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Officials say they’re better off than counterparts in other big cities that are more reliant on tourist and corporate dollars.
Jan. 14, 2002
Business
More collective bargaining, not government action, is what workers need most.
Aug. 17, 2006
When Mobil Corp. last orchestrated an exodus of its employees from New York, the city was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and companies were fleeing in droves.
May 10, 1987
California
Ten cities, including four in the Southeast area, have agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to help clean up a Monterey Park dump once considered one of the most toxic in the nation.
July 9, 1992
When Edgar Bronfman Jr. declared Sunday that buying control of MCA Inc. gave him a seat at “the table,” local charities might well have salivated.
April 12, 1995
World & Nation
The most glaring remnant of Mexico’s nationalistic past is expected to be removed this year with the enactment of a new foreign investment law to replace a 20-year-old statute that severely limited foreign participation in the nation’s economy.
Jan. 11, 1993
Geril Muller served so many flaming dishes at his elegant Newport Beach restaurant that the Fire Department tried to ban his steak Diane--not to mention his cherries jubilee.
Aug. 2, 1985
Painting a broad portrait of waste and inefficiency in city government, a committee of business leaders assembled by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan concluded Thursday that $1 billion in new revenues and cost savings can be squeezed from city operations over the next five years to fund more police and other programs.
Feb. 25, 1994
For a country with a virtually empty treasury, Mexico has ambitious plans.
April 10, 1990
Housing & Homelessness
Five Los Angeles housing projects with a total of 153 units have been approved for funding by the Chicago-based National Equity Fund, reportedly the nation’s largest private nonprofit community development corporation.
April 24, 1988