Articles from Los Angeles Business Journal (December 22, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Circus' in town.		Brief article	34
[Cartoon].	Schwadron	Cartoon	10
15 years.		Brief article	57
2008: let's call it a wrap.	Crumpley, Charles		575
Advertising executive has high-tech take on career.	Hinojosa, Alexandra		375
All Smiles.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	41
Angel Flight West.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	48
Bankruptcies.			619
Barker Pacific Group Inc.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	39
Bigger stage.	Proctor, Charles	Brief article	157
Billboard ban.		Brief article	82
Bond election: The City of Industry City Council will ask voters to approve a $500 million infrastructure bond Jan. 20.			99
Calendar.		Calendar	502
Cedars settlement: Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a $750,000 settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where an employee gave their newborn twins and several other patients an accidental overdose of the Baxter Healthcare Corp. blood thinner Heparin in November 2007.		Brief article	89
Century Towers: Next Century Associates LLC.		Brief article	78
Cheap dates: clubs, restaurants tip hat to tough economy by reducing prices to New Year's Eve parties.	Meinert, Maya		208
Chic retail neighborhood victim of retail slowdown: rental rates along Robertson decline as tenants see sales dry up.	Miller, Daniel		274
City National Bank.	Clough, Richard	Brief article	71
City of Hope.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	33
Conventions.		Calendar	101
County action.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	40
Debt deal.	Miller, Daniel		257
Denim switch: People's Liberation Inc. said it is pulling its denim apparel out of high-end department stores and has made boutique retailer Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. its exclusive distributor in North and Central America.		Brief article	68
Down market.	Miller, Daniel		271
Econowatch L.A. county.	Ninojosa, Alexandra		1047
Facing future: Image Metrics.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	41
Final act for feud? Televisa-Univision dispute over programming deal to get day in court.	Russell, Joel		982
Fly mammoth: Horizon Air.		Brief article	45
Funding, acquisition: Emotive Communications.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	56
Getting the low down: the year started off with not so much a bang, as a whimper: the sale of former mortgage powerhouse Countrywide Financial, which closed at just $2.5 billion. The sale typified a year that had far more lows than highs.	Clough, Richard	Calendar	587
Gloom & Doom in mergers & acquisitions world: survey finds M&A executives' outlook overwhelmingly negative.	Clough, Richard	Survey	451
Guilty Plea.		Brief article	95
Hanmi Financial Corp.	Clough, Richard	Brief article	57
Housing opportunity.	Clough, Richard	Brief article	79
Hydra.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	39
Industrial purchase.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	35
Industry analysis.			304
International Communications.	Crumpley, Charles	Brief article	173
Jersey export: plastic pipe maker JM Eagle relocates to Los Angeles to tap into 'best talent in the world.'.	Vara-Orta, Francisco	Brief article	193
JRK Property Holdings.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	39
L.A. biz seen: Los Angeles business events.	Hicks, Tom		253
Las Lomas Blow: Los Angeles Superior Court judge upheld the city of L.A.'s rejection of the controversial 5,553-home Las Lomas mixed-use development project in the Antelope Valley, dealing a serious setback to the project.		Brief article	95
Layoffs: Los Angeles manufacturer-retailer American Apparel Inc. said it laid off several hundred employees worldwide.		Brief article	56
Licensees of Bratz dolls may be playing with fire: video game maker THQ among firms that may lose product lines.	Proctor, Charles		367
Los Angeles Business Journal poll.			67
Market diary.		Brief article	171
Market indexes.		Brief article	84
Market summary.			110
Matters of taste--critic's pick of L.A. restaurants.	Styrwoll, Lindsey		1404
Mediawatch.		Statistical table	402
Merger frenzy sweeps through aid associations: groups discover savings in unity.	Haldane, David		1274
More Layoffs: Vernon-based BCBGMax-AzriaGroup Inc. laid off t 25 employees across all areas of the company's operations.		Brief article	66
More pink slips.	Proctor, Charles	Brief article	199
Moxie Interactive.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	96
Multifamily deal.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	35
Namvar hatches another plan for reimbursement: businessman seeks to avoid bankruptcy.	Miller, Daniel		1784
New Chief Exec at Comedy Company has little to smile about: previous CEO of National Lampoon charged in fraud case.	Proctor, Charles		949
New network in store: Channel M.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	50
Not in quite so deep: media go overboard in drawing comparisons between today's economy and great depression.	Shinkman, Ron		832
Office, film debuts: Production company RedMaiden Entertainment Inc. has opened an office in Beverly Hills to coincide with the L.A.-area theatrical run of the company's "Waiting in Beijing," the directorial debut of Alan Zhang, RedMaiden's chief executive and founder.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	50
One of the girls.	Crumpley, Charles	Column	181
One-two combination: Ascent Media Group.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	57
Paul Hastings.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	28
Picture this: Ringo H.W. Chiu is sent across L.A. County to illustrate as many as a dozen Business Journal articles each week, and often comes back with memorable images. These are some of his most striking photographs of 2008.	Chiu, Ringo H.W.		679
Playing the Trump card.	Crumpley, Charles	Brief article	136
Police case.	Fine, Howard	Brief article	140
Previous economic downturns provide guidance.	Delay, Katy		798
Pricey pharmacy.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	41
Protiviti Inc.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	56
Pumped up.	Sherman, Fran	Letter to the editor	203
Reimbursement downshifts.	Fine, Howard	Brief article	133
Restriction zones may give fishermen the hook: local businesses fear California will expand limits along coastlines.	Fine, Howard		366
Second impressions: each week, the Business Journal profiles an L.A. County business. For this issue, we checked back with several to see how they're doing and found some surprises. Yes, some are struggling, but others are thriving and one completed a merger far earlier than it thought possible.	Clough, Richard		2089
Share the wealth.	Clough, Richard	Brief article	221
Sharing the pain: Los Angeles companies had a year they want to forget. 2009 could be even worse.	Clough, Richard		1707
Shlemmer+Algaze Associates.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	44
Shopping center sold.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	41
Sign of the Times.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	45
Soft Launch: Film-TV director and actress Melanie Mayron has launched Mayron's Good Baby, an all natural skin-care line for babies.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	52
Stem Money.		Brief article	92
Symark International.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	30
Telecommunications firms: ranked by L.A. County Employees.	Nusbaum, David	Company rankings	1427
The American Institute of Architects California Council, in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects California Council, has presented honor awards for urban design to Mia Lehrer + Associates for the Los Angeles River revitalization master plan and Ah'be landscape architects for the South Park streetscape project.	Chin, Yoo Mi		93
The Associates of California Institute of Technology.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	49
The Hollywood Entertainment District.	Chin, Yoo Mi		158
The LABJ stock index: tracking 200 Los Angeles area companies.			4608
Trenwith Valuation LLC.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	48
Trojan Garb: Sew Cal Logo Inc.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia	Brief article	49
Truman & Elliott LLP.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	33
Trying times: stimulus could lift L.A. economy.	Fine, Howard		1894
Verbatim.	Mendoza, Lauren Alicia		384
We're the government.	Fine, Howard	Brief article	111
Weekly top gainers.			206
Weekly top losers.			208
What just happened?			486
Windes & McClaughry Accountancy Corp.	Chin, Yoo Mi	Brief article	43
Wrong path.	Gorman, Mike	Letter to the editor	102