By RON LIEBER Published: August 29, 2008 A few months ago, in my first column for this newspaper, I extolled the virtues of automated bill payments: Set them up once, let your utilities, phone and credit card companies pull what… Continue Reading
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large Last Updated: August 20, 2008 (Fortune Magazine) — We made it through the bursting of the Internet bubble and now the bursting of the real estate bubble. Next we may be approaching the… Continue Reading
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 22, 2008 Milan’s Osteria L’Intrepido restaurant won Wine Spectator magazine’s award of excellence this year despite a wine list that features a 1993 Amarone Classico Gioe S. Sofia, which the magazine… Continue Reading
Monday August 18, 7:00 am ET By Matthew Coffina Newspaper stocks have been decimated over the past year, as the Internet continues to steal readers and ad revenue from traditional print media. We think the stocks have further room to… Continue Reading
By Karen E. Klein, Special to The Times August 11, 2008 Dear Karen: How do I keep employees from stealing from my company if I delegate financial tasks? Answer: U.S. businesses lose about 7% of annual revenue to fraud, and… Continue Reading
by Ricky McRoskey If you run a consumer business, chances are pretty good a few of your customers are posting their opinions about it on the dozen or so Web sites that review local businesses across the country. These sites… Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical problems over the past 3 days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out. The unspecified problems affected all of the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company’s 55… Continue Reading
Liz Moyer, 08.12.08 ..(Merrill customers) may have to sue Merrill to recoup the loss, while customers of other firms are getting their money back without litigation. “It’s like Merrill said, ‘Let’s jump before they push us, and maybe we’ll hit… Continue Reading
When Southern California Edison unveiled plans to install 250 megawatts’ worth of solar panels on warehouse roofs back in March, it was hailed as a ground-breaking move. In one fell swoop, the giant utility would cut the cost of photovoltaic… Continue Reading
The latest wave of cocoa hunters is seizing control, from bean to bar By Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 16, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Meet the new Willy Wonka: Timothy Childs is a former space shuttle technologist… Continue Reading
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