January 20 - January 26, 2013
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Stocks finished higher again, with the Dow up 67 points, to 13,779 - inching ever closer to the all-time high of 14,164 in October 2007. Those numbers were tempered, though, with disappointing earnings from Apple.
More visitors means more jobs, but the not such good news is the wage level for many of these workers. This is your have- and have-not economy at play.
Another reminder to be wary of know-it-all analysts, some of whom had been predicting wave-upon-wave of foreclosures.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
The airline already has 12 of the 15 gates, but with US Air moving to Terminal 3 it's in a position to expand its service out of LAX.
But TWC will not own the TV rights, Bloomberg is reporting. The games will be carried on a new regional sports network to be bankrolled by Guggenheim Partners, which owns the Dodgers.
The performers were flown in from Vegas, reports THR, and apparently things got a little out of hand (well, for some), with two dancers performing a simulated sex act and another using a strapped-on penis.
Monday, Jan. 21
The idea is for a partnership that would give the Dodgers a channel separate from SportsNet, which TWC launched last year as a vehicle for the Lakers.
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