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Gold tumbles as profit-taking hits commodities
Money & CompanyThe stock market posted hefty gains in the fourth quarter, but many commodities were even hotter. So when investors and traders had the itch to take some profits Tuesday, maybe itâs not surprising that commodities bore the brunt of it....... -
Apple: The first $1-trillion company?
Money & CompanyApple Inc. passed another financial milestone on Monday when its stock market value topped $300 billion for the first time -- at $302 billion, ranking second only to Exxon Mobil Corp.âs $377-billion capitalization. Now, get ready to hear more... -
The gift of travel: Priceless
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs parents struggle to find just the right gift for their children this holiday season, let me make a suggestion: I'd give the gift of independence. In this age of "helicopter parenting" — our unceasing hovering over our children — it's not...Tags: Mark Twain, World War II (1939-1945), Family, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment
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Hefner puts Playboy stock out of its misery
Money & CompanyPlayboy Enterprises Inc.'s 39 years as a public firm, which will come to an end with its buyout deal announced Monday, turned out to be the embodiment of that old line about how to become a millionaire in the stock...... -
California's big debt sale drawing heavy demand
Money & CompanyInvestor demand is so strong for California???s sale of short-term debt next week that the state may pay as little as 1.25% on one chunk of the securities. JPMorgan Chase & Co., which is managing the sale of $8.8 billion...... -
A big bear turns bull. But what is the true 'contrarian' view these days?
Money & CompanyNo one chronicled this decade's debt-fueled economic/market bubble, and its subsequent cataclysmic pop, more eloquently than Jim Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer newsletter in New York. To Wall Street (and Main Street) bears, Grant has long held... -
High-frequency traders in the cross hairs after stock market's wild day
Money & CompanyHigh-frequency-trading firms, which use powerful computers to trade stocks in massive volume, were quickly fingered as key culprits in Thursdayâs market debacle. Theyâre a natural target, but in fact we may not know who or what to primarily blame... -
PASSINGS: Charles Garland Lewis Sr., Mary Edwards, Morris Lasker
Charles Garland Lewis Sr.
Basketball coach at San Marino High
Charles Garland Lewis Sr., 97, a former basketball coach and athletic director at San Marino High School, died Dec. 6 of a heart attack at an assisted-living facility in Laguna Hills,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Laws, Justice System, Unions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Takeover deals pick up as execs get bolder
Money & CompanyThe stabilizing economy and rising stock market are spurring a budding recovery in the previously lifeless corporate merger market. In another sign that executives are feeling confident enough to greenlight big deals, Dell Inc. on Monday said it agreed... -
Pasadena office tower sold in what may be county's largest deal this year
L.A. LandLocal and Asian investors bought a prominent Pasadena office complex for $52 million in what may be the largest office property sale of the year in Los Angeles County, a real estate brokerage said today. The 11-story tower at 2...... -
Michael Hiltzik: How to kill a securities market
Money & CompanyMost people can accept stock market downturns if they're tied somehow to the natural ebb and flow of market sentiment and the underlying economy. Strike that -- almost nobody accepts losing money in the stock market. But at least when...... -
First wave of investor orders claims 60% of state note sale
Money & CompanyYield-hungry individual investors are lining up, as expected, for California???s sale of $8.8 billion in short-term debt this week. The state already has orders for nearly 60% of the total dollar volume of securities it plans to sell, according to......
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