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Foreclosures down in October as housing market continues healing
WASHINGTON -- The number of homes in foreclosure dropped in October from the previous month and was down 9% for the year as the housing market showed signs of improvement. About 1.3 million homes, or 3.2% of all U.S. homes, were in any stage of the...
Tags: Real Estate, Financial and Business Services, Services and Shopping
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Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess
Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It didn't fail because its unions wanted it to die. It...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Grupo Bimbo, Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, Finance
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'Fiscal cliff' deal delivers $64 billion in tax breaks
When President Obama signed the "fiscal cliff" legislation, the middle class wasn't the only group saved from tax hikes. The new law, which rescinded the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that would have gone into effect beginning Jan. 1,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, John D. Rockefeller IV, Bank of America Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure, Economy, Business and Finance
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Beads come of age
Special to the Los Angeles TimesImages of hippie-era love beads and Native American-inspired headbands can condemn beading in jewelry and accessories to appearing quaint at best. But the artisan level of contemporary beaders crafting today's fashion jewelry and accessories puts that...Tags: Converse, Inc., Britney Spears, Duke University, Architecture, Sundance Film Festival
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City Beat: Potions, pills at Heritage Square's new Colonial Drug
L.A. NOWCity Beat: Heritage Square's new, vintage Colonial Drug is a re-creation of the kind of corner drugstore that is all but extinct nowadays.... -
Allegations that LAPD officers resold weapons for profit probed
L.A. NOWA report released Friday by the Los Angeles Police Department's independent watchdog raised serious questions about the possible resale of handguns by officers. The allegations, if true, could be a violation of federal firearm laws and city ethics... -
Wii U: Will Nintendo’s new GamePad reinvent the playing field?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comCRITIC'S NOTEBOOK The launch of Nintendo's newest console — the Wii U — is just about one month away. There ...... -
A look at proposals to limit the mortgage interest deduction
WASHINGTON — Limiting the homeowner mortgage interest deduction came up in two of the presidential debates, but specifics about who would be affected and how much they might lose in tax benefits were minimal. To put some rough numbers on the issue,...Tags: Public Finance, Real Estate, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Mortgages
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Alfred Shaheen's influence beyond the Hawaiian shirt
HONOLULU — That Hawaiian shirt you wore on Friday for casual day? You can thank Alfred Shaheen for that. Clothes may make the man, but Shaheen was the man who made the clothes — the fashionable ones created in Honolulu that elevated aloha...
Tags: Fashion Trends, Museums, Science and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Homebuilder confidence hits 6-year high despite credit crunch
Homebuilder sentiment climbed in October to its strongest level since June 2006 as more serious buyers expressed interest in buying new single-family homes. The one-point gain in the National Assn. of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index doesn&...
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Pending sales of existing homes fall below mark considered healthy
After hitting a two-year high, pending sales of previously occupied homes fell in August below the threshold considered healthy, according to a trade group. An index of signed contracts had hit 101.9 in July, reaching its highest point since home...
Tags: Real Estate, Human Accomplishments, Homes, Real Estate Sales, Services and Shopping
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Sales of existing homes improve as prices rise
Sales of existing homes are strengthening and prices continue to rise, stoking confidence in the housing market’s recovery. That’s to hear the National Assn. of Realtors tell it. According to the trade group, resales of single-family homes,...
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