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Alice remains the queen of the box office.
Johnny Depp's and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Read Full Artice...
NEW YORK - Activist shareholder Carl Icahn raised the stakes in his yearlong dispute with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday, launching an all-out bid to take over the movie studio following disagreements over its spending. Read Full Artice...
Stephen Love, a mellow Torrance accountant, had a brush with celebrity-to-be when he worked for Lakers owner Jerry Buss in 1969.
But it was before Buss had purchased the basketball franchise. Read Full Artice...
The Tea Party movement is not what it seems.
This movement opposed to what it views as big and wasteful government sprung up suddenly. And we are still trying to make sense of it. Read Full Artice...
OSI Systems Inc., the Hawthorne-based maker of security and medical technologies, said it elected David T. Feinberg to the company's board of directors.
Feinberg is chief executive officer and associate vice chancellor of the UCLA Hospital System. Read Full Artice...
dreamGEAR, the Torrance-based maker of video game accessories, named Ben Kugler as chief operating officer.
Kugler spent 14 years as CEO of DV&A, or Distribution Video & Audio, an entertainment liquidation business he founded. Read Full Artice...
NEW YORK - The CEO of European plane maker EADS on Thursday left the door open for a possible bid for a lucrative U.S. Air Force tanker contract even as the company looks for a "medium-sized" acquisition in the U.S. Read Full Artice...
It's common sense that if you are extremely unhappy in your job, and you come home and dump on your spouse about it every day, it could start to wear on the relationship. Read Full Artice...
Space Exploration Technologies, the Hawthorne-based developer of low-cost rockets, said it won a contract to launch a commercial satellite on its new Falcon 9 rocket, even as the experimental craft undergoes tests for its maiden launch. Read Full Artice...
Manhattan Beach. Re/Max Marquee Partners Inc.
400 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 100,
Chapter: 11
Assets: N/A
Debts: N/A
File date: 2/16/10 Torrance. Oasis Club Inc. (first of three related)
23505 S. Crenshaw Blvd. Read Full Artice...
The recession is hitting consumers hard in many areas, but it's especially trying for those who have lost a job and have continuing medical expenses. Read Full Artice...
Home sales in Los Angeles County rose by 9.7 percent in February, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices increased by 5.4 percent, a real estate information service reported today. Read Full Artice...
TOKYO - A massive global recall, mounting legal bills and a battered reputation add up to a very expensive problem for Toyota.
How expensive? Depends who you ask. Read Full Artice...
DETROIT - Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not repaired. Read Full Artice...
Not everyone who came to America in pursuit of wealth and happiness has a success story to tell.
Brian Shannon does.
A native of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, Shannon moved to the United States in 1979 for exactly that reason. Read Full Artice...
DirecTV, the El Segundo-based satellite TV provider, said Monday that it will again carry the Versus channel after resolving a dispute with the Comcast, the channel's owner. Read Full Artice...
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