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American Apparel's downtown L.A. factory gets 15 percent of its energy needs through solar, but the company's naughty CEO can't just leave it at that. This is from the AA website (via Business Insider)
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Best to low-ball today's employment report
Further fallout from airport shootings
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.