Politics
In 1988, when Barbara Hackman Franklin served on the George Bush campaign’s Republican convention team, she would arrive every morning for staff meetings carrying a plastic bag filled with bran flakes and prunes.
Dec. 27, 1991
Business
Franklin Tom, who was state corporations commissioner when the department approved now-bankrupt American Continental Corp.’
Sept. 1, 1989
This may be the September when the diminished importance of Labor Day--more diminished would be hard to imagine--ends its sad 25-year run as a leading indicator of the economic and political plight of working-class America.
Sept. 3, 1995
California
Saying it had found no evidence of wrongdoing, the State Bar of California on Friday ended its investigation into the ethical conduct of three individuals closely tied to Gov.
March 17, 1990
The State Bar of California is investigating the ethical conduct of Gov.
March 3, 1990
Technology and the Internet
Franklin Telecom of Westlake Village has named Steve Lee as vice president of marketing and corporate development.
Jan. 11, 2000
Companies ranked by profit from continuing operations as a % of sales. 1992 Rank Company Return % 1 Carter Hawley Hale 38.5 2 Magma Power 33.4 3 Amgen Inc. 32.7 4 ALZA Corp. 31.5 5 Franklin Resources Inc. 30.1 6 N.
April 27, 1993
Music
It doesn’t get much better than it got this week for Bertelsmann Music Group.
Dec. 21, 1999