Chicago real estate magnate and Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell said Tuesday he had no plans to sell the Los Angeles Times to any of the moguls who previously were interested in buying the newspaper, the Associated Press reports.

]]> CHICAGO -- For the second time in eight years, control of the Los Angeles Times changed hands Thursday, passing from a staid Chicago conglomerate to a private company headed by an unpredictable and colorful billionaire, in a debt-heavy deal that creates tremendous opportunities and risks for one of America's top newspapers.

]]> Learning to set up a business is helping low-income youths gain a sense of the possible.

]]> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market.

]]> SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo's board of directors on Monday rejected Microsoft's buyout offer, saying the 44.6-billion-dollar bid is too low and not in the interest of shareholders of the veteran Internet company. 

]]> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News), responding to a three-week deadline issued by Microsoft Corp (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) to accept its $42 billion takeover bid, again rejected the deal for undervaluing the Web pioneer.

]]> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) director Robert Kotick's resignation will take effect after the company's annual meeting this week, where he will stand for reelection, to comply with a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.

]]> (AP) LOS ANGELES The union representing Hollywood writers and studios says last-ditch talks to forestall a strike have begun.

]]> Talks between Hollywood writers and studios collapsed Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent resolution to a 5-week-old strike that has upended the entertainment industry, the Los Angeles Times reports.

]]> As thousands of TV and film writers marched along Hollywood Boulevard in the third week of their strike, film officials put a price tag on the potential economic toll of the walkout. Los Angeles' economy will lose more than $20 million a day in direct production spending if the writers strike extends into next month, according to FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that handles film permits and promotes the industry. 

]]> Hollywood's bitter labor dispute intensified Thursday when striking writers filed a charge against the studios, alleging they had not bargained in good faith.

]]> SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- China's economy is weathering the global slowdown better than expected, the World Bank said Thursday as it raised its growth forecast for the Asian giant to 9.8 percent from 9.4 percent.

]]> (CBS) WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. The San Fernando Valley will soon boast one of Southern California's biggest shopping centers -- a $750 million outdoor retail complex connecting the Topanga and Promenade malls, it was reported Wednesday.

]]> To serve the fast-growing ranks of female business owners like Kathy Macias, who runs a Riverside auto repair shop, the Small Business Administration has added more than two dozen assistance centers in the last two years.

]]> WASHINGTON - Congress is putting the short-term future of renewable energy companies in jeopardy even as the presidential candidates and most lawmakers hail windmills, solar panels and biofuels as long-term solutions to high gasoline prices and global warming.

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