Sports
Less than two years after ending her marathon financial battle with Irvine Co. owner Donald Bren, heiress Joan Irvine Smith is involved in a new high-stakes dispute with another formidable foe: the Internal Revenue Service.
March 18, 1992
California
A lawyer for heiress Joan Irvine Smith says she will not testify in a lengthy trial in which she is seeking a half-billion dollars for her share of the Irvine Co.
Oct. 20, 1988
Business
While 150 world leaders continue their efforts outside Paris to hammer out an agreement to address climate change, the concerted attack on scientists by conservatives in Congress has continued apace.
Dec. 4, 2015
Music
*** DISAPPOINTMENT INCORPORATED”Spoken Through the Profits” Time Bomb
Aug. 21, 1998
Travel & Experiences
Erwin Smith, a retired engineer, and his wife, Betty, were 7,500 miles from home on the Indonesian island of Bali in October as part of a 29-day vacation.
Dec. 19, 1989
Leon Cooperman says CalPERS’ call for the conglomerate to leave Bermuda is ‘ill-advised’ and could erase future tax savings.
Feb. 26, 2003
Real Estate
Completion in the first quarter of next year is scheduled for the first phase of the $150-million, 68-acre Irvine Plaza development by Hillman Properties.
June 5, 1988
Archives
The pact demonstrates that there is no barrier--technological or otherwise--to making guns safer.
March 19, 2000
Baker Hughes and Smith International agreed Friday to settle a 14-year-old patent infringement case for $95 million, less than half the $204.6 million that Smith originally had been ordered to pay by a federal judge.
June 6, 1987
In a move applauded by Wall Street, Smith International said Thursday that Jerry W.
Dec. 11, 1987