Los Angeles Business Journal back issues from November 2004:
Anderson Dean finalist emerges: but process to fill post stirs concern.(Anderson School of Management)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Geoffrey Garrett, vice provost and dean of the UCLA International Institute, has emerged as the leading candidate to head the Anderson School of Management, raising concern among some insiders who question both the process and Garrett's qualifications. Garrett, who had been ...
Crackdown on parking: cars will be towed before drivers can make their escape.
Nov 01, 2004; ... The city of Los Angeles is about to get tough with motorists who park in tow-away zones during rush hour. For years, most drivers who parked illegally on major thoroughfares were only ticketed, even after backing up rush-hour traffic for blocks. Just 7 per cent actually got ...
Marsh's clients reviewing fees amid concerns of overcharges.(Marsh and McLennan Companies Inc.)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Numerous clients of Marsh & McLennan Cos.' Los Angeles office, which was directly implicated in the insurance brokerage's bid rigging scandal, were reacting last week with concern about being the victims of possible illegal and unethical practices. The clients, ranging from ...
Jury pool rises as changes take hold, but nearly two-thirds remain absent.
Nov 01, 2004; ... Taking a glass-half-full view of a series of reforms to the county jury system. Los Angeles Superior Court officials are touting gains that have brought responses to summonses up to 40 percent. While nearly two-thirds of the potential jury pool either ignores summonses or cannot ...
Santa Clarita getting its share of growth, pains.(Up Front)
Nov 01, 2004; ... A commercial, industrial and retail building spree is transforming Santa Clarita from a bedroom community into a truly suburban city--with its share of familiar suburban gripes. Four major commercial and industrial parks are now under construction--three inside the city of Santa ...
St. Regis nears sale, condo conversion.(St. Regis Hotels and Resorts)(condominium )
Nov 01, 2004; ... New York-based developer Related Cos. was closing in on a deal to purchase the St. Regis hotel last week, with plans to convert the Century City property into condominiums, according to sources close to the transaction. The agreement, expected to be finalized late last week, ...
'American Original' seeks to reinvent as brand fades.(Up Front)
Nov 01, 2004; ... What's it like being on the downward slope of a fashion trend? Von Dutch Originals is finding out. After its trucker caps and logo T-shirts were sported by the likes of trendsetters Justin Timberlake, Fred Durst, Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears, only to be deemed passe the Los ...
Gas update.(October 22-28)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Gas Update: Pump prices fell for the first time since early September amid signs that the sharp increases have at least stabilized. For the week ended Oct. 25, an average gallon of self-serve ...
Earnings results.(October 22-28)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Earnings Results: Hilton Hotels Corp. reported third-quarter net income of $61 million, compared with $34 million for the like period a year earlier. Revenue for the Beverly Hills-based hotel company rose 8.5 percent, to $1.03 billion. California Pizza Kitchen Inc. reported third-quarter ...
Cable bidding.(October 22-28)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Cable Bidding: Adelphia Communications Corp. has signed an agreement with Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. that allows a joint bid for ...
DreamWorks offer.(October 22-28)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... DreamWorks Offer: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. raised $812 million in an initial public offering to pay debt and fund more moviemaking. The Glendale-based spinoff of DreamWorks SKG and its ...
Economic reports.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Economic Reports: Monday (1st): September personal income, September construction, October manufacturing. Tuesday (2nd) ICSC-UBS weekly store sales index, Redbook weekly retail sales index, ABC/Money weekly consumer ...
Sports beat.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Sports Beat: In college football, UCLA plays Washington State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday (6th) and the Trojans are on the road against Oregon State. NBA's exhibition season ...
World cinema.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... World Cinema: The American Film Institute's L.A. International Film Festival shows 135 films from 42 countries at the ArcLight ...
One-man opus.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... One-Man Opus: Storyteller Will Power brings the acclaimed "Flow" to the Macgowan Little Theater on the UCLA campus Tuesday ...
Swinging fundraising.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Swinging Fundraising: "Jazz in the Afternoon" benefits Sojourn, a battered women's shelter. Rosie Gales, Dawn ...
Putting it together.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Putting It Together: "Lost but Found: Assemblage, Collage and Sculpture, 1920-2002" opens at the Norton Simon Museum on Friday ...
Film scribes.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Film Scribes: Screenwriting Expo 3 at the L.A. Convention Center Friday through Sunday (5th-7th) features presentations by Jerry ...
Art lines.(November 1-7)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Art Lines: "Passion for Drawing: Poussin to Cezanne, Works from the Pratt ...
Tube steak celebration.(Pink's restaurants' anniversary celebration)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Nobody would want to eat a 65-year-old hot dog. But everybody wants to eat at a 65-year-old hot dog stand. At least it seems that way when you drive down La Brea near Melrose and see all the folks waiting for franks at Pink's, "a Hollywood legend since 1939." The eatery will be ...
Model citizen.(Fabio Lanzoni launches a line of women's outerwear)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Fabio Lanzoni--generally known as just Fabio--is used to getting paid lots of money for modeling clothes and endorsing products. But now he's focusing his time on being a businessman. In launching a line of women's outerwear, he invested about $100,000--with a designing and ...
Is this for real?("Creating America's Next Hit Television Show"-a reality show)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... A real reality show to promote a fake reality show? "Creating America's Next Hit Television Show" is a reality show in which contestants vie for a role on a reality show featuring people living in a home in Aspen, Colo. whose lives are filmed for a reality TV show. ...
1998: Getty cuts.(J. Paul Getty Trust)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... LESS than a year after the opening of the billion-dollar Getty Museum, the Getty Trust was sharply scaling back, the Business Journal reported in October 1998. "One of the center's four institutes is being shut down and another is being cut or possibly merged into another," the ...
Sony plans spur interest in MGM offices.(Sony Corp.)(MGM-UA Entertainment Co.)
Nov 01, 2004; ... With its pending acquisition of MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Inc., Sony Corp. officials are already listening to pitches from real estate brokers whose clients want to sublease MGM's newly built Century City headquarters. Fueling speculation that the Japanese electronics company will ...
Mixed attendance and reviews fall like rain on fashion week.(Los Angeles' Fashion Week)
Nov 01, 2004; ... L.A.'s Fashion Week ran into some problems: sluggish attendance in the mornings, shows running behind schedule and a Tuesday night rainstorm that caused power problems at the Smashbox Studios venue in Culver City. Then there was the reaction to some of the fashions that were on ...
Century City construction cuts into retail traffic, sales.(Westfield Century City shopping mall)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The mood at the Westfield Century City shopping mall is anything but jolly. Compounding the traffic hassles resulting from the $68 million Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction, a $127 million renovation effort undertaken by mall owner Westfield America Inc. has made navigating ...
Shelley's travails present dilemma for area Democrats.(Politics)
Nov 01, 2004; ... TWO L.A.-area Democrats are at the center of the storm created by the growing scandals surrounding fellow Democrat and California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley. State Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Marina del Rey, has announced she is seeking Shelley's post in 2006, while Assembly ...
Chamber post goes political.(Century City Chamber of Commerce's president)
Nov 01, 2004; ... With the recent hiring of Robyn Ritter Simon, the traditionally low-profile post of Century City Chamber of Commerce president has suddenly taken on political overtones. Simon, who ran unsuccessfully for an L.A. City Council seat four years ago, said one of the reasons she ...
Hertzberg's color alert.(mayoral candidate Robert Hertzberg's assessment of Los Angeles city)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... For L.A. mayoral candidate Robert Hertzberg, the city of Los Angeles is on code "red." It's not a terror warning but rather Hertzberg's take on L.A.'s status as a high-cost city for businesses. In making his case for business tax reform, he adapted the findings of ...
Former producing partners' Spat has IRS taking notice.(Internal Revenue Service)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Gary Barber, a producer of movies such as "Seabiscuit," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Unbreakable," faces a huge tax bill resulting from his acrimonious departure from Morgan Creek Productions. The Internal Revenue Service has found that Barber and his wife, Margo, owe ...
Large downtown deals continue in year-end rush.(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Downtown L.A. continues to be roiled by high-priced year-end dealing. Hines Properties Inc. has agreed to buy the 40-story Union Bank Plaza at 445 S. Figueroa St. for $144 million, according to sources close to the deal. Owner Walton Street Capital initially agreed ...
California civil suits anticipated charges brought by Spitzer.(New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The contingent commissions that are at the center of the Marsh & McLennan Cos. scandal were the subject of two lawsuits filed three years ago in California. The suits, both filed on behalf of the public by New York law firm Anderson Kill & Olick, allege that Marsh & McLennan and ...
Hotels lose business over labor strife.(Up Front)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Uncertainty surrounding the labor dispute involving nine Los Angeles hotels has resulted in cancelled room reservations, banquets, catering assignments and meetings. The losses come even as officials of the workers' union, Unite HERE, have held off calling a strike or an ...
Bruins Brew New Java contract with local coffee firm.(Marketplace)(Brief Article)(Column)
Nov 01, 2004; ... THE task of keeping UCLA students caffeinated has fallen to locally based Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. The unit of International Coffee & Tea LLC has won two contracts giving its brand of cafes and coffee products unparalleled access to the school's student market. For ...
Licensing hassles.(Zen Grill & Sake Lounge on offer for sale after a long struggle for licensing)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Has Adolfo Suaya soured on the Zen Grill & Sake Lounge in Westwood? After struggling |or more than a year to get a full liquor license and paying $600,000 for renovations designed by Dodd Mitchell, Suaya had been in escrow to sell the restaurant on Broxton Ave. for $460,000, ...
Local firms see opportunity in emissions restrictions: embrace of auto rules could help economy.(Media & Technology)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Seven years ago, the carbon fiber flywheels that Pentadyne Power Corp. now sells to produce electricity for backup generators had a different application. They propelled the world's first turbine-flywheel powered car around a race track. But sluggish demand for alternative-fuel ...
Case against Osbournes can proceed.(rock star Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne)(Threshold.tv Inc.)
Nov 01, 2004; ... An appellate court has reinstated a lawsuit claiming that rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and his wile Sharon breached a contract with a Santa Monica firm when they struck a deal with MTV for a program documenting their home life. Threshold.tv Inc., a brand management and digital ...
Iranian TV station faces reorganization after suit.(Media & Technology)(Television)
Nov 01, 2004; ... National Iranian Television News Inc., the Woodland Hills broadcaster that came to national attention last year for its anti-government broadcasts in advance of the anniversary of large student protests in Iran, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. "The financial ...
Mediawatch.(Media & Technology)(Illustration)
Nov 01, 2004 ... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] <Pre> MOVIE BOX OFFICE Weekend Total GrossGross Rank Title(mils)(mils) Distributor 1 The Grudge$39.1$39.1 ...
Squeeze play: athletes who aren't destined for the majors can use their skills for scholarships. That's where Collegiate Sports of America comes in.(a profile of Collegiate Sports of America Inc.)
Nov 01, 2004; ... LIKE many parents, Mike Feig invested in his son Garrett's education. But the $1,995 he paid Collegiate Sports of America Inc. may have generated the best return. Garrett is now a free safety on a four-year scholarship at Southern Oregon University, where out-of state students ...
Rockaway owners get back to their LP roots.(Rockaway Records)(Long Playing (record) )
Nov 01, 2004; ... GARY and Wayne Johnson, owners of Rockaway Records in Silver Lake, started out buying and selling old records at swap meets, then graduated to mail-order and CD sales. Then came the dual assault: eBay eviscerated their mail-order business, and online downloads cut into CD sales. The ...
School ties: improving relations with employers and alumni is a key goal for Yash Gupta, the new dean of USC's Marshall School of Business.(USC Marshall School of Business)(Interview)
Nov 01, 2004; ... YASH Gupta, who joined the USC Marshall School of Business as dean in July, took the post just as the program appeared to stumble. Three months into his tenure. U.S. News & World Report dropped Marshall 10 places in its 2004 fist of top U.S. business schools. (The most recent Business Week ...
Foote Cone & Belding.(Advertising)(Erich Funke appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Foote Cone & Belding has named Erich Funke as executive vice president and executive creative director of its ...
RNL Design.(Architecture)(Edward L. Carfagno appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Edward L. Carfagno has joined RNL Design as senior associate and director of design ...
EDSA.(Architecture)(Paul Squadrito, Phil Adiutori are promoted)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... EDSA has promoted Paul Squadrito to vice president and Phil Adiutori to ...
SmithGroup.(Architecture)(Cynthia Keefe appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Cynthia Keefe has joined SmithGroup as senior project manager of its Los Angeles health ...
Deloitte & Touche LLP.(Consulting)(Curtis A. McClam promoted)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Deloitte & Touche LLP has promoted Curtis A. McClam to principal in the ...
Northrop Grumman Corp.(Defense)(Lisa Kohl appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed Lisa Kohl vice president of operations for its integrated ...
Rolling Hills Prep.(Education)(David Kluth appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Rolling Hills Prep has named David Kluth, to its board of trustees. He ...
MGM Studios.(Entertainment)(Brett Fellman and Derek McLay are promoted)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... MGM Studios, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc., has promoted Brett Fellman to senior vice president, exhibitor relations and Derek McLay to senior ...
Earthworks Entertainment.(Entertainment)(Catherine Malatesta appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Earthworks Entertainment has named Catherine Malatesta to its board. Malatesta ...
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.(Entertainment)(James P. O'Shaughnessy, Ruthann Quindlen are appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. has named James P. O'Shaughnessy and Ruthann Quindlen to its board. O'Shaughnessy ...
Fandango.(Entertainment)(Brad Carroll appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Brad Carroll has joined Fandango as director of exhibitor relations. Most recently, ...
Ascent Media Group Inc.(Entertainment)(Sean Coughlin appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Ascent Media Group Inc. has named Sean Coughlin senior vice president of lab services. Coughlin comes to Ascent ...
Opus 1.(Entertainment)(Mitch Rabin appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Mitch Rabin has joined Opus 1 as vice president ....
Getting more people to pony up to see the ponies run.(People)(Magna Entertainment Corp. appointed Michael Gilligan )(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... MONTREAL native Michael Gilligan has promoted a lot of entertainment venues over the years--including the Woodstock music festival back in 1969, when he was a Canadian ticket agent. "I was the only guy who made money," he chuckled. Thirty-five years later, Gilligan ...
Hospitalist Co.(Health Care)(IPC-The Hospitalist Co., Timothy Lary appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Hospitalist Co. has hired Timothy Lary as vice president of physician staffing. Previously, he ...
Molina Healthcare Inc.(Health Care)(Karen O. MacDonald, Babar Saghir, John A. Rios are appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Molina Healthcare Inc. has hired Karen O. MacDonald as actuarial manager, Babar Saghir as director of finance and John A. Rios as business development associate. Previously, MacDonald was vice president and corporate actuary for ...
FischerHealth Inc.(Health Care)(Ben Singer appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... FischerHealth Inc. has named Ben Singer as senior vice president and national practice leader in charge of the health services ...
Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc.(Insurance)(Mark Carlin promoted)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc. has promoted Mark Carlin to ...
ABD Insurance and Financial Services.(Insurance)(Andrea Utley appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... ABD Insurance and Financial Services has hired Andrea Utley ...
Greenberg Glusker.(Law)(Joseph Bartlett appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Corporate lawyer Joseph Bartlett has joined Greenberg Glusker as ...
Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser Weil & Shapiro LLP.(Law)(Tom Levyn appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Former Beverly Hills Mayor Tom Levyn has joined Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser Weil & ...
Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff.(Law)(Andrew M. Apfelberg appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Andrew M. Apfelberg has joined Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff as an attorney in ...
Promax&BDA.(Marketing)(Brett Ashy appointed)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Promax&BDA has named Brett Ashy as senior vice president. Ashy is vice chairman of the BDA ...