Los Angeles Business Journal back issues from September 2000:
More Latinos Leaving High-Cost Los Angeles.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Seven years after the peak of "white flight," Los Angeles is now seeing signs of "Latino flight." In particular, the number of low-income and poorly educated minorities taking flight is on the rise, while fewer and fewer whites are leaving, according to a new Public Policy ...
Hobbit Hype.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... STUDIO BREAKS NEW GROUND IN WEB MARKETING LAST summer, Artisan Films' "The Blair Witch Project" came out of seemingly nowhere to make more than $140 million at the box office and make heroes of the online marketers cited for much of the movie's early success. But the ...
Theater Woes Having a Big Real Estate Impact.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... If it were a movie plot, the predicament facing L.A.-area cineplexes would be a real nail-biter. The parent companies of scores of L.A.-area movie theaters are on the financial rocks, burdened with heavy debt from aggressive expansions and upgrades, a slew of outdated movie ...
Downtown's Next Trend: Hotel Conversions.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Downtown office buildings have been converted into everything from telecom-equipment storehouses to residential lofts. So the latest scheme to breathe new life into the outdated structures - converting them into hotels -may come as no surprise. But is it financially feasible? ...
Spanish Smash.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... UNIVISION'S CASH COW 'SABADO GIGANTE' COMES TO LOS ANGELES Outside the Hollywood Palladium, traffic was stacked up like a bad day at Los Angeles International Airport. Cars cruised up and down Vine Street looking for any parking lot that wasn't already crammed with ...
Where Are Flawed Tires Ending Up?(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... With L.A. motorists returning an estimated 300,000 potentially flawed Firestone tires and other drivers statewide turning in another 700,000 or so, the question arises: Where will all those bogus tires go? The lion's share is expected to end up at Santa Fe Springs-based Lakin ...
Ready to Run?(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The buzz in political circles around town is that state Controller Kathleen Connell is going to declare her candidacy for L.A. mayor in the next couple of weeks. Of course, people have been speculating for more than a year that Connell would run. After all, as the only ...
Read the Fine Print.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... A bright red banner that recently went up on Kinross Avenue in Westwood has some denizens of the sedate Village hopping mad. It proclaims "Live Nude Entertainment" in large white letters. But step closer, and you can see the fine print: "Opening soon. Penny Lane ...
Timing Is Everything.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Dana Lee says his upcoming publication, "Ingenue Magazine," isn't going to be a trade publication like "Variety" or a movie-magazine like "Premiere." Lee, editor-in-chief of the publication scheduled to bow (that's trade talk for "launch") next spring, says he's looking to ...
Good Vibrations.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... St. John's Health Center is relying on the world's largest shock absorbers to withstand future earthquakes. The Santa Monica hospital, which was heavily damaged by the 1994 Northridge quake, is installing 180 steel and rubber pad devices -- called base isolators -- in the ...
Rivalry in the Making as Arena League Braces for XFL Kickoff.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... The Arena Football League's Los Angeles Avengers finished its inaugural season in July at the bottom of the standings, with a record of three wins and 11 losses. That didn't stop it from doing quite well at the gate, averaging 11,600 fans for its seven home games at Staples Center, well ...
Truckers Growing Tired of Long Waits at Ports' Gates.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Peak season is in full swing at the local seaports, and while cargo is being handled without any significant problems, truck drivers are getting increasingly fed up with the long waits at the terminals. There has been mounting pressure on terminal operators to keep their gates ...
Tiny Loan Delinquency Rate Reflects Strong Economy.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Commercial mortgage lenders are having themselves a worry-free summer this year. According to the most recent data from the California Mortgage Bankers Association, the statewide delinquency ratio for commercial real estate loans dropped to a minuscule 0.2 percent in the second quarter. ...
L.A. Technology Companies Win Marketing Grants.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Seven local companies have received state grants that will allow them to commercialize their cutting-edge technologies. The companies are among 31 selected statewide as part of the California Technology Investment Partnership (CalTIP), which provides funding for marketing to ...
Lieberman Takes Aim at Kids' Access to Violent Media.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Sen. Joseph Lieberman wants to testify to Congress this month on one of his pet issues, reducing children's access to violent entertainment. It's a play that could backfire for the Democratic vice presidential candidate, political analysts say. Lieberman has asked to testify ...
Internet Foreclosure Company Hoping for Worse Times.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... While pundits debate whether the economy may be cooling, one company is gearing up to take advantage of the worst-case scenario. RealtyTrac Inc. has just rolled out a national program to provide brokers and homebuyers with foreclosure listings over the Internet. The Westlake ...
Loss of Potential Tenants Is Another Blow for Westwood.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... A key name-brand retailer that Westwood Village business owners had hoped would move in by the holidays has decided not to move in at all. A sign that reads "Coming Soon" on a boarded-up Westwood Boulevard building belies the news that Urban Outfitters Inc. has opted not to sign ...
Four Seasons Gets Into Spa Business In Beverly Hills.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... The Los Angeles spa market continues to heat up with the Aug. 27 opening of a luxury spa at the Four Seasons Hotel at Beverly Hills, complete with amenities like digital monitors in the sauna and nighttime candlelit massages in the poolside cabanas. The spa, with an open view of ...
'X-Men' Powers Big Results for Web Firm.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... The overwhelming success of "X-Men" hasn't been limited to News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., which produced the movie. It's also been something of a gold mine for Fandom Inc., an Internet company based in Santa Monica. Fandom, which operates Web sites for science ...
Despite Good Times, Number of Poor in L.A. Is Rising.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... A pair of just-released studies point to a sharp rise in the number of working poor in L.A. County during the 1990s, a rise that has persisted despite the four-year economic boom the county is now enjoying. One of the studies, released last month by the Los Angeles Alliance for ...
After One Year, Fashion Incubator Has Mixed Record.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... The Fashion Business Incubator opened in downtown L.A. in 1999 amid much hype, its backers promising to do for apparel visionaries what tech incubators were doing for dot-coms. A year later, the comparison seems an apt one. Tech hatcheries haven't spawned many sustainable ...
Bandai Parlaying Link With Saban Into Big Toy Sales.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Bandai America Corp., after a long and profitable partnership with Saban Entertainment of Los Angeles, is deepening its tie-ins with children's TV shows. The U.S. arm of the Tokyo-based toy maker has grabbed a large share of the action-figure market by linking its products to ...
Music Mogul Tuning In to Online Radio.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Entrepreneur Richard Branson's marketing savvy has made his Virgin Group empire seem larger than life, and his latest endeavor, an online radio network based in Los Angeles, is no exception. RadioFreeVirgin.com is the first official online investment by Branson, chairman of the ...
Business May Be Good, but Satellite TV Stocks Slipping.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... After a wave of consolidation, two U.S. companies have the "direct broadcast satellite" business to themselves, and they're selling TV subscriptions like gangbusters. Together, Hughes Electronics Corp.'s DirecTV in El Segundo and EchoStar Communications Corp. will gain 3 million ...
Work During Convention Opens Doors for Dot-Com.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... ON the heels of hosting the official delegate Web site for the Democratic National Convention, Event4ll.com announced it has received $16 million in funding. The Marina del Rey-based company received a lot of attention for its role during the convention. The site, at DNC411.com, ...
Ups and Downs at Soundbreak.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Life at soundbreak.com seems LU be a roller coaster. On Aug. 30, the online radio network announced that Chief Executive Lisa Crane had been replaced by Paul Ryan, previously the company's chairman The reasons for Crane's departure remained mysterious as of late last week; a ...
IPO on the Way.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Adexa Inc., a local provider of e-business software, has registered for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration came on the heels of a $20 million series "C" round of funding ....
L.A. Web Review - www.HSX.com.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... WITH the Emmy Awards being held on Sunday, Sept. 10, The Hollywood Stock Exchange, at HSX.com, is a good measure of who the public favors to win. Fifty Emmy "stocks" are available on HSX, meaning users can buy shares in five nominees in each of 10 major categories. ...
Olympic Organizers Should Let Web Join the Team.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 04, 2000; ... NBC and the International Olympic Committee are inviting sports fans to play a game of make believe. For the duration of the upcoming Olympic games in Sydney, we're all supposed to plug our ears, cover our eyes and pretend the Internet doesn't exist. Sure, it sounds ...
Trendy interiors.(interior design service Designs by Bobby)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... WHEN THE LIKES OF JANET JACKSON AND CATHERINE ZETA-JONES NEED SOMETHING SPECIAL DONE WITH A ROOM, THEY CALL ON BOBBY TRENDY, WHO LIKES TO GO OVER THE TOP IN HEWING THEM SHOW OFF THEIR WEALTH BOBBY Trendy's career at Kmart was halted at the corporate ladder's first rung after he ...
A FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT OF RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS.(Steve Skidmore)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 04, 2000 ... WHILE operating his own house-cleaning business five years ago, Steve Skidmore noticed a common problem among many of his clients -- a need for organization. Seeing a market among those who lacked either the time or the ability to organize their homes, he started ...
Firm Cashing In on Rush to Launch Ventures in China.(International Technologies Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... When S.R. Nair began opening factories in China in the late 1980s, his Chinese partner insisted that a dormitory be built in each one so workers could take an afternoon nap. More than a decade later, China is waking up to global competition, and opportunities. ...
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Selling Your Business.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... YOU'VE worked hard over the years to build a successful business. You took all the risk, worked countless nights and perhaps even leveraged everything you owned to get it started in the first place. At some point it's only natural to ask, "How can I convert my business into ...
Sister Act.(Interview)
Sep 04, 2000; ... The siblings known as Team Todd have produced a surprising range of hits, including the 'Austin Powers' sequel that ranks as New Line Cinema's top-grossing film SOME might be surprised to learn that the same team that produced the zany "Austin Powers" movies are also purveyors ...
PEOPLE.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Newsmakers Advertising & P.R. Matthew N. Klink has been named vice president at Rogers & Associates, a public relations firm in Los Angeles. He will oversee the corporate communications effort in support of American Honda Motor Co. Klink was most recently director of ...
AIRLINES.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Ranked by 1999 passengers carried at L.A. County airports EXECUTIVE SUMMARY L.A. County's three commercial airports -- Los Angeles International, Burbank and Long Beach -- served 69.2 million passengers in 1999, up from 66.2 million in 1998. The lion's ...
Boeing Stock Is Taking Off After Outlasting Turbulence.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... BOEING Co. seems to have the right stuff these days. Its stock price has soared to its highest altitude in more than two years, and the skies are wide open for it to climb even more. Last week, the stock was trading in the low $50 range, a vast improvement over March ...
Firms Coming to Rescue of E-Tailers Seeking Mergers.
Sep 04, 2000; ... EACH week seems to bring new players to Web-land, but now there's a twist. The new guns don't talk about star-tups; they focus on restructuring, mergers or retuning enterprises for new capital infusions. Typical of this new breed of e-rescuer is Santa Monica-based ...
In Tech World, Great Fund Returns Can Go Unnoticed.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... YOU'VE probably heard about Nicholas Applegate Global Technology fund (up 494 percent in 1999), Van Waggoner Emerging Growth fund (up 291 percent in 1999), and PBHG Technology and Communication fund (up 244 percent in 1999). Heroes all. Such stellar performances tend to get ...
Colliding Factors Could Bring Storm Over Capital Gains.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... A hurricane watch has been posted for the rest of 2000 in Mutual Fund Land. A disturbance of potentially large proportions is brewing over the always-touchy subject of year-end capital gains distributions. The elements include a huge buildup of gains left over from ...
Raising IRA Limit May Spark More Confusion.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 04, 2000; ... It ought to be exciting news that Congress is working on new measures to encourage Americans to save money. Cheers should greet the recent report in the Wall Street Journal that bipartisan enthusiasm is mounting to raise the annual contribution limit for individual retirement ...
With Better Deal Possible, MGM Plaza Lets Tenant Go.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... TISHMAN Speyer Properties, the new owner of MGM Plaza in Santa Monica, is letting a major tenant walk away from a lease estimated to be worth $17 million. The decision will free up 150,000 square feet of office space at MGM Plaza as of Nov. 30, under a deal in which Tishman ...
Landlords No Longer Willing to Cut a Deal for Tenants.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Not long ago, an office landlord would reach deep into his pockets to keep a tenant whose lease had come up for renewal. Today, many tenants are finding nothing more than a hard-nosed stare as they gaze across the bargaining table. With many tenants out shopping for space and ...
Pop.com Succumbs to Merger.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The founders of would-be Internet entertainment site Pop.com have found an exit strategy for the once-ballyhooed but ultimately ill-fated venture. DreamWorks SKG and Imagine Entertainment plan to fold their 10-month-old Internet operation into IFilm, a leading portal that ...
Red Line Contractor Sued.
Sep 04, 2000 ... Federal authorities sued a Metro Rail contractor for millions of dollars, alleging it conducted shoddy and fraudulent inspections of defective welds at two subway stations in the Hollywood area and elsewhere on the subway system. At the same time, federal prosecutors disclosed ...
LAUSD Adopts Budget.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The Los Angeles Board of Education adopted an $8.9 billion budget that beefs up spending on textbooks, bathrooms and janitors, but fails to provide new funds for some chronic weak spots. The 2000-01 budget -- about $12,500 per student -- contains an increase of about $39 million ...
Company Makes Hollywood Buy.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Seeking a foothold in Hollywood, a subsidiary of Canada's largest pension fund, Caisse de depot placement, has taken a minority stake in a Los Angeles talent management and production firm as a first step toward making a significant investment in the content business. The ...
Firm Orders Aircraft Engines.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Century City-based International Lease Finance Corp., the giant plane lessor, ordered $910 million worth of aircraft engines from Rolls-Royce in a deal that included engines for the future Airbus Industrie superjumbo A-3XX. Rolls-Royce said the deal marks the first time a ...
Chevron Settles Suit.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has agreed to pay a record $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by federal regulators who allege the company violated clean-air laws at its El Segundo operation. The settlement -- the largest ever under the Clean Air Act for a single facility -- involves ...
Nestle Sells Diet Line.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... With more Americans indulging in rich foods, "diet" has become a dirty word to most food manufacturers, including Glendale-based Nestle USA, which announced plans to sell off its line of Sweet Success diet drinks and bars. The company said it would sell the low-calorie product ...
Standard to Have Rooms Even Shaq Would Fit Into.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... Hotelier Andrew Balazs is set to fill a tall order. The hip owner of the Standard hotel on the Sunset Strip is now targeting an exclusive customer in the conversion of the old Bank of California building into a hotel -- professional basketball players. When the ...
A Different View of L.A.
Sep 04, 2000; ... By Cadillac, bike, or even by foot, these tour operators provide their own unique take on Los Angeles ANNE Block started offering personalized tours of Los Angeles in 1994, using an elephantine 1991 silver Cadillac with sunny blue leather upholstery and horrible gas mileage. ...
Down at the Bowl.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The Hollywood Bowl goes "country" in the first-ever collaboration between the Los Angeles Philharmonic and singer Randy Travis, who is known for his deep ...
Native-American art.
Sep 04, 2000 ... Starting Sept. 16, the Southwest Museum will be exhibiting works of six influential Native-American artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard ...
Argentine rock hero.(Fito Paez to play at the Conga Room)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Fito Paez is one of Argentina's best-known rockers, having collaborated with music greats such as Caetano Veloso, Luis Alberto Spinetta, and Joaquin Sabina. Paez will be playing at the ...
County fair.(78th Los Angeles Country Fair)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The Los Angeles County Fair opens Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1 at the Fairplex in Pomona, kicking off the fair's 78th year. It is one of the biggest events of its kind in the country. Throughout the ...
THE ROVING EYE.(Lexus IS 300 is one of the fastest selling cars in Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000; ... CHRYSLERS and Fords might be OK for people in the Midwest, but in L.A. the fastest-selling car appears to be a Lexus. According to J.D. Power & Associates, the average amount of time that a 2001 Lexus IS 300 sat on a Los Angeles car dealer lot during the May 1-Aug. 20 period was ...
How Kids Survived Summer Vacation.
Sep 04, 2000; ... "GOOD morning, students. Welcome back to school. How did you spend your summer vacation?" "It was great! I went to camp for eight weeks!" "It was great! I watched a TV show, 'Survivor,' for 13 weeks!" "My mom and dad dropped me off at camp and wrote me ...
The Psychology Of Learning.
Sep 04, 2000 ... WHY can't Johnny read? Many of America's minds have tried to unravel the answer to that question, to find out why, after decades of experimenting with different learning techniques and curricula, we still haven't found a solution to student under-performance and the widening gap ...
Still a Football Fan?(Are people in Los Angeles still National Footbal League fans?)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... It's football season again, bringing a painful reminder to Los Angeles that the city still doesn't have a professional team -- and the prospects for getting one soon don't look particularly good. After years without an NFL presence, many locals appear to be losing interest. So the Business ...
Mayor No?
Sep 04, 2000; ... Gadfly Could Represent Trouble For Antonio Villaraigosa's Bid As he seeks to become modern Los Angeles' first Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa's greatest problem may lie in his past. For years before merging as a leading advocate of multiracialism and ethnic collaboration, ...
Letters.(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... Creative Transit Solutions Countrywide Home Loans and Fannie Mae deserve applause for their efforts to encourage homebuyers to locate near public transportation hubs, and hopefully Bank of America will follow suit ("Mortgage Program Targets Buyers Along Transit Lines," Aug. 21) ....
China Trade.
Sep 04, 2000 ... The Chamber hails the historic passage of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) by the U.S. Senate. "This 'yes' vote means more jobs in the U.S. because the Chinese market -- 1.2 billion consumers -- will be open to American products and investment," Chamber Chairman Dick ...
Ahmanson Ranch Project.(forwarded by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce)(Brief Article)
Sep 04, 2000 ... The Chamber urges the L.A. County Regional Planning Commission to promptly grant the permits necessary for the completion of the Ahmanson Ranch Project. The Chamber believes that the development plan for the portion of Ahmanson Ranch near the Ventura County/Los Angeles County ...
New Chamber CFO.
Sep 04, 2000 ... Jack Lebovits has joined the staff of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce as its new chief financial officer. The Van Nuys resident will oversee accounting, financial reporting and analysis, payroll and benefits, tenant relations and general services. ...