Business
Incorporation: New businesses are up 3.9% from ’95. Southland’s technology and service industries lead the way.
Jan. 1, 1997
Music
Joe Smith, former chairman of Elektra/Asylum Records, and David Berman, senior vice president of business affairs at Warner Bros.
Dec. 12, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
Capitol Industries-EMI Inc. formally announced Friday that Joe Smith has been named vice chairman and chief executive and David Berman has been named president of the Los Angeles-based record and music publishing firm.
Dec. 13, 1986
Atari Games Sold to WMS Industries: New York-based Time Warner Inc. has sold Atari Games Corp. to WMS Industries Inc. of Chicago, the companies announced.
March 8, 1996
Bally Gaming Accepts WMS Takeover Offer: The nation’s second-largest slot machine maker said it accepted the offer by WMS Industries Inc. of Chicago, subject to regulatory and stockholder approval, even though that offer was less than a rival bid by Las Vegas-based Alliance Gaming Corp.
June 23, 1995
Technology and the Internet
Viacom Inc.’
Nov. 10, 1993
The Delaware Supreme Court handed QVC Network Inc. another huge victory in the battle for Paramount Communications Inc. on Thursday, in effect ordering Paramount’s directors to auction off the company.
Dec. 10, 1993
It’s almost an article of faith in the electronics world these days that two largely separate industries--computers and consumer electronics--are rapidly becoming one.
June 1, 1992
California
The wobbly Calabasas incorporation campaign stumbled once more Wednesday as three residential areas and an industrial park were dropped from the proposed city’s boundaries--and a new challenge to the city’s financial stability was raised.
Nov. 19, 1987
Placing an unprecedented bet on the future of the gambling industry, conglomerate ITT Corp. on Monday agreed to buy Los Angeles-based Caesars World--owner of the famed Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip--for $1.7 billion in cash.
Dec. 20, 1994