http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/1ZR9V4OgR6E/la-fi-texas7-2009nov07,0,6852730.story The Lone Star State's attractions include its low cost of living and no income tax. <br/><br/> After trying out Pasadena, Atlanta and Miami, Lilian Junco decided this was the place to retire. Being near her son was the first attraction, but soon she was drawn in by the same combination of features that has lured tens of thousands of others from out of state: Gulf Coast living and super-low costs. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GKuCzeZhNAO4paXbrkoma1YlO7M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GKuCzeZhNAO4paXbrkoma1YlO7M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GKuCzeZhNAO4paXbrkoma1YlO7M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GKuCzeZhNAO4paXbrkoma1YlO7M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/1ZR9V4OgR6E" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-texas7-2009nov07,0,6852730.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/XjPlzAE_eSg/la-fi-petruno7-2009nov07,0,2857397.column The American public has no say in Federal Reserve policy. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PtqUK5tqDD00bSq8tLKS5bsrNgs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PtqUK5tqDD00bSq8tLKS5bsrNgs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PtqUK5tqDD00bSq8tLKS5bsrNgs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PtqUK5tqDD00bSq8tLKS5bsrNgs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/XjPlzAE_eSg" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-petruno7-2009nov07,0,2857397.column?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/TbdDZrXKqCg/la-me-jackson7-2009nov07,0,1237368.story Joe Jackson, 81, says he has living expenses exceeding $20,000 a month. His attorney says the family patriarch doesn't have a regular income and was dependent on his son's money. <br/><br/> Michael Jackson's father wants the late singer's estate to help him cover living expenses that exceed $20,000 a month, according to court papers filed Friday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w5IjYAzLVbSPOn_1KkSAEH6OnIs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w5IjYAzLVbSPOn_1KkSAEH6OnIs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w5IjYAzLVbSPOn_1KkSAEH6OnIs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w5IjYAzLVbSPOn_1KkSAEH6OnIs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/TbdDZrXKqCg" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-me-jackson7-2009nov07,0,1237368.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/d6i4AsWaiqw/la-fi-francis7-2009nov07,0,4060011.story The soft-porn mogul is sentenced to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers. <br/><br/> A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis to 301 days already served and a year of probation after the soft-porn mogul's guilty plea to filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Mm3WQiOXPBcrFoBEG68KupeiHFo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Mm3WQiOXPBcrFoBEG68KupeiHFo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Mm3WQiOXPBcrFoBEG68KupeiHFo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Mm3WQiOXPBcrFoBEG68KupeiHFo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/d6i4AsWaiqw" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-francis7-2009nov07,0,4060011.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/g6iWg6jLuiQ/la-fi-hedge-scandal6-2009nov06,0,6879160.story One man snapped his cellphone in half and bit the memory card to conceal his actions, complaints allege. Fourteen more are charged in the continuing investigation. <br/><br/> As an eavesdropping-detection specialist, Kevin D. Murray normally works for companies concerned about possible spying by competitors. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OcZyB4aMb3ycdqodjFUZi66BRCM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OcZyB4aMb3ycdqodjFUZi66BRCM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OcZyB4aMb3ycdqodjFUZi66BRCM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OcZyB4aMb3ycdqodjFUZi66BRCM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/g6iWg6jLuiQ" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-hedge-scandal6-2009nov06,0,6879160.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/vuiWyVYZ9ag/la-fi-calpers6-2009nov06,0,3797869.story Rob Feckner asks fellow directors not to meet privately with so-called placement agents while the public employees pension fund conducts an investigation of the intermediaries' activities. <br/><br/> The board president of the nation's biggest public employee pension fund is urging his fellow directors to avoid private meetings with go-betweens who help pitch private-equity investments to the fund. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pl5mknLjnGyP65HK6TYyi3jpneo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pl5mknLjnGyP65HK6TYyi3jpneo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pl5mknLjnGyP65HK6TYyi3jpneo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pl5mknLjnGyP65HK6TYyi3jpneo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/vuiWyVYZ9ag" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-calpers6-2009nov06,0,3797869.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/Ns2UigWvrpo/la-fi-earns6-2009nov06,0,7976030.story Toyota posts profit, cuts loss forecast <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dDaNo0mzRIuJp77VN0HQsdHtdxA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dDaNo0mzRIuJp77VN0HQsdHtdxA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dDaNo0mzRIuJp77VN0HQsdHtdxA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dDaNo0mzRIuJp77VN0HQsdHtdxA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/Ns2UigWvrpo" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-earns6-2009nov06,0,7976030.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/dx0qqXe8uAw/la-fi-ct-cbs6-2009nov06,0,1598312.story Strong rerun syndication sales of its television shows and an uptick in network TV advertising boost the broadcaster's results. <br/><br/> There's a glimmer in the CBS eye. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7BD12LXcuNqT15fD8AAfH-K_t-M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7BD12LXcuNqT15fD8AAfH-K_t-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7BD12LXcuNqT15fD8AAfH-K_t-M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7BD12LXcuNqT15fD8AAfH-K_t-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/dx0qqXe8uAw" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-ct-cbs6-2009nov06,0,1598312.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/fpRKBKYWJfY/la-fi-insider-trading6-2009nov06,0,4828052.story A former employee of Galleon Group, whose founder was charged last month, is among the alleged co-conspirators. <br/><br/> The biggest insider-trading case in a generation expanded further today as federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against 14 investment professionals in a $20-million scheme in which they allegedly swapped tips on a variety of corporate mergers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Wm7ePE7DpYHivFtiHOws43frA_Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Wm7ePE7DpYHivFtiHOws43frA_Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Wm7ePE7DpYHivFtiHOws43frA_Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Wm7ePE7DpYHivFtiHOws43frA_Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/fpRKBKYWJfY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:39:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-insider-trading6-2009nov06,0,4828052.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~3/Popf_M-xeug/la-fi-mortgage-rates6-2009nov06,0,779760.story The average interest in a Freddie Mac survey of lenders is 4.98%, down from 5.03% a week ago. The fixed rate on a 15-year mortgage drops slightly to 4.4%. <br/><br/> The average interest rate on traditional 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell back below 5% this week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T3qKgvxwOQScIIurVm69ZYhKOgk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T3qKgvxwOQScIIurVm69ZYhKOgk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T3qKgvxwOQScIIurVm69ZYhKOgk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T3qKgvxwOQScIIurVm69ZYhKOgk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/business/investing/~4/Popf_M-xeug" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-mortgage-rates6-2009nov06,0,779760.story?track=rss