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Fiat weighs shifting its HQ to the U.S.
Fiat, the century-old Italian automaker, appears poised to move its headquarters to the U.S. after its planned merger with Chrysler Group. The move would be unprecedented in the automotive industry, experts said, because of Fiat's deep roots. "To...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Rick Snyder, Italy, Research and Development, Kelley Blue Book LLC
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Developers buy Rhythm & Hues' ex-headquarters in El Segundo
The former El Segundo headquarters of the visual effects studio Rhythm & Hues has been sold for $25 million to real estate developers who plan to upgrade it and turn it into an office campus for creative firms. Rhythm & Hues was acquired in March in a...
Tags: Real Estate, Entertainment, Defense Equipment, Services and Shopping, Bankruptcy
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Rhythm & Hues effects house in search of a new home
Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, is now looking for a new home. As Times writer Roger Vincent reports, the company's 200,000-square-foot El Segundo headquarters has been sold for $25...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Animation (Movie Genre), The Weinstein Company, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Bankruptcy
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Chrysler's first-quarter profits dip, expenses for new models rise
Chrysler Group said Monday that its first-quarter profit fell 65% to $166 million. The automaker’s earnings were hurt by higher expenses to launch new models and slower business in Europe and South America. Revenue fell 6% to $15.4 billion...
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Jeep, Italy, Bankruptcy, New Products
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GM first-quarter profits dip on losses in Europe, South America
General Motors Co. reported lower first-quarter profits Thursday as it struggled with the continuing economic slump in Europe and a dip in earnings in North America. Profit for the nation’s largest automaker profit fell 14% to $865 million...
Tags: Nissan, Earnings Forecasts, Corporate Performance, China, Tesla
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San Bernardino police officers criticize city officials on billboard
The San Bernardino police officers' union took a very public shot at several of the bankrupt city's elected officials with a billboard proclaiming, "Congratulations! You've made San Bernardino the WORST run city in America!" The billboard featured...
Tags: Politics, Shootings, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Government
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Fiat said to mull IPO after buying Chrysler
Italian automaker Fiat is considering a plan to hold a public stock offering after the company buys 100 percent of Chrysler, according to a person briefed on the matter. The plan to sell shares of a combined company is among several options being...Tags: Dodge, Financing and Stock Offerings, Italy, Fiat S.p.A., Health Insurance Cost
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American Airlines expanding LAX service with eight new destinations
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. For a carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn’t show signs of retrenching. The airline announced plans Wednesday to expand to eight new...
Tags: United Air Lines, Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport
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Ernie Schneider dies at 66; chief administrative officer of O.C. when it declared bankruptcy
Ernie Schneider, the chief administrative officer of Orange County when it declared bankruptcy in 1994 because of its disastrous investment practices, died Saturday at his home in San Juan Capistrano. He was 66. His death, related to liver and kidney...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Politics, Trials, Government, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Blame all around in Stockton
After a federal judge ruled last week that the city of Stockton can reduce its debt through bankruptcy, observers began to frame the battle as one of municipal bondholders against public employees. But it's hard to shed tears for either of them....
Tags: Politics, Local Government, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Casey Anthony asks bankruptcy court to block sale of life story
Lawyers for Casey Anthony have filed suit in bankruptcy court to prevent one of her creditors from selling her life story. Bankruptcy trustee Stephen Meininger considers Anthony’s story an asset akin to any other and is seeking the rights in...
Tags: Trials, Casey Anthony, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Bankruptcy
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U.S. taxpayers could wind up with Fisker Automotive assets
Stymied by unsuccessful efforts to craft a deal with Chinese investors to save the company, struggling carmaker Fisker Automotive laid off most of its workers Friday. Analysts said the move, combined with retaining a bankruptcy law firm last month,...
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