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California wineries were expanding into China’s big wine market. Trump’s trade war is destroying their plans.
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Shaun Pennington, 39, is president of Diamond Mattress, his family’s nearly 80-year-old California company. The Compton firm is facing major disruption in a traditionally sleepy industry.
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When lending money to friends and family, the first rule is to offer only what you’re able to lose. Because that’s often what happens.
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“Full House” star John Stamos has found a new spot in Hidden Hills. Also: Brie Larsen sells her Hollywood Hills home at a loss, and former Dodger Milton Bradley steps up to the real estate plate in Encino.
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Pieces that reflect Africa, India and New England also highlight discovered family ties.
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A contemporary-style home in Hollywood Hills West designed for indoor-outdoor living and play. Asking price: $11,599,999.
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Endeavor Content is part of the larger company’s aggressive and controversial strategy to expand beyond traditional deal-making into owning content.
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The Fiat 500X offers a much sportier driving experience than the Fiat 500 thanks to an all-new 1.3-liter turbocharged engine.
Actor John Stamos and talk-show host Leeza Gibbons are among the celebrities making recent real estate purchases in the Los Angeles area.
Musician Frank Simes, who has toured with Stevie Nicks and the Who, has listed his charming home in Sierra Madre for sale at $1.15 million.
In Studio City, the Rudolph Schindler-designed Lechner house has sold for more than the $4.8-million asking price.
Actor Breckin Meyer has unloaded his chic 1960s Midcentury home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Nichols Canyon Colony for $1.725 million.
The $119.75-million record sale of the Manor in Holmby Hills and a $75-million deal in Bel-Air were L.A. County’s two most expensive residential transactions in July.
Company Town
Mike Denering’s brushstrokes are everywhere as one of Hollywood’s last scenic painters. He’s tried to retire, but the movies keep drawing him back.
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Sometimes reporting a story is like shaking a tree: You rattle one branch and an entirely different limb swings into view.
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Programming chief David Madden is leaving as AMC Networks President Sarah Barnett will take over the company’s production studio.
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Podcast app listening on mobile devices is up 60%, and millennials are driving the growth, with one-third consuming at least five podcasts a week.
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Universal Pictures canceled the movie’s theatrical release after a political outcry over gun violence and politics. But the studio hasn’t ruled out a possible future release.
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Like 11 other dockless e-scooter companies, Scoot Networks was eager to obtain a coveted permit to do business in San Francisco.
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San Francisco-based mobility company Scoot says it redlined two San Francisco neighborhoods at their request.
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Bernstein Research finds turnover at Tesla is sky high and worries that could hurt the company.
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Despite President Trump’s proclamations, the U.S. won’t get many of the jobs moving out of China. Taiwan and Southeast Asia are first in line to absorb any manufacturing exodus.
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California wineries were expanding into China’s big wine market. Trump’s trade war is destroying their plans.
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As airline passenger numbers break records, LAX and several other major U.S. airports have reduced security checkpoint wait times.
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Bernstein Research finds turnover at Tesla is sky high and worries that could hurt the company.
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“Full House” star John Stamos has found a new spot in Hidden Hills. Also: Brie Larsen sells her Hollywood Hills home at a loss, and former Dodger Milton Bradley steps up to the real estate plate in Encino.
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Resorts and other property owners turn to professional falconers to get rid of nuisance birds in an eco-friendly way.
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Subpar service could prevent Tesla from making a bigger splash in Germany, where exacting car owners value how painstakingly their BMWs and Mercedes are cared for.
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Elon Musk has a huge financial incentive to turn on full-service driving. But is Tesla anywhere close to ready?
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President Trump’s plan to freeze U.S. vehicle efficiency standards would result in higher costs for motorists without doing anything to boost highway safety, according to a Consumer Reports analysis that undermines the administration’s chief talking points in favor of the move.
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In response to “On the Spot” column, readers last out at the resort fees hotels are charging.
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President Trump is warning of an economic crash if he loses, arguing that even voters who personally dislike him must vote for him anyway.
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Robert Cameron’s new job is to protect student loan borrowers from poor industry practices. His previous employer has been cited for poor industry practices.
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With interest rates on 30-year U.S. debt hitting all-time lows this week, the government is once again considering whether to start borrowing for even longer.
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Virgin Galactic showed off its headquarters and customer center at Spaceport America in New Mexico, declaring the facility “operationally ready” for space tourism.
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But stock indexes still notched a third straight weekly decline after steep losses earlier in the week, including the Dow’s 800-point drop Wednesday.
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California’s job market powered ahead in July amid the longest expansion since the 1960s, and unemployment remained at a record low.
How I Made It
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Jessica Hawthorne-Castro took a pay cut to join her father’s struggling informercial business. Now she runs it for a digital age using science and analytics.
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Roland Spongberg started with one El Pollo Loco in 1988; now he has 192 franchise restaurants under several well-known brands, including Denny’s, Krispy Kreme, Wendy’s and Blaze Pizza.
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Andrei Cherny, who pivoted to finance from a career in politics, has raised $110 million from venture capital firms for his financial tech outfit.
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Samantha Barnes, 38, is co-founder and chief executive of Raddish, a subscription kit and cooking club designed for children ages 4 to 14 that delivers a new culinary project every month.
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William Wang, 55, is founder and chief executive of Vizio, one of the nation’s bestselling TV brands, which is tackling new ways of streaming television.
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