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Weekly Edition
February 8 - 14, 2010

 
Blackcode CEO Jeff Clanagan at the firm's Universal City office.
Blackcode CEO Jeff Clanagan at the firm's Universal City office.
2/8/2010
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  HOSPITALITY  - New downtown hotels and a bustling L.A. Live scene are hailed as big convention business boosters.
  GAMING - A deal with creditors will allow owner Frank Stronach to hold on to the reins of Santa Anita Park.
  LABOR - The Port of Long Beach’s use of project labor agreements may maroon nonunion contractors.
  COMMERCE  - A contingent of Latino officials from L.A. cities overcame culture clash on a recent trip to China.
  APPAREL - Cookie Johnson, spouse of Lakers legend Magic, is assisting curvy women with a new line of denim jeans.
  TOYS - Mattel hopes dog owners bite on a new toy that turns barks into Twitter tweets.
  NON-PROFIT  - A local women’s business group has taken a masculine turn with a new award for Man of the Year.
  PAGE 3 - Talk about bad advice.
  NEWS OF THE WEEK - Dan Rosensweig, head of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s high-profile “Guitar Hero” video game unit, unexpectedly quit to become chief executive of Silicon Valley online textbook rental company Chegg.com.
  TRANSPORTATION - A former non-profit has geared up to place bike storage stations at mass transit locations.
  LEGAL - Succession issues and more billing flexibility may have prompted an exodus from Jeffer Mangels in Century City.
  LAW - Well-known L.A. attorney Manny Medrano has teamed up with John Carlton to launch boutique law firm Medrano & Carlton.
  PHILANTHROPY - L.A.’s business community has been donating and raising money to assist Haiti relief efforts.
  NON-PROFIT - Business Journal Publisher Matt Toledo says job creation will be his focus as president of L.A.’s largest chamber of commerce.
  TRADE & TRANSPORT - When Mario Rodriguez became director of Long Beach Airport a year ago, JetBlue Chief Executive Dave Barger had just threatened to pull its operations unless the airport made significant improvements, such as building a parking structure and remodeling of the terminal.
  TECHNOLOGY - Local advertising has become a hot market among Internet companies, and Citysearch is hoping to claim a slice of the business for itself with new service CityGrid.
  REGIONAL REPORT - United Sample, an Encino-based developer of market research software, has changed its name to uSamp.
  CALENDAR - Events of interest to Los Angeles' business community.
  INTERNET - Hollywood-based online communication firm J2 has a line on three new businesses.
  GREEN BUSINESS - West L.A.’s G4 Packaging turned to China for an eco-conscious solution to making food containers.
  INTERVIEW  - Jeff Clanagan switched to entertainment production after a knee injury ended his pro sports hopes.
  FEATURED NEWSMAKER - In almost eight years as an executive in charge of facilities with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Joseph “Guy” Mehula oversaw $27 billion in capital improvements to L.A.’s public schools.
  NEWSMAKERS - United Future, a Culver City-based marketing company, has named Marc Johnson director of digital experience strategy.
  BANKING & FINANCE - California United Bank, a small Encino-based institution, did not wait long to seize the opportunities after regulators closed one of its local competitors.
  HOME SALES - A dip in January’s median sales price has raised concerns about the real estate market’s recovery.
  REAL ESTATE - Park Fifth, the long-delayed $1.3 billion mixed-use condo project proposed for downtown Los Angeles, could be changing hands eight months after being listed for sale.
  CHIEF DWELLINGS - Listings and sales of L.A. executive homes.
  COMMENT - Charles Crumpley worries that California’s high-speed rail line will be a costly trip to nowhere.
  REGULATION - Jon Coupal warns that the state’s greenhouse gas law would hinder business without helping anyone.
  GOVERNMENT - Jorge C. Corralejo and Gilbert Vasquez hope Obama keeps his promise to aid small businesses.

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