more than 400 points - coming on top of a nearly 500-point drop on Wednesday. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's what we're talking about for L.A. County if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to increase the state sales tax gets through. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Just when you think the L.A. bureaucracy couldn't become more inept and slothful, along comes another outrage. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
We'll probably see more post-election firings in the next few days as the LAT eliminates a bunch of Washington positions. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Retail sales plunge, egg prices unlikely to rise, vote on Bev Hills hotel too close to call, and low expectations at News Corp. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Newsweek reports that McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants a special session of the Legislature to consider a 90-day ban. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An affiliate of L.A.-based Leonard Green Partners has bought a 17 percent stake in the Texas-based company for $425 million. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Vanity Fair runs another excerpt from Michael Wolff's biography of the media mogul, this time focusing on his involvement with Wendi.
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Still a couple of minutes before the close and the Dow is down more than 500 points. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Why stocks are back down, ABC leads election coverage, L.A. office market could weaken, and mortgage scam alleged. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, the vote to ban same-sex marriage is 52.1 percent for and 47.9 percent against. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Dow is down more than 150 points in early trading as investors cash in on their gains from Tuesday's 300-point rally. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Of the county's 4.3 million registered voters, 48.5 percent had cast ballots by 2 p.m. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Exit poll data: We love it, we hate it, we love it, we hate it, we love it, we hate it... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Are stocks trying to tell us something? The Dow was up 305 points today, the largest Election Day rally in 24 years. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Mouse House comes out with earnings on Thursday that could reflect the weak TV station market. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The borrower is the U.S. arm of a large Mexican real estate developer that bought Socal office buildings from Arden Realty. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Stocks up sharply, networks might call race early, gripes over how government doles out money, and no holiday party at Viacom. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Nov. 3
Houston-based Hines and Union Bank of California have come to terms on the space at Union Bank Plaza.
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That's the average price of self-serve regular, a drop of 35 cents per gallon in a single week and 38 cents lower than a year ago. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
"Never in all of the years I've been in business have I seen a worse outlook for the economy," says Barnes & Noble Chairman Leonard Riggio.
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Accounting for population growth, GM had the worst month of the post-World War II period. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
McCain is now given only a 10 percent chance of an upset victory, according to the online prediction market. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Circuit City closing 155 stores, Redstone considers ways of handling debt, Caruso urged to enter race, and Trump project loses financing. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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