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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in May as higher energy costs were partly offset by cheaper food. The small...
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — A battle is raging over a California program that grants businesses tax breaks for creating jobs but prevents the...
By Lisa Zamosky
Tabitha Smith had been sick for about a week last November with what she thought was just a cold. When she didn't get better, her mom pushed...
By Cale Ottens, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Ken Kahan, 54, is founder and president of California Landmark, a real estate development company that has made...
By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants industry giant Anthem Blue Cross barred from the state's new health exchange for small...
By Andrew Tangel and Chris O'Brien, Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial e-book deals, defended how the tech...
By Michael Hiltzik
The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is...
By David Lazarus
Generic prescription drugs have to meet exacting standards for ingredients and quality, which you'd think would make them uniformly priced...
By Michael Hiltzik
It's news when government identifies a genuine problem and takes reasoned steps to solve it. So here's news: The Obama administration has...
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Gwynne Shotwell, 49, is president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, the Hawthorne company that builds rockets...
By Liz Weston
Dear Liz: My husband and I have been putting 5% and 6%, respectively, into our 401(k) accounts to get our full company...
By Kenneth R. Harney
WASHINGTON — Pressured by consumer protection regulators, the Federal Housing Administration is expected to end one of its most...
By Michael Hiltzik
Fear-mongers and other critics of Social Security were silenced — momentarily — by the release last week of the annual trustees'...
By DiAngelea Millar, Los Angeles Times
The lottery is over. The winners are 31 film and TV producers who were vying against hundreds of others for a piece of California's $100...
By David Lazarus
Sherry Tedeschi is an avid moviegoer, typically hitting a film a week, sometimes two or three.
By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times
Its squat, 1970s-era headquarters in Van Nuys may not look like much from the outside, but Superior Industries International Inc. is a key...
By Michael Hiltzik
What do Leon Panetta, Marc Morial and Corinthian Colleges have in common? Good question.
By Lisa Zamosky
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events...
By Liz Weston
Dear Liz: My spouse has tenure at a university. Given that one of us will always be employed, should we change the way we...