Los Angeles Business Journal back issues from December 2007:
Designing a museum in minutes instead of months: Onuma Inc. innovates with Web-based tools.(ARCHITECTURE)
Dec 03, 2007; ... As a speaker from the Smithsonian Institution earlier this year was presenting the specifics of a plan to build a museum in Washington, architect Kimon Onuma was taking notes at the back of the conference room. By the time it was his turn to address the conference, Onuma ...
Sporting move: Dick's Sporting Goods buys Chick's as sector consolidates.(Chick's Sporting Goods)
Dec 03, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN Jim Chick, chief executive of Chick's Sporting Goods, saw the signs that national powerhouse Dick's Sporting Goods would open stores in Southern California, he heard a stopwatch start ticking. He took a hard look at his chain's 14 stores ...
Truckers drive away from battle at ports: industry fails to find compromise for clean air plan.(REGULATIONS)
Dec 03, 2007; ... There are more than 1,000 trucking companies responsible for moving billions of dollars in goods to and from the bustling San Pedro Bay port complex. Yet instead of finding strength in numbers, the companies have found themselves virtually powerless as they have unsuccessfully ...
On shores of Tripoli, Occidental drills in: L.A. oil giant places bet on Libya's future stability.(ENERGY)(Occidental Petroleum Corp.)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Barely a year after its oil fields in Ecuador were seized and it sold off its exploration rights in Peru, Occidental Petroleum Corp. is once again staking much of its future growth in a politically risky area: Libya. Last week, the Los Angeles-based independent oil giant ...
Bruins bearish over USC in Rose Bowl.(PAGE 3)(University of Southern California)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] THE notion of the USC football team possibly leaving the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to play its home games in the Rose Bowl has a few UCLA fans peeved and preoccupied. But it could become a reality. While USC would prefer to stay at the ...
Republican riches.(PAGE 3)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... A handful of prominent local businesspeople have contributed money to fund a controversial ballot measure that aims to change the way California counts its electoral votes in presidential elections. The measure, which needs to collect more than 400,000 signatures to get on the June ballot, ...
Photography fun.(PAGE 3)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Hollywood power couple Bruce and Nancy Bennan are auctioning off their renowned collection of 2,500 photographs. The collection will be auctioned at Christie's in New York in 2008 and 2009 at three separate events. Bruce Berman, chairman of Village Roadshow Pictures, has ...
Stacked up: film company Insomnia gets $550 million from Egyptian fund.(Up Front)
Dec 03, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE movie version of "Cleopatra" was a Hollywood epic in the days of yore. Now, a Tinseltown production company has an epic $550 million to work with--and the money has an Egypt-Jan connection. The local player is Insomnia Media Group, based at ...
Business class might not be thrilled by superjumbo.(Up Front)
Dec 03, 2007; ... The new Airbus A380 superjumbo jet has received worldwide praise, but business travelers who buy a ticket on the aerial behemoth when it starts service next year out of Los Angeles International Airport may want to lower their expectations--at least a bit, anyway. Yes, the ...
Stadium shift.(News of the Week)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... UA. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the National Football Le, ague will not return to the L.A. Coliseum. City officials had previously tied plans for luring a football league back to Los Angeles to rejuvenating the Coliseum. Villaraigosa's reversal came after USC officials ...
Countrywide woes.(News of the Week)(Countrywide Financial Corp.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... The federal agency that monitors bankruptcy courts subpoenaed Countrywide Financial Corp. to find out whether the company's conduct represented abuses of the bankruptcy system. The subpoenas were issued in late October by the United States Trustee, which is a division of the Justice ...
Asian entertainment.(News of the Week)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Universal Studios said it will build a $3.1 billion theme park in South Korea, its third resort in Asia. The resort will be built in partnership with Posco Engineering & Construction Co., and will be located south of Seoul with a planned opening date of 2012. The development will join ...
Starring role.(News of the Week)(Staar surgical Co. appoints Barry Caldwell )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Staar surgical Co. named Barry Caldwell the finn's new chief executive. Caldwell will take longtime Chief Executive David Bailey's place. Caldwell was chief executive at Iridex Corp. for the past two years ....
Tribune sale.(News of the Week)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Sam Zell's purchase of Tribune Co., parent of the L.A. Times, appears likely to close on schedule with the Federal Communications Commission poised to issue the company a two-year exemption from rules prohibiting ...
Launch problem.(News of the Week)(Sea Launch Company L.L.C.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Due to unusually strong ocean currents at its launch site in the Pacific Ocean, Sea Launch Co. was forced to scrap its most recent launch effort. The Long Beach company, which launches commercial satellites from its converted oil rig platform near the equator, said it will reschedule a ...
Studio action.(News of the Week)(M. David Paul and Associates L.L.P. acquired NBC Universal Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... M. David Paul & Associates and NBC Universal have reached a deal for the developer to purchase the historic M-acre NBC studios property in Burbank that the media company plans to vacate. The two sides still need to ...
British invasion.(News of the Week)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... About 100 activists from a coalition of community groups protested outside a meeting with investors and the British owner of the new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market grocery chain, Teseo. The new Fresh & Easy markets hosted U.S. and British institutional investors and money managers at a ...
Live at Costco.(News of the Week)(Live Nation Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Live Nation Inc. has begun selling gift certificates for next year's shows through Costeo Wholesale Corp. retail stores. The Beverly Hills-based record label and venue company said it will sell the Amphitheatre Concert Pack card for $39.99 at 263 Costco locations nationwide. The card ...
No deal.(News of the Week)(Tracinda Corp. withdrew cash tender offer to buy Tesoro Corp.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Los Angeles billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's Traeinda Corp. withdrew its cash tender offer to buy 16 percent of San Antonio-based oil refiner Tesoro Corp. for $1.4 billion. Tracinda's change in plans came one week after Tesoro adopted a ...
CFO out.(News of the Week)(Edward Zinser, chief financial officer resigned at THQ Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... THQ Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Edward Zinser resigned and that Controller Rasmus van der Colff would replace him on an interim basis. The Agoura Hills-based ...
Earnings roundup.(News of the Week)(AECOM Technology Corp.'s quarter net income)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Aecom Technology Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income of $29 million, an 81 percent surge from the same ...
How WGA garnered sympathy with winning strike script: producers are faulted for lack of public face, economic argument.(LABOR)(Writers Guild of America)
Dec 03, 2007; ... ALMOST from the beginning, show biz spin doctors agree, the striking writers produced a script that allowed them to win the early PR war: They created a sympathetic image of themselves, managed to get celebrity supporters on the air and their simple economic argument seemed to make more ...
Liner Yankelevitz adds perks to compete for top talent: massages, gym memberships included in firm's special services. (HIRING).(Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif L.L.P.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... AMONG elite law firms, the competition for talent both at the partner and associate level can get pretty fierce. And these skirmishes have only gotten more intense in recent years as a steady stream of national law firms have sought to enter the Los Angeles legal market. Not ...
Asian leadership.(LAW)(appointment of Helen Kim at National Asian Pacific American Bar Association)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Helen Kim, a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Baker & Hastetler LLP, has been installed as president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. "I am very honored and humbled to have been electra to serve as the president," said Kim, who assumed the ...
New partners.(LAW)(appointment of Gary York and Lydia Wu at Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll L.L.P.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... The law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP announced last week the addition of two new partners to its recently opened Los Angeles office. Real estate attorneys Gary York and Lydia Wu have joined the firm from the LOs Angeles office of Baker & Hostetler, where they were ...
When in Rome.(LAW)(Italian lawyers appointed at Latham and Watkins LLP )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... A team of five Italian lawyers has joined the Los Angeles-founded law firm Latham & Watkins LLP. The additions not only bolster the firm's existing Milan office, but allow it to ...
Partner status puts lawyers in product Pitch Bull's-eye: calls and e-mails offer elevated attorneys a wealth of personal services.(LEGAL)
Dec 03, 2007; ... When Loeb & Loeb LLP announced that Loretta Thompson and five others were elected partners, Thompson wasn't surprised to get congratulatory messages from law school classmates, and other friends and colleagues. But what did catch her a little off guard were the calls and ...
CB Richard Ellis repurchase plan drives up shares.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(CB Richard Ellis Services Inc.)
Dec 03, 2007; ... It was an especially good week last week on Wall Street for global real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. The Los Angeles-based company saw a surge in its stock price that exceeded the general market ran-up following news that it was embarking on an expansion of ...
Northern trust takes top billing at PGA's Westside stop: auto maker's exit from region led to event's rebranding.(SPONSORSHIP)
Dec 03, 2007; ... WHEN the PGA Tour makes its Los Angeles stop in February at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, it won't be the Nissan Open anymore. After 19 years as title sponsor, the Japanese car company has dropped out and the event will take on a new identity as the Northern Trust Open. ...
Slicing courses.(SPORTS BUSINESS)(American Golf Corp. merged with CNL Income Properties Inc. and Evergreen Alliance Golf Ltd.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Santa Monica-based American Golf Corp. streamlined its business with the sale of 42 total golf courses last month to Orlando-based CNL Income Properties Inc. and Dallas-based Evergreen Alliance Golf Ltd. The company is trying to move forward in 2008 in core markets where it remains such as ...
Play ball.(SPORTS BUSINESS)(appointment of Charles Steinberg at Los Angeles Dodgers)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game before the start of next year's baseball season. However, the players on the field aren't the only people the Dodgers are bringing from Boston. The team hired Dr. Charles Steinberg ...
Marines abuzz over deal for Aerovironment's wasp ill: corps' contract will pay $19.3 million for small unmanned aircraft.(AVIATION)(United States. Marine Corps)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... A EROVIRONMENT Inc., a Monrovia manufacturer of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles and quick-charge energy systems, is flying high with the military. The U.S. Marine Corps recently placed a $19.3 million order with Aerovironment as a follow-on to a contract awarded by the Air ...
Broadening biodiesel.(MANUFACTURING)(Allegro Biodiesel Corp. acquired Community Power Corp.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Allegro Biodiesel Corp., a Los Angeles-based producer and distributor of biodiesel fuel, is looking to expand. The company has extended a $500,000 loan to Littleton, Col.-based Community Power Corp. in a move that could allow Allegro to acquire the company. Community Power ...
Watershed contract.(MANUFACTURING)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Tetra Tech Inc. announced last week it has won a $75 million contract to provide engineering services for a nationwide watershed management program. The Pasadena-based construction and engineering services provider was one of four companies chosen to help manage the program by ...
Black Hawk up.(MANUFACTURING)(GKN Aerospace Services awarded contract to Ducommun Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... L.A.'s oldest company announced last week that it has won a significant deal to manufacture elements of the blades for the Black Hawk helicopter. Ducommun Inc., a Carson-based aerospace company, will build titanium erosion shields--which protect the main rotor blades--for ...
Diverse deals.(MANUFACTURING)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Civil engineering giant Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced two new contracts in vastly different fields. The Pasadena company said it was awarded a $50 million contract to support base realignment for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and another contract by Petro-Canada to ...
Valley blast.(MANUFACTURING)(explosion at cosmetics manufacturing facility)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Four people were injured last week in an explosion at a cosmetics manufacturing facility in Chatsworth. One woman suffered bums to her face and three men had shortness of breath after the explosion at ...
Banking Veteran places artisan precast on firm ground: wall company makes turnaround after investor intervention.(MANUFACTURING)(Craig Lewis)
Dec 03, 2007; ... JUST over a year ago, Artisan Preeast Inc., a manufacturer of concrete landscaping walls and fences, was on the verge of collapse. In fact, it couldn't even afford the costs associated with filing for bankruptcy. But the 25-year-old Los Angeles company has achieved a major ...
Mediawatch.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Statistical table)
Dec 03, 2007 ... <Pre> MEDIAWATCH MOVIE BOX OFFICE WeekendTotal Gross Gross Rank Title(mils)(mils) Distributor 1 Enchanted $35.3 $35.3 Disney 2 This Christmas ...
Search engineers: Cognition Technologies provides tailored research tools with results beyond words.(Innovation)(Company overview)
Dec 03, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COGNITION Technologies Inc. puts a human touch in search engine technology. Its software knows that a "bill" could mean an electricity bill or a Senate bill. Search for "fraud," and it will also find material with the keyword "seam." Type in ...
Emergency management system tested in 9/11 response: New York City used E Team to coordinate services after attacks.(SOFTWARE)(New York, New York. Office of Emergency Management)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... ETEAM is an emergency management IT software that was scheduled to be deployed in mid-September 2001 for the New York City Office of Emergency Management. A few days before the rollout, the Sept. 11 attack hit the city. City authorities asked E Team Inc. to jump in and handle ...
Social addition.(TECHNOLOGY)(CitySearch Inc. added social networking component )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... West Hollywood-based Citysearch, the popular online guide, is adding a social networking component to its Web site. Last week, it began a partnership with Merchant-Circle, a Los Altos-based social networking site for small businesses with 300,000 registered users. On the first ...
Post Logic Studio.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007; ... Outsourcing to India is an old story. But an Indian company buying up American firms is unusual. Prime Focus is India's largest post-production company. It converts film negatives into data, adds color correction and visual effects, and prepares films for distribution. ...
United spin.(TECHNOLOGY)
Dec 03, 2007; ... United Online Inc.'s attempt to spin off its revenue-generating Web sites as a separate pubtic company seems to be progressIng nicely. Classmates Media Corp., a subsidiary of the dial-up company, announced last week that its planned initial public offering would be a total ...
Strange brew: Chris Reed followed his passion for natural and organic living and created a ginger ale that spawned a Nasdaq-traded company.(People)(Interview)
Dec 03, 2007; ... IN the 1980s, Chris Reed left his career as an engineer to move to Los Angeles and start a rock and roll band. But Reed, who describes himself as having a natural bent toward entrepreneurship, eventually ended up starting his own beverage business, Vital Foods Co., with $5,000 in savings ....
McGladrey & Pullen LLP.(Accounting)
Dec 03, 2007 ... McGladrey & Pullen LLP has promoted Darey WilsonJones to partner at the firm's Pasadena office ....
Good Swartz Brown & Berns LLP.(Accounting)(appointment of Maier Rosenberg)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Maier Rosenberg has joined Good Swartz Brown & Berns LLP, a Los Angeles-based accounting firm, as partner ....
Gensler.(Architecture)(appointment of Lanren Friedman and Arnold Craig Levin at M. Arthur Gensler Jr. and Associates Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Gensler, a global architecture firm, has named Lanren Friedman director of institutional design and Arnold Craig Levin director of workplace strategy in the firm's Los Angeles office. Friedman was most recently ...
J. Paul Getty Museum.(Arts)(appointment of John Giurini)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... John Giurini has been named assistant director for public affairs of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Most ...
Wells Fargo.(Banking & Finance)(appointment of Bryan Moeller)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Wells Fargo has named Bryan Moeller director of small-business banking for its Los Angeles metro community bank ...
Betty Rengifo Tucker.(Banking & Finance)(Comerica Bank-California)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Betty Rengifo Tucker has been named corporate senior vice president of Comerica Bank's Century City and ...
FTI Consulting Inc.(Consulting)(appointment of Scott Cooper )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... FTI Consulting Inc., a global business advisory firm, has hired Scott Cooper as senior managing director in the ...
Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.(Education)(appointment of Thomas Palmer)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Thomas Palmer has been appointed deputy director of executive M.B.A. programs at the Graziadio School of Business and ...
DirecTV Inc.(Entertainment)(promotion of Roberts, Steven F.)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... DirecTV Inc. has promoted Steven F. Roberts to senior vice president of new media and business development ....
Downey Regional Medical Center.(Health Care)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Heather Conwell has been promoted to vice president and chief nursing officer ...
Cigna HealthCare.(Health Care)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Cigna HealthCare has hired Dan Doyle as business manager in its Glendale office ....
Pacific Park.(Hospitality)(appointment of Mitchell E. Katz)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Mitchell E. Katz has been hired as director of food and beverage for Pacific Park on the ...
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP.(Law)(appointment of James Doroshow )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP, a business law firm, has named James ...
SonicPool.(Production)
Dec 03, 2007 ... SonicPool in Hollywood has promoted Kristiua Allison to production coordinator ...
MWW Group.(Public Relations)(appointment of Peter A. Brown)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... MWW Group has hired Peter A. Brown as vice president in its Los Angeles office ....
Rogers & Cowan.(Public Relations)(appointment of Jennifer Fader as vice president)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Rogers & Cowan, an entertainment public relations and marketing agency, has named Jennifer Fader vice president of its Los Angeles office ....
Bentley Forbes.(Real Estate)(promotion of Philip S. Ahn as vice president)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Bentley Forbes, a national real estate investment firm, has promoted Philip S. Ahn to vice president of asset management and ...
NAI Capital.(Real Estate)(appointment of Jeremy Barbakow as senior vice president)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Jeremy Barbakow has joined NAI Capital, a commercial real estate brokerage based in Encino, as senior vice ...
MyShape.(Retail)(appoiontment Linda Freedman as chief marketing officer )(appointment Helena Panlin as vice president )(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Linda Freedman has been named chief marketing officer and Helena Panlin vice president of marketing of MyShape, an online fashion retailer for women. Freedman was formerly vice president of marketing at ...
Chivas USA.(Sports)(appointment of Brandon Raphael)(Brief article)
Dec 03, 2007 ... Chivas USA, Major League Soccer's Mexican-owned, Los Angeles-based club, has named Brandon Raphael director of sales. Raphael was most recently ...