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Spanish-style living in the Hollywood Hills
This 1920s Spanish-style house had its beginnings in old Hollywood. The villa, which features a rotunda entry, stenciled ceilings and a tower room, was built for early film producer William Sistrom and designed by art director Harry McAfee. Location:...
Tags: Lauren Beale
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Social Security cutters distort 'accuracy' of chained CPI, again!
Ed Lorenzen, a representative of a clutch of Washington groups aiming to cut Social Security benefits for you and me, takes issue with my recent blog post calling out one of their "reforms" as a stealthy, and deceitful, benefit cut. Lorenzen even...
Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Indicator, Consumers, Social Security
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Japan seeks to join Asia-Pacific trade pact
WASHINGTON -- Japan intends to join the talks for an ambitious free-trade pact with the U.S. and 10 other countries, raising the economic stakes of the negotiations but also potentially delaying agreement as American and Japanese interests tangle over...
Tags: Government, Asia, Barack Obama, White House, Shinzo Abe
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Apple CEO Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-books antitrust case
A federal judge has ruled that Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook must testify in the U.S. government's e-books antitrust case against the company. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Department of Justice's request to order Cook to...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Book, Trials, Antitrust Issues, Laws
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SoCal home prices up 21%; February sales volume hits 6-year high
Southern California once again saw strong home price increases last month as the percentage of absentee buyers hit a record high and cash buyers remained a dominant force. The six-county Southland saw the median home price rise nearly 21% over the year,...
Tags: Rentals, Services and Shopping, Condos and Houses, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate
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Chocolate makers adjusting recipes for success
In 92 years, See's Candies has never shied away from being old-fashioned. At the factory on La Cienega Boulevard, some octogenarian workers measure their decades of employment in hip replacements. Quaint floral details are still hand-piped onto...
Tags: Cadbury plc, Science and Technology, Mars, Inc., New Products, Coca-Cola Co.
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Technically Speaking
If you’re ready to replace that gas guzzler in your driveway but are wary of new-car sticker shock, a green CPO is the way to go. Manufacturer-certified pre-owned green vehicles — fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrids, clean diesels, plug-in...
Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toyota, Passenger Cars
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Job growth accelerates as housing market strengthens
WASHINGTON -- Job growth has begun gathering steam as the housing market comes back to life and many private employers start to look past government budget battles and begin adding employees to their thinned ranks. The Labor Department said the...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Labor Markets, Science and Technology, Business, Employment
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When a drug costs 30 times what it once did
Diane Shattuck filled a prescription in December for a generic antibiotic called doxycycline. With insurance, she paid $4.30 for 60 pills at a CVS store in Orange. She returned at the end of February to refill her prescription. This time, she was told...
Tags: Pneumonia, Lyme Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Swiss Confederation, CVS Corp.
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Herbalife is global giant with business model in question
Stock spotlight is a new weekly feature that will profile a notable, public company. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Herbalife: A caption for a photo with the Stock Spotlight column in the Feb. 25 Section A said customers were participating in an...
Tags: Stock Market, Carl Icahn, Business, Herbalife Limited, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Home prices up 9.7% year-over-year in January, CoreLogic reports
WASHINGTON -- U.S. home prices rose 9.7% in January from a year earlier, the biggest increase since 2006, a real estate data analysis firm reported Tuesday. Southern California was among the best performing regions in the country, according to Irvine-...
Tags: Foreclosures, Real Estate
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Get ready for likely gas price increase when California taxes go up
It's probably the last thing that California motorists want to hear: the state's excise tax on gasoline will rise by 3.5 cents a gallon on July 1. The increase will take the state's excise tax to up to 39.5 cents a gallon for every gallon of gasoline...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gasoline Industry, Petroleum Industry
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