World & Nation
The scene in Chase Manhattan Bank’s London dealing room was frenetic yet controlled Thursday: Young men and women, jackets slung over the backs of chairs, stared into a bank of computer screens, one, sometimes two, telephones clasped to their ears.
Sept. 18, 1992
Business
Although his L.A. Clippers keep losing, he keeps building an empire of Westside properties. And he does it without brokers, partners or Wall Street.
July 9, 1996
Sports
Donald Sterling’s move to dismantle a family trust in order to block the sale of the Clippers could cause three banks to call for repayment of $480 million in loans and force the billionaire to sell part of his apartment empire, his chief financial officer testified Monday.
July 21, 2014
California
First Newport Federal Savings Bank, the successor to a tiny bank that federal regulators seized in June, 1992, has been sold to Sterling Bank & Trust of Southfield, Mich., Resolution Trust Corp. officials said Friday.
July 24, 1993
The U.S. government has asked Switzerland to lift banking secrecy to assist a probe into suspected insider trading in connection with a hostile takeover bid for Sterling Drug Inc., a Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
Jan. 13, 1988
The former controller of a Sterling Savings & Loan subsidiary in Irvine pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court here to charges of embezzling about $1.2 million from the institution.
Nov. 8, 1990
Clippers
For the first time since he began a nearly two-month battle to block his wife from selling the Clippers, Donald Sterling met Monday with Steve Ballmer, the man who would like to replace him as principal owner of the team.
I realized the danger of intemperate comments on anything race-related this week after a post I wrote about Clippers owner Donald Sterling landed me, in the eyes of hockey fans, right up there with Sterling -- whose bigoted comments just got him banned from the NBA.
April 30, 2014
Archives
Donald Sterling is generous, impolitic and eager to be liked
Jan. 3, 2010
Regulators seize two more banks
April 18, 2009