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Lowe's offers $205 million for Orchard Supply Hardware
Home improvement giant Lowe's Cos. aims to score a bigger piece of California's real estate recovery by agreeing to rescue Bay Area rival Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. Lowe's on Monday made a $205-million bid for the company, sometimes known as...
Tags: Lowe's Companies Inc., Consumers, Services and Shopping, Land Price, The Home Depot
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California tops list of states with water infrastructure needs
California could use $44.5 billion to fix aging water systems over the next two decades, according to a federal survey that placed the state at the top of a national list of water infrastructure needs. Texas, at nearly $34 billion, and New York, with...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Water, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Supply
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Small business confidence grew slightly in May, survey finds
Small business confidence grew slightly in May, the second highest reading since the recession started, according to a survey from the National Federation of Independent Business. The NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism rose 2.3 points to 94.4, edging...
Tags: Labor Markets, Business, Consumer Confidence, Small Businesses
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Los Angeles ranks fourth in national clean tech leadership index
Los Angeles ranked fourth among U.S. cities leading clean technology growth, according to research firm Clean Edge’s annual index. Based on activity across 22 green-infused indicators, L.A. jumped from seventh place last year, still coming in...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Invention and Innovation, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover
About five years ago, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky denounced USC's proposal to take control of the taxpayer-owned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and its revenue. "Some people on the board of trustees of the University of Southern California...
Tags: Soccer, Major League Soccer, Bruce Springsteen, National Football League, Science and Technology
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Equity investment program can help you buy that house
Are you ready to bet that the great housing recession is finally over and that values are rising again? If so, some of the nation's largest institutional investors are ready to roll the dice with you. Pension funds, endowment portfolios and the like...Tags: Real Estate, Homes, Mortgages, Services and Shopping, Religion and Belief
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Stocks jump after home prices, confidence surge
A rally that brought the stock market to record highs this year came back to life after U.S. home prices rose the most in seven years and consumer confidence reached a five-year high. As stock prices rose investors sold bonds, sending interest rates...
Tags: Stock Market, Money and Monetary Policy, Tesla Motors, Inc., Prudential Financial Incorporated, Consumers
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Cars Land drives up attendance at Disney's California Adventure
Cars Land has put the pedal to the metal on attendance numbers at Disney's California Adventure Park. The once-struggling theme park adjacent to Disneyland in Anaheim drew 7.8 million visitors in 2012, a 22.6% increase over the previous year,...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment, Business Enterprises, Gardens and Parks, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Dell board recommends Michael Dell's buyout offer
The Dell Inc. board is standing behind a buyout offer from Michael Dell, the company's chief executive and founder, and it has asked shareholders of the slumping PC maker to approve the deal in a July 18 vote. The company's announcement Friday is the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Leveraged Buyouts, Prices, Carl Icahn, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Activists rally against potential L.A. Times sale to Koch brothers
About 100 activists rallied in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening to protest a potential sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Part of the group -- a collection of environmentalists,...
Tags: Judaism, Tribune Company, Newspapers, Bruce Karsh, Oaktree Capital Management
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BofA, JPMorgan say they have fulfilled mortgage settlement terms
Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. say they have satisfied their obligations to help troubled borrowers under last year's landmark mortgage settlement with state and federal officials. Another bank that signed the settlement, Wells Fargo &...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Mortgages
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Bloomberg in damage-control mode over client snooping
Officials at Bloomberg, the New York financial news and information service, scrambled to deal with an unfolding customer privacy scandal after admitting its journalists had snooped on business clients for years through its network of terminals ubiquitous...
Tags: European Central Bank, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Journalism, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Finance
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