http://www.latimes.com/business/money/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2013, latimes.com Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:00 -0700 By Lauren Beale http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-hotprop-zsa-zsa-gabor-20130522,0,4424348.story?track=rss Zsa Zsa Gabor's longtime Bel-Air estate has sold for $11 million in a court-approved deal that will enable the ailing actress to remain in the home for three years. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:18:00 PDT By Lauren Beale http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-hotprop-ellen-degeneres-20130522,0,4357702.story?track=rss Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have bought a 13-acre estate in Montecito that had been listed at $26.5 million. The purchase price has not yet appeared in the public record. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:00 PDT By Pat Benson http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-classic-beer-brands-20130522-quiz,0,3077922.story?track=rss Years, even decades later, classic beer jingles and slogans live on in our heads. Don Draper could take a lesson from some of these classic beer advertising lines. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:01:00 PDT By Tiffany Hsu http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-lgbt-exxon-gay-20130522,0,1646483.story?track=rss Consider two fictitious female job candidates with nearly identical resumes, both vying for an administrative assistant position, one with better grades and a history of volunteering for a gay rights group. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:43:00 PDT By Stuart Pfeifer http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-hipsters-driving-up-price-of-beer-researcher-says-20130522,0,1055838.story?track=rss Here’s another reason to be annoyed at hipsters: They’re driving up the price of beer. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:00 PDT By Jim Puzzanghera http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-federal-reserve-stimulus-minutes-bernanke-economy-20130522,0,116486.story?track=rss WASHINGTON -- Some Federal Reserve officials said they were willing to start ratcheting back the central bank's stimulus program as early as June if the economic recovery strengthened further, according to minutes from their policy meeting three week ago. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:00 PDT By Lauren Beale http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-hot-property-christian-slater-20130522,0,5584377.story?track=rss Actor Christian Slater has purchased a home in Coconut Grove, Fla., for $2.2 million. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:00 PDT By Marc Lifsher http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-auto-club-cuts-car-insurance-rates-20130522,0,6068194.story?track=rss About 1 million customers of the Automobile Club of Southern California will get an average $65 reduction in their annual car insurance premiums, the company and the state insurance department announced Wednesday. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT By Tiffany Hsu http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-world-nutella-day-ferrero-20130522,0,5523430.story?track=rss Devotees of Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread can call off the riots -- the brand’s Italian parent Ferrero says it reached a peaceful understanding with the superfan founder of World Nutella Day, an annual appreciation event that the company tried to shut down. Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:00 PDT By Hugo Martin http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-memorial-day-travel-20130522,0,3201009.story?track=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:00 PDT