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Take your royalty checks, SoundExchange begs

Take your royalty checks, SoundExchange begs

When John Boydston got an e-mail from SoundExchange saying he had several thousand dollars in unclaimed royalties, he did what most sensible...

Trade numbers climb sharply at Southland ports

Trade numbers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's busiest seaport complex, rose sharply in February compared with the...

Plenty of new airports but few passengers in China

It's less than two hours before boarding time but most of the staff of Libo Airport are walking off their dinner of spicy dog meat with an...

Toyota aims for a surge in sales

Toyota dealers are gearing up for something they haven't seen in a while: a crowded showroom.

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Video: Gallery opening

Go inside PC Valmorbida's ambitious new art space.

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Dinner: Nobu. Car: Lotus. Hotel: Parc Waikiki. Enter now.

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Save on Times weekend delivery including Sunday's Image section.

OC's 'tulip man'

OC's 'tulip man'

3,200 bulbs in a front yard make for a sight you have to see.

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Janet Yellen 'a leading contender' for No. 2 spot at Fed

Janet Yellen 'a leading contender' for No. 2 spot at Fed

Economist Janet L. Yellen, a California-based official of the Federal Reserve, has emerged as President Obama's likely nominee to be vice chairwoman...

L.A. becomes a test case in battle to undo interest rate swap deals

L.A. becomes a test case in battle to undo interest rate swap deals

"I can pay. I just don't want to." That's the unapologetic position of the "walkaways" -- homeowners who have no equity in their houses and who no...

LAX to get more full-body screening machines

LAX to get more full-body screening machines

Californians, get ready for your close-up.

Permanently modified mortgages grow by 45%, government says

Permanently modified mortgages grow by 45%, government says

The Obama administration Friday said its mortgage modification program continued to make progress, with the number of homeowners receiving permanently...

Food sector faces sweeping antitrust investigation

Food sector faces sweeping antitrust investigation

U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder and a team of top federal officials on Friday pledged a sweeping examination of alleged monopolistic practices in the food...

Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital studio

Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital studio

In a cost-saving move, Walt Disney Studios is shutting down Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital studio in Marin County, which employs 450 people....

Toyota disputes allegations that it withheld evidence

Toyota disputes allegations that it withheld evidence

Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday contested allegations that it withheld evidence in lawsuits, telling Congress that it has maintained "the highest...

Retail sales rise 0.3% in February

Retail sales rise 0.3% in February

WASHINGTON -- Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. The...

Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports

Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports

NEW YORK -- Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong.

Rising food prices may start with seeds

Rising food prices may start with seeds

For 40 years, farmer Todd Leake and his family have battled bitter cold, hungry pests and a short growing season to coax soybeans out of their...

What?! Another Time Warner Cable rate hike?

What?! Another Time Warner Cable rate hike?

There's definitely an art to informing customers that you're about to smack them upside the head.

Barnes &  Noble: A besieged giant

Barnes & Noble: A besieged giant

The story line for bookstore giant Barnes & Noble Inc. is growing ever more dramatic, with falling store sales, increasingly stiff competition and a...

Toyota faces a growing number of probes in U.S.

Toyota faces a growing number of probes in U.S.

As if Toyota Motor Corp. hasn't had enough trouble, the automaker is now facing a new set of interrogators: federal and local law enforcement...

Leader defends NHTSA's response to Toyota complaints

Leader defends NHTSA's response to Toyota complaints

Rebuffing criticism of slow action and underfunded efforts, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said his agency acted...

Plan to push financial reform bill forward could be giant step back

Plan to push financial reform bill forward could be giant step back

Congressional attempts to pass the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression suffered a potentially devastating...

Trade deficit unexpectedly narrows in January

Trade deficit unexpectedly narrows in January

President Obama on Thursday launched an effort to rebuild the nation's long-term economic strength by sharply boosting exports, and he got a lift from...

Lehman Bros. accounting trickery alleged

Lehman Bros. accounting trickery alleged

In the months before Lehman Bros. collapsed in late 2008, setting off the global financial crisis, the investment bank used an accounting trick to...

Contrasting portraits of former KB Home chief as trial opens

Contrasting portraits of former KB Home chief as trial opens

The stock option backdating trial of former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz opened Thursday in Los Angeles with two vastly conflicting portraits of the man...

Bratz doll maker considers public stock offering

Bratz doll maker considers public stock offering

MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of Bratz dolls and other toys, may sell shares in an initial public offering, Chief Executive Isaac Larian said...

Buyers scramble for California bonds

Buyers scramble for California bonds

Robust investor demand allowed California on Thursday to increase the size of a bond offering to $2.5 billion from $2 billion.

Not much green for 'Green Zone'

Not much green for 'Green Zone'

Moviegoers would rather escape to "Wonderland," it appears, than visit the "Green Zone" this weekend.

Average 30-year mortgage rate drops to 4.95%, Freddie Mac says

Average 30-year mortgage rate drops to 4.95%, Freddie Mac says

The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 4.95% this week from 4.97% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Investors can soon make bets on movie box office

Investors can soon make bets on movie box office

Reporting from New York and Los Angeles -- Welcome to Hollywood's newest version of risky business: movie derivatives.

Oil companies look at permanent refinery cutbacks

Oil companies look at permanent refinery cutbacks

Some of the nation's biggest oil companies are looking at permanently reducing how much gasoline and diesel fuel they make, a move that analysts say...

Payday lenders may avoid U.S. oversight

Payday lenders may avoid U.S. oversight

Payday lenders didn't cause the economic crisis, but consumer advocates hoped their sky-high interest rates on loans would be reined in as part of a...

Unemployment tops 20% in eight California counties

Unemployment tops 20% in eight California counties

For many California areas, unemployment rates moved persistently higher in January, indicating that the national economic recovery hasn't yet...

Google Maps adds bike routes

Google Maps adds bike routes

After a long wait and more than 50,000 signatures on an online petition, cyclists will be happy to know that Google Inc. has finally added bicycle...

Furniture maker's financial cushion is worn thin

Furniture maker's financial cushion is worn thin

Gina Quatrine declared that her furniture factory was a "true old-fashioned European workshop" -- which seemed a bit incongruous, given that we were...