May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Business
April sales figures are 19% below a year ago and the worst since 1995. But volume is up 22% from March, with low-end and foreclosure sales driving the market. The region’s median price holds at $385,000.
Southern California home sales continued to decline in April, with 19% fewer homes sold compared to the same month a year ago, a real estate information service reported today.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Business
Brands, marketing, advertising, names, youth
Twenty-eight years ago, in a book entitled Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, I wrote: “The single most important marketing decision you can make is what to name the product.”
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Business
The latest idea is a partnership — possibly involving Web search ads, insiders say.
Two weeks after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5-billion takeover bid for Yahoo Inc., the two companies are back at the bargaining table.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Business
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today said eight former executives of AOL Time Warner Inc. fraudulently inflated the company’s online advertising revenues by more than $1 billion between 2000 and 2002.
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May 19th, 2008 at 04:02pm Under Business
Escalating losses and falling stock prices prompted calls from dissident shareholders for his replacement at Maguire Properties Inc.
One of Los Angeles’ best known corporate and civic leaders, Robert F. Maguire III, is no longer in control of the real estate company he founded.
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May 19th, 2008 at 04:02pm Under Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is weak but has sidestepped a recession, according to a key forecasting gauge that rose for the second straight month in April, the Conference Board reported today.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Business
The bottom should be hit faster, experts say. But the U.S. may have to lean on other sectors for a recovery.
Nearly two years into a housing decline that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of foreclosures, frozen credit markets and dragged the nation’s economy toward recession, many Americans hope the end is near.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Business
Some ventures in Santa Monica earn green business certificates in recognition of their eco-conscious practices.
Paper or plastic? It’s not an option at the Beauty & Wisdom boutique on Santa Monica’s Main Street.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:05am Under Business
Microsoft Corp said today it has reached out to Yahoo Inc about an alternative deal that would not involve a full acquisition, in a move that could save the web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:05am Under Business
There are several steps you can take to avoid economic ruin. The key is to act quickly.
If the country’s economic malaise leaves you out of a job, here’s the first thing to remember: Stay calm.
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