By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Mike Evans is the founder of Tree of Life Nursery near San Juan Capistrano, California's largest seller of native plants....
By Mary Umberger
CHICAGO — Maxine Lauer calls the group of consumers 15 to 34 "Generation Now" because they want what they want and they want it now.
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
High-end outdoor clothier and gear maker Patagonia Inc. is out to prove that a company can generate strong sales while being nearly...
By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times
NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said...
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — A controversial bill that would ban state agencies from regulating telephones that use Internet connections passed a...
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The consumer financial watchdog is taking aim at reloadable prepaid cards, moving to regulate a fast-growing product that...
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times
Moody's Investors Service raised the credit rating of Ford Motor Co. to an investment grade, giving its seal of approval to a corporate...
By David Lazarus
Has your Internet Explorer browser ever crashed while you were cruising the Web? Of course it has. And you've probably then seen a box...
By Michael Hiltzik
By William D'Urso, Los Angeles Times
The gig: As a kid Jamon Hicks spent many afternoons in courtrooms where his mother was a clerk. He still spends a lot of his time...
By David Lazarus
If there's one issue that consistently cheeses off consumers, it's being unable to get a human being on the phone when you have a problem...
By Shan Li and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Despite multiple corruption probes into its Mexican subsidiary, retail giantWal-Mart Stores Inc.reported first-quarter profits that exceeded...
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
Facebook Inc. is certain to make a dramatic entrance to the stock market Friday with its hotly awaited initial public offering.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana said they improved his strength and posture. Celebrity Kim Kardashian boasted they...
By Michael Hiltzik
If you're a small investor seeking a piece of the Facebook initial public offering, here's the bad news: You're too late and you're too...
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
Amid mounting evidence that rival states are chipping away at California's movie and TV production business, a coalition of entertainment...
By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
Add slowing retail sales to the story of the payback for the warm winter weather.
By Michael Hiltzik
In a rational world, a corporate chairman who presided over a huge unexpected loss would be raked over the coals at his...
By David Lazarus
Americans eat too damn much. And we all pay a rising cost for this gluttony in the form of higher insurance premiums and lost productivity.
By Michael Hiltzik
You've heard all about how banks present a danger to the financial system once they become "too big to fail" (I'm looking at you, JPMorgan...