Results tagged “Muhammed El-Hasan” from Biz Waves

MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Welcome to the Future of Fitness

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This week's column by Muhammed El-Hasan looks at the Wii promotion at Sports Authority.

MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Welcome to the Future of Fitness

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This week's column by Muhammed El-Hasan looks at the Wii promotion at Sports Authority.

MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Can Government Intervention Save Housing Market?

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Today's Business Casual column deals with the government's intervention in the housing market. Can it save us?

A couple of weeks ago, Leo Nordine, a local real estate agent who specializes in selling foreclosed homes, told me half-jokingly that if the government stopped interfering in the real estate market, he would become a very rich man.

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MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Bikini Espresso Is Gone. What Next?

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What to do when a coffee shop with bikini-clad baristas closes?

Here's a few ideas from Muhammed El-Hasan's Business Casual column.

Also, read the original story of Bikini Espresso's closing.

MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Wife's Mail Signals Recession's End

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In today's Business Casual column.


Return of credit card offers sign of recession's end
By Muhammed El-Hasan

Not that I claim to be special, but I got news of the recession's end before most everyone else.

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EL-HASAN: No Tears at Home Foreclosure Auctions

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In today's Business Casual column by Muhammed El-Hasan:

This is where many dreams of homeownership are laid to rest, on the cold, hard steps of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Norwalk.

MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: An Open Letter to Nobel Peace Committee

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In this week's installment of Business Casual.

Business Casual: Consider journalists for Nobel Peace Prize

By Muhammed El-Hasan

Dear Norwegian Nobel Committee members,

Please consider my fellow journalists and me for next year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: A Woman Warrior a Sign of the Times

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In this week's installment of Business Casual, Muhammed El-Hasan feels the power of a woman MMA fighter.

By Muhammed El-Hasan

I recently put on a pair of punch mitts and braced myself as a mixed-martial arts fighter hurled fists like bricks into the padded palms of my hands.

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MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Help! My Nose Is Sagging.

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In today's edition of the weekly Business Casual column.

Never tell a middle-aged man that his nose is drooping.


Beyond the obvious metaphorical implications - and resulting feelings of inadequacy - it is just rude.

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MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Help! My Nose Is Sagging.

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In today's edition of the weekly Business Casual column.

Never tell a middle-aged man that his nose is drooping.

Beyond the obvious metaphorical implications - and resulting feelings of inadequacy - it is just rude.

Read all of Business Casual.

Photo of CubeGuard

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After last week's Business Casual column, people have asked me what the CubeGuard looks like. So here it is.

CubicleGuard2.jpg

EL-HASAN: I Tried To Enhance My Productivity and Failed

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In this week's installment of Business Casual:

At the risk of sounding overly earnest, I at least sometimes strive to be more productive and efficient at work.

That is why I recently tried out a device called the CubeGuard.

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EL-HASAN: A Christian in Hollywood

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Business Casual: Keeping the faith on the path to Hollywood fame


Two decades ago, Elisa Lane took a Greyhound bus to Los Angeles, leaving behind her loving yet skeptical parents in Cleveland in search of an ethereal Hollywood dream.

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EL-HASAN: If Libertarians Reformed Health Care

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"It is a fascinating question - courtesy of a libertarian perspective."

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EL-HASAN: Aerial Refueling Tanker Contest Is Like Boxing

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In this week's installment of the Business Casual column.

One thing I have noticed about sports is that it has parallels not just to war, but also to the building of war machines.

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The Problem With Health Insurance Companies

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In today's Business Casual column.

Lisa Norris is watching the national health care debate with a mix of disappointment and revulsion.

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A Man's Terrible Luck: Business Casual

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This San Pedro resident was hit by a triple whammy.


Business Casual: The economic downturn's human toll

I waited 15 minutes in German Martinez's San Pedro townhome before he finally walked in with a deep sigh and an apology for his tardiness.

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Opinion: Addiction and Golf

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This week's Business Casual Column:

Forrest Blake was like an alcoholic running a brewery. Except his obsession was golf. And it almost ruined him.

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Local S&M Dungeon

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In this week's Business Casual column.

A few years back, I took a deep breath and bravely walked into an S&M dungeon.

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EL-HASAN Discusses Sociopaths...

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... in this week's edition of Business Casual

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About Biz Waves

Biz Waves is a one-stop Web hub for business news and content from the South Bay region of Los Angeles County and beyond.

The primary contributor is:

Muhammed El-Hasan, a business reporter at the Daily Breeze since 2000, covers aerospace and everything else about business in the South Bay. Muhammed previously reported at the San Bernardino Sun and the community news division of The Orange County Register. He also worked as a researcher in the Jerusalem bureau of the Los Angeles Times in 1996-97. But his career highlight as a young man was driving a forklift at a Gardena company near Hawthorne, where he grew up.

You can email Muhammed at muhammad.el-hasan@dailybreeze.com

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