Business
Half a percentage point doesn’t sound like a lot.
Feb. 14, 2018
Opinion
President Obama’s decision to drop his pursuit of “chained CPI” -- a less generous method for calculating cost-of-living adjustments to federal benefits and income tax brackets -- sent deficit hawks into an emotional tailspin.
Feb. 21, 2014
President Obama’s budget: Last rites for a ‘grand bargain’
Acquisitions: It agrees to buy Corporate Property Investors and its 23 coveted malls around the country, including 2 in O.C.
Feb. 20, 1998
Letters: Fairness for fixed-income seniors
Dec. 21, 2012
Politics
Washington is still intent on cutting middle-class entitlements. This time, they’re trying a back-door approach, by changing a key economic rule about inflation.
Dec. 15, 1996
John Lippman has been appointed executive director of the law firm of Murtaugh, Miller, Meyer & Nelson in Orange.
June 19, 1991
Retailing: Mission Viejo Mall owner Simon DeBartolo Group plans to buy parent of Westminster, Brea centers.
Inflation slows to 0.3%, with a ‘core’ rate of 0.1%, buttressing hopes for a slow Fed tightening.
July 17, 2004
Ripping off needy seniors through the ‘chained CPI’
July 13, 2011