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Most Federal Reserve officials believed last month that the three rate cuts they made this year would be enough unless the economy weakened significantly.
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Mexican actress Paola Núñez has paid $1.349 million — or $100,000 over the asking price — for a chic hillside home in Laurel Canyon. -
General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that its rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto Workers union.
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In Woodland Hills, actor Ricky Whittle has bought a custom home for $1.425 million — or $125,000 more than the asking price.
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Once Ring doorbell owners give law enforcement access to video captured by their cameras, police can keep the video as long as they want and share it.
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The real test will come next year, when Google’s Stadia begins to compete with new video game consoles due out from Sony and Microsoft, an expert says.
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Target Corp. reached a record high after raising its full-year outlook again, providing a safe haven after several retailers unnerved investors.
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As Hollywood’s major unions gird for potentially contentious contract negotiations with major studios, Netflix moves to hash out its own labor deals that could give it a major competitive advantage in the event of a strike.
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The Middle East’s biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion.
The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
How firms helped rewrite a law to make it difficult for coroners to stop them from harvesting body parts.
The Times found dozens of cases in which autopsy investigations were hindered or delayed by the procurement of tissues or organs — something the industry claims never happens.
Executives coached coroners on how to keep body parts harvesting records secret
After buying a scenic spot in Encino last year, record producer Cirkut has trimmed the price of his Hollywood Hills contemporary home to $5.495 million.
Two-time NBA champion Sasha Vujačić is asking $3.799 million for his Manhattan Beach town house of 10 years.
Jimmy Rollins, the former All-Star shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers, has sold his Encino home for $10.55 million.
Producer Jonathan Littman’s Encino villa, which portrayed the home of Adrian Grenier’s character in HBO’s “Entourage,” is for sale for $5.499 million.
Director-producer Len Wiseman has shelled out $4.6 million for a newly built showplace just above Sunset Strip in Laurel Canyon.
Company Town
Kevin Mayer, the Disney executive in charge of Disney+, blamed streaming service glitches on heavy demand and a computer coding problem.
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Women and people of color directed a greater proportion of TV shows in the last season, but Hollywood is still giving a majority of first-time jobs to a less diverse pool of insiders.
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The Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston agency is the fifth company to break ranks with the ATA.
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The so-called Paramount decrees have governed film distribution and exhibition for decades. The Justice Department views them as out of date.
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Southern California locations play a key role in ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale as American race car builder Carroll Shelby and English race car driver Ken Miles.
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Google’s head of philanthropy says the tech giant is having “a lot of conversations” internally amid worries about its appetite for consumer data.
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Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.
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The proliferation of phony identities on Facebook has reached a record high.
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The sportswear giant says it will pull its products — from shoes to jerseys — from the e-commerce behemoth because it wants to create its own direct ties to online shoppers.
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Once Ring doorbell owners give law enforcement access to video captured by their cameras, police can keep the video as long as they want and share it.
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Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.
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The Scorpion submarine, which became a Long Beach tourist attraction, had deteriorated so much that it was closed in 2015. Plans are to remove the sub by mid May.
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California companies are scrambling to figure out how AB 5, a sweeping new hiring law, affects them.
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Gannett and GateHouse will merge into the largest U.S. newspaper company, but its future looks anything but certain.
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Ford Motor Co. on Sunday unveiled its all-new fully electric vehicle, the Mustang Mach-E.
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Ford is pulling out all the stops with the Mach-E, an SUV with a strong family resemblance to the Mustang, the world’s best-selling sports coupe and a muscle-car icon since its launch in 1964.
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California has joined other states in filing a second lawsuit against the administration for revoking the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.
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Jerry Hirshberg, the founding director of Nissan Design International in La Jolla, died Sunday at the age of 80.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked to portray himself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.
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Boeing got 50 orders for the 737 Max during the Dubai Airshow, building momentum for the grounded aircraft ahead of its potential return to the skies.
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Energy-sector stocks took the heaviest losses as the price of U.S. crude oil dropped 3.2%. Disappointing earnings from Kohl’s sent other retailer stocks into a skid.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants an independent scientific review of all new proposals for hydraulic fracturing by California’s oil industry.
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GateHouse has closed its $1.1-billion takeover of Gannett, promising a $300-million cut in annual costs.
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Boeing said it is fixing the problem. In 2018, a broken fan blade on a 737 NG plane started a chain reaction that killed a Southwest Airlines passenger.
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Letters cited by the SEC chairman to lessen the power of dissident shareholders are the product of a misleading public relations campaign by corporate interests.
How I Made It
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If it wasn’t for the professional wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, El Segundo Brewing Co. and it’s founder, Rob Croxall, wouldn’t be where they are today.
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At Universal Studios Hollywood, Jon Corfino gets to spend his days creating new attractions, including Jurassic World — The Ride. At lunch, he likes to blend in with parkgoers to see what’s working and what isn’t.
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Matt Pohlson and Omaze team up with celebrities to offer one-of-a-kind experiences for raffle contestants, with a substantial chunk of the proceeds going to charity.
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Health-Ade Kombucha Chief Executive Daina Trout likes science, health and fermenting. She’s combined them all into a business run with her husband and her best friend.
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Kadakia turned her own frustration over finding dance classes into a successful business model
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