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Restraint is the new red in China

BEIJING -- Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus...

USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

LOS ANGELES -- The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood, Calif., restaurant.

USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light....

Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes

LOS ANGELES -- Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told the Los Angeles Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the ...