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The Times Sports staff on the Lakers' 50 amazing years
Michael Hiltzik
State's school funding process is failing - November 19, 2009
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Obama to shift bailout emphasis to small business
President Obama said today that he will shift spending of the government's multibillion-dollar financial bailout away from large financial...
Obama refocuses bailout on small businesses
LANDOVER, Md. -- President Barack Obama unveiled plans to refocus spending of the government's $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall...
Shopping-center kiosks are a way to try retail ownership
Silvia Spross took a baby step into small-business ownership when she opened a jewelry kiosk on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade.
Firm distributes wines robust in black pride
When Selena Cuffe sampled South African wines four years ago in Soweto, she didn't wax poetic about their rustic radiance, about plum and...
Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown
On the third Sunday of each month, a dozen or so people pedal out of Highland Park atop steel-frame bikes straight out of the Chinese...
Filmmaker is the largest independent producer of giant-screen IMAX movies
The gig: Running MacGillivray Freeman Films, which made its first 16-millimeter surfing documentary in 1967 and evolved into...
A friend to L.A.'s best old buildings
The gig: Founder and principal of Levin & Associates Architects, a Los Angeles firm that specializes in historic building...
Coaching the Sport Chalet team
The gig: Chief executive and chairman of sporting goods chain Sport Chalet Inc. Founded 50 years ago, the La Cañada Flintridge...
The Callaway Cars founder channels his need for speed into producing souped-up Corvettes
The gig: Founder of Callaway Cars. The company, based in Connecticut with a major assembly plant in Corona and another plant...
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