Archives
- 2009.11.10: Let's give (Recession) a bad name...
- 2009.11.10: Some trickles of job hope...
- 2009.11.07: East West acquires the banking operations of San Francisco-based United Commercial Bank
- 2009.10.19: A bit of back-peddaling
- 2009.10.15: Happy ending to a nail-biting saga
- 2009.10.05: More help for tuning in to digital
- 2009.09.02: Pinkslip Mixer goes multi-city and state...
- 2009.08.31: Some wildfire relief out there for taxpayers, business
- 2009.08.24: Cash for Clunkers a success
- 2009.08.20: Foreclosure Prevention...
- 2009.08.20: Credit card companies reined in ... sort of
- 2009.07.23: A good site for bedtime reading...
- 2009.07.01: Local company making birds -- that fly!
- 2009.06.29: Last day for business center...
- 2009.06.26: Update on a determined entrepreneur
- 2009.06.25: Small business center shutting down
- 2009.06.18: It's no wonder California's struggling to stay afloat
- 2009.06.12: Not a great prescription...
- 2009.05.29: No tears for GM
- 2009.05.20: Keeping an eye on the stimuli
- 2009.05.07: New jobless claims unexpectedly plunge to 601K
- 2009.05.05: Gregg Industries offers video tribute...
- 2009.04.30: AP sources: Chrysler to file for bankruptcy
- 2009.04.27: Bank of America rebrands mortgage operations
- 2009.04.24: Courage and fear in the job marketplace...
- 2009.04.24: Ford posts $1.4 billion 1Q loss, burns less cash
- 2009.04.22: McDonald's 1Q profit rises nearly 4 percent
- 2009.04.21: Approaches to success at job fairs
- 2009.04.20: Bank of America posts 1Q profit, surpasses view
- 2009.04.09: Online learning offers a wealth of opportunities
- 2009.04.09: Good news and some bad news...
- 2009.04.08: U.S. settling back in auto sales...
- 2009.04.03: Some numbers for historical context
- 2009.03.19: Firm: California median home price down 40 percent
- 2009.03.10: Dodgers fans boost ticket sales
- 2009.03.05: Mortgage defaults spreading - and picking up speed
- 2009.03.03: McDonald's Industry connection...
- 2009.03.03: Ford sales dive 48 percent as auto slump continues
- 2009.03.02: The economy is driving us...?
- 2009.02.27: Bad news and the good news...
- 2009.02.27: SGVN to to print newspapers at OC Register facility
- 2009.02.24: Northern Trust under scrutiny for event spending
- 2009.02.17: Tour of California rolls into Pasadena
- 2009.02.13: Thoughts on a strugging economy ...
- 2009.02.10: Tax cuts are good, but so are jobs -- any jobs
- 2009.02.09: AeroVironment seeking more employees
- 2009.02.06: A reality check...
- 2009.02.05: One million miles ... without crashing?
- 2009.02.03: Automakers still hurting
- 2009.02.03: Denny's gets 'Slammed'
- 2009.01.30: Ties with government a good thing...
- 2009.01.28: And more jobs go poof ...
- 2009.01.27: Not quite a rebound yet...
- 2009.01.27: Ethics falling by the way ...
- 2009.01.26: Not just car dealerships that are hurting...
- 2009.01.24: Southland entrepreneur taps into fluid power
- 2009.01.23: L.A. County unemployment climbs to 9.9 percent
- 2009.01.22: Gale Banks to receive industry award
- 2009.01.21: Retailers face a challenging market
- 2009.01.20: Cal Spas adapts to changing market
- 2009.01.19: NAMM show attendance down, innovation up
- 2009.01.16: Corporate execs could learn from this guy
- 2009.01.16: Layoffs continue to escalate ...
- 2009.01.14: Entrepreneurship can start early
- 2009.01.12: Etiquette goes a long way...so does sincerity.
- 2009.01.09: Staggering jobs losses reported Friday
- 2009.01.09: Is teaching finances like teaching about sex?
- 2009.01.08: Susie's Deals survives holiday season intact
- 2009.01.07: Madoff fallout continues
- 2009.01.07: New restaurant...old friend
- 2009.01.06: Financial distress fuels suicides
- 2009.01.06: Some free advertising...
- 2009.01.05: Automakers post dismal sales results
- 2009.01.02: End of an era...
- 2009.01.02: A really bad case of gas prices...
- 2008.12.31: Spending vs. Savings -- the confusion
- 2008.12.31: NAMM show will likely reflect downturn in economy
- 2008.12.30: Stellar Business Bank forges ahead
- 2008.12.29: Retailers banking on gift cards
- 2008.12.26: Surviving with a niche
- 2008.12.26: Traffic not all it was cracked up to be
- 2008.12.26: Prop. 13 or Bankruptcy
- 2008.12.24: A 'Friendly' refusal
- 2008.12.24: California Dreaming With Obama
- 2008.12.24: Unemployment hits 26-year high
- 2008.12.23: In the Senate we trust
- 2008.12.22: Sagging Butt in a Sagging Economy
- 2008.12.19: Bush signs off on auto bailout
- 2008.12.19: It's time to retrain...
- 2008.12.19: Tax'em by the pound
- 2008.12.19: Dude, where's my bailout?
- 2008.12.18: In-home care service makes clients feel 'Right at Home'
- 2008.12.18: Toxic debt bonus
- 2008.12.18: FedEx guys ain't so happy now
- 2008.12.17: The US is bankrupt
- 2008.12.17: Credit card limits and why WaMu Stinks
- 2008.12.17: Printing more money is the answer?
- 2008.12.16: Aging population stresses health care industry
- 2008.12.16: Bad economy protection: sex, money and a job
- 2008.12.16: Staying on the dole can be good for you
- 2008.12.15: Stupidity, losses and then the bezzle
- 2008.12.12: CEOs come under increased scrutiny
- 2008.12.12: The future of reporting...
- 2008.12.11: Bank of America to cut 30,000 to 35,000 jobs
- 2008.12.10: Time to make some hard choices...
- 2008.12.09: More layoffs announced Tuesday
- 2008.12.08: One failed idea leads to another...
- 2008.12.05: Health care industry alive and well
- 2008.12.05: Anderson Business Technology has long history
- 2008.12.04: A changed world...with some caveats
- 2008.12.03: Family of trampled Wal-Mart worker sues retailer
- 2008.12.02: I agree...just buy the Big Three.
- 2008.12.01: Nation officially in recession
- 2008.11.28: Retailers, consumers gear up for 'Cyber Monday'
- 2008.11.28: Black Friday observations...
- 2008.11.26: Word of the year...
- 2008.11.26: Building association hopes to kick-start housing industry
- 2008.11.25: Retailers banking on Black Friday
- 2008.11.25: Lot of homes...
- 2008.11.24: Obama names nominees for economic team
- 2008.11.21: Victim of its own success...
- 2008.11.21: Musing on the word 'bailout'
- 2008.11.20: Charitable giving...
- 2008.11.19: Could America default?
- 2008.11.19: Quick morning paper scan
- 2008.11.17: Local businesses, organizations step up to help
- 2008.11.17: Surviving the hard times...
- 2008.11.14: San Gabriel Valley facing tough times ahead
- 2008.11.14: Not just commercial banks feeling the strain
- 2008.11.14: Dow flops, drops 338
- 2008.11.14: A perfect Christmas present: a safe
- 2008.11.14: Growing deficit and inflation
- 2008.11.14: Car bailout crashes; Europe falls (but becomes stronger); Hedge fund delight
- 2008.11.13: Cramster Inc. offers online study community
- 2008.11.13: Dow soars 552
- 2008.11.13: It's all over Detroit, 'cept the crying
- 2008.11.13: Bankruptcy vs
- 2008.11.12: Tapped out; small gap;Gas plunges, and no one notices
- 2008.11.11: A worrisome trend?
- 2008.11.11: Vroman's nixes plan to open Monrovia store
- 2008.11.11: Dow drops 176
- 2008.11.11: Small business strategy: Hate your clients
- 2008.11.11: Dr. Doom backs bailing out automakers
- 2008.11.11: A trade; a name change; Goldman Sachs plays CA; $11.2 billion gap
- 2008.11.10: It's not the economy, stupid.
- 2008.11.10: A word from abroad
- 2008.11.10: Transparency; draining dollars; bankruptcy; private schools hurt
- 2008.11.07: Store offers used Levi's at a discount
- 2008.11.07: Lesson from a feature story...
- 2008.11.07: The old jobless days
- 2008.11.07: We're not starting from nowhere!
- 2008.11.07: 6.5 and climbing;
- 2008.11.06: Job market still faces challenges
- 2008.11.06: Dow drops 443
- 2008.11.06: The man from Mount Olympus
- 2008.11.06: Nothing like forecasting for the next election
- 2008.11.06: Foreclosure freeze; Growing defict; Obamamania tamped down;
- 2008.11.05: Lots of cool stuff at BTC
- 2008.11.05: Lots of cool stuff at BTC
- 2008.11.05: DOW drops 486
- 2008.11.05: In happier news, a grim job market welcomes new president
- 2008.11.05: Mervyn's sort of says it won't dump on workers, if...
- 2008.11.05: The Challenge; the corn; the layaway; the tumble
- 2008.11.04: Good for one's economy
- 2008.11.04: Courtyards project moves forward, despite down economy
- 2008.11.04: Stocks surge as Election Day continues
- 2008.11.04: Possible picks for Obama's team
- 2008.11.04: Where will the economy go in an Obama Administration?
- 2008.11.04: Bailout winners and losers; descending gas; sex no longer selling
- 2008.11.03: Circuit City closures speak to larger retail picture
- 2008.11.03: They didn't help much, that's for sure
- 2008.11.03: The Glass Door to your company
- 2008.11.03: GM Oct. sales fall nearly half; Ford drops 30 pct.
- 2008.11.03: Adam Smith: businessmen were, on the whole, more trustworthy than diplomats.
- 2008.11.03: Traders mum; Asian rise; Short Circuiting City; GM sinking
- 2008.10.31: This was a busy month
- 2008.10.31: DOW closes up 144 to end terrible month
- 2008.10.30: Some scary numbers...
- 2008.10.30: Dow closes up 190
- 2008.10.30: It will make a great Christmas gift
- 2008.10.30: feds trim lending rate;early stock rally;lower house payments
- 2008.10.29: The ties that bind us...
- 2008.10.29: DOW closes down 74
- 2008.10.29: Fed cuts key interest rate half-point to 1 percent
- 2008.10.29: Credit cards, Hollywood and stocks rising
- 2008.10.28: East West Bancorp can look ahead...and that's saying something
- 2008.10.28: "Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over"
- 2008.10.28: Chrysler worth nothing
- 2008.10.28: Trillions, Cars and (according to the Times) damn oil
- 2008.10.27: Needing and wanting...
- 2008.10.27: "I fear the worst is yet to come."
- 2008.10.27: Heard around the blogosphere
- 2008.10.27: A plunge, a Wii, a cut and a family that is uniquely happy
- 2008.10.24: Southland housing market weathers extremes
- 2008.10.24: Unemployment...
- 2008.10.24: ha! That's absolutely wrong
- 2008.10.24: Asian Markets plunge, foreclosures slowed, Greenspan "shocked,shocked"
- 2008.10.23: Dow closes up 172
- 2008.10.23: A commitment to being green
- 2008.10.23: But what would a deal by cows look like?
- 2008.10.23: It's all Henry Paulsons fault
- 2008.10.23: Morning Scan
- 2008.10.22: Economic stimulus package...
- 2008.10.22: Dow closes down 514
- 2008.10.22: Morning Scan
- 2008.10.21: Thoughts on economy and Wal-Mart
- 2008.10.21: Tax cutting and more spending
- 2008.10.21: Obama plans to appoint columnist as treasury secretary
- 2008.10.21: Morning Scan
- 2008.10.20: Dow closes up 413
- 2008.10.20: Holiday season looking grim for retailers
- 2008.10.20: A blueprint for disaster
- 2008.10.20: Morning scan
- 2008.10.17: Dow closes down 127
- 2008.10.17: A silver lining in every cloud
- 2008.10.17: He's no Knute Rockne
- 2008.10.17: Morning Scan
- 2008.10.16: Irrational forces...
- 2008.10.16:
- 2008.10.16: Dow closes up 401
- 2008.10.16: Paulson expresses regret for financial mess
- 2008.10.16: From the 'it's a bit too late department'
- 2008.10.16: My God. It must be a recession.
- 2008.10.16: Morning Scan
- 2008.10.15: Congress to consider new economic stimulus package
- 2008.10.15: Dow drops 733
- 2008.10.15: California home prices expected to continue slide in 2009
- 2008.10.15: Taxpayers owning the banks
- 2008.10.15: Morning scan
- 2008.10.14: Fed's move is not a good idea for some...
- 2008.10.14: Video: Bush talks about the bailout
- 2008.10.14: Flirting with socialism?
- 2008.10.14: Banana republic financing
- 2008.10.14: Morning scan
- 2008.10.13: Morning scan
- 2008.10.11: Don't know what we're doing and why it's not working,
- 2008.10.10: Market losses continue
- 2008.10.10: Stock and awe in Baghdad
- 2008.10.10: What's with the $25 billion?
- 2008.10.10: Morning Scan; Japan:worst one-day loss since 1987
- 2008.10.09: More pain on Wall Street
- 2008.10.09: Morning scan
- 2008.10.08: Roller coaster ride...
- 2008.10.08: Retirement accounts have lost $2 trillion
- 2008.10.08: Media overplay AIG retreat accusations; ignore Freddie and Fannie
- 2008.10.08: Vultures gorging
- 2008.10.08: Morning scan
- 2008.10.07: Goya Foods on track for big earnings
- 2008.10.07: eBay spends and slashes
- 2008.10.07: Deeper and Deeper we go
- 2008.10.07: Morning scan
- 2008.10.06: The way it was...and could be
- 2008.10.06: Wall Street plummets below 10,000 mark
- 2008.10.06: What to save your home? Become an illegal immigrant
- 2008.10.06: And can you do that before breakfast?
- 2008.10.06: This American Life
- 2008.10.06: Morning scan
- 2008.10.05: Over the weekend
- 2008.10.03: Another credit issue...plastic
- 2008.10.03: Bailout package gains House approval
- 2008.10.03: It's the media's fault
- 2008.10.03: Dr. Doom gets even gloomier
- 2008.10.03: "...Economic Pearl Harbor," says Oracle of Omaha
- 2008.10.03: Morning scan
- 2008.10.02: Lobbyists celebrate Christmas early
- 2008.10.02: Credit crunch, machinist strike hurts local rivet maker
- 2008.10.02: "Mr. Chairman, we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and in particular at Fannie Mae."
- 2008.10.02: Someone tell the Democrats they are in the majority
- 2008.10.02: Taxpayers may lose on bad debt
- 2008.10.02: Morning scan
- 2008.10.01: "Bipartisan fiscal irresponsibility"
- 2008.10.01: Couldn't help themselves
- 2008.10.01: State budget meets credit crisis
- 2008.10.01: Senate poised to vote on bailout plan
- 2008.09.29: Bailout plan moves closer to reality
- 2008.09.26: Any help for uninsured depositors?
- 2008.09.26: Washington Mutual's assets sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- 2008.09.25: L.A. County home prices continue to fall
- 2008.09.25: Home sales plunge in August to slowest pace in 17 years
- 2008.09.24: Presidential candidates address financial crisis
- 2008.09.23: FBI investigating companies at heart of meltdown
- 2008.09.22: Government bailout plan still a mystery
- 2008.09.22: Dow drops more than 370 points
- 2008.09.22: Cogent to supply fingerprint ID system
- 2008.09.19: Bush announces plans for sweeping financial bailout
- 2008.09.19: Ralph's grocery managers indicted on federal labor charges
- 2008.09.19: California unemployment rate hits 7.7 percent
- 2008.09.18: Fed inject billions here and overseas to boost liquidity
- 2008.09.17: Economic meltdown has far-reaching effects
- 2008.09.17: Fed lends $80B to AIG; Wall Street tumbles
- 2008.09.16: Economic outlook: rain with spots of sunshine
- 2008.09.12: Lehman Brothers could be sold piecemeal
- 2008.09.09: Citrus College Foundation presents Taste of Autumn
- 2008.09.09: Avery Dennison facing challenges
- 2008.09.08: Local real estate experts support GSE bailout
- 2008.09.08: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac under government control
- 2008.09.07: Feds take over Fannie, Freddie
- 2008.09.05: Foreclosures, Fannie and Freddie
- 2008.09.05: Jobless rate hits five-year high
- 2008.09.04: Wall Street plummets on bad economic news
- 2008.09.04: Retailers flagging on back-to-school sales
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About this blog
Economic Alert is a daily blog on business and the economy in the San Gabriel Valley and beyond, featuring updates and observations from the staff of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group. SGVN includes the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News and Whittier Daily News.
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Kevin Smith is business editor for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group. Over the past 15 years, Smith has covered development, housing, employment, technology and financial trends for a variety of newspapers.
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Your hosts:
Kevin Smith is business editor for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group. Over the past 15 years, Smith has covered development, housing, employment, technology and financial trends for a variety of newspapers.
Ryan Carter covers business and the economy for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group.
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