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Faraday Future, running on fumes, announces layoffs and pay cuts
When it emerged from start-up stealth mode in 2015, Faraday Future held the potential to make Los Angeles a center of ... Read More
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Making wine to help save water: T.J. Rodgers' latest venture
In a region where tech industry titans are as common as the area's nightmarish traffic, it takes a lot for someone to stand out as truly legendary.
T.J. Rodgers is one of those legends.
An inventor of semiconductor ...Read more
San Diego rescinds tough Airbnb regulations, reopening debate on how to rein in short-term rentals
SAN DIEGO -- Faced with a referendum seeking to repeal San Diego's new restrictions on short-term rentals, the City Council did just that on Monday, but left open the question of how it will regulate home sharing in the ...Read more
California company that hires protesters is accused of extortion
Paid protesters are real.
Crowds on Demand, a Beverly Hills company that's an outspoken player in the business of hiring protesters, boasts on its website that it provides its clients with "protests, rallies, flash-mobs, ...Read more
Tim Cook wants retraction of Chinese spy-chip story that named Apple, Supermicro
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken the unusual step of going on the record to deny a news story, and is further asking the news agency that published it for a retraction.
Bloomberg News reported earlier this...Read more
The Week Ahead: Profits in the cloud and beyond
Google is a technology company, and Amazon is an online retailer, right?
Not according to their financial reports. Amazon is a technology company, and Google is an advertising firm. Both are data giants backed by their ...Read more
The L.A. tech industry is run by white men. Tech investors — and the mayor — want to change that
On Monday morning, a cross section of Los Angeles' close-knit tech investment community gathered on the plaza of the Annenberg Center for Photography to mingle with Mayor Eric Garcetti, drink mimosas -- and commit to ...Read more
Consumer Confidential: Beware of law firms' letters saying you're being sued for outstanding debt
The mail is from a San Diego law firm, and right there in the envelope's address window it says, ominously, "You may have been sued."
The letter within states that "county records indicate you (or someone with your name) ...Read more
California has lost more than half a million jobs to China — more than any other state, report says
California has lost more jobs to China than any other state since 2001, fueled by Silicon Valley outsourcing and the continued shrinking of Southern California's apparel industry, according to a report released Tuesday by ...Read more
A tale of two Seattle job markets for low-wage workers in new minimum-wage study
More-experienced workers in Seattle's low-wage labor market saw their paychecks rise with the city's minimum-wage increases and stayed in jobs longer, while less-experienced workers, on average, saw little or no change.
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Plans offer a peek into Elon Musk's secret tunnel in California, including an elevator hidden in a garage
LOS ANGELES -- When Elon Musk's tunneling firm began digging in Hawthorne, Calif., last year, the construction site next to Space X headquarters was barely noticeable, sandwiched between a home improvement store and a ...Read more
When You Find Yourself in a Gray Area
Twice a year, I host a program for the New York State Bar Association targeting young lawyers who are looking to set up solo law practices.
These people ask a million questions, and while there are clear answers to many...Read more
CEOs give employees time off to vote in hotly contested midterms
NEW YORK -- A record 44 percent of U.S. firms will give workers paid time off to vote Nov. 6, up from 37 percent in 2016, according to reports from the Society for Human Resources Management.
Millions of workers could be ...Read more
Liz Reyer: Tweaking a post-merger management team
Q: I reconfigured my management team after a merger of two small companies, promoting a couple of very talented people from the other company. I've since found that one is quite abrasive with her people, and the other ...Read more
Your Office Coach: 'Team lead' is rubbing colleague the wrong way
Q: In our department, there is someone called a "team lead" who is causing me problems. "Kimberly" is not my supervisor, but she constantly reviews my work and often makes changes. Sometimes she contradicts the directions ...Read more
Uber is testing an on-demand staffing business in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Uber Technologies is developing an on-demand staffing business called Uber Works, and the tech giant has been testing the service in Chicago.
Uber Works would provide events and corporate functions with ...Read more
Netflix is selling $2 billion in junk bonds to fund new shows
Netflix is amassing more debt to fund its ambitious growth plans.
The digital streaming entertainment company said Monday that it is planning to issue approximately $2 billion in bonds to fund various corporate activities...Read more
On Philanthropy: As the holidays approach, embrace 'the fierce urgency of now'
Exactly one year before he was killed, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words at Riverside Church in New York:
"We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now...Read more
The Journey: What ever happened to the 'health dividend'?
Retirees are getting the fattest Social Security raise they've seen in years, but many are likely to spend it all in one place: their doctor's office.
That's because the inflation measure used to calculate the cost of ...Read more
As yogurt options multiply, General Mills, rivals strive to innovate
The dairy aisle is teeming with yogurt options as food companies prospect for the next gold mine in what has become the grocery store's Wild West.
There's yogurt made from soy, cashews, coconuts and peas. Others are made ...Read more
Neal St. Anthony: Is this economic recovery starting to fade?
Has this economy peaked?
The recently dinged stock market has yet to crimp strong consumer and small-business confidence, near record-low unemployment, and wages for working stiffs that finally are registering meaningful ...Read more
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