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Mar

U.S. factory work is returning, but the industry has changed

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GRIFFIN, Ga. — Giant machines are tearing down the old bleachery, another reminder to Chuck Smith that this old mill town doesn't...

Mar

Pro sports leagues aim to put workers' comp out of play

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One would think that we've learned from bitter experience not to trust a word uttered by our major professional sports leagues.Yet here they are trying to put another howler over on us. This is their assertion that retired pro athletes — many of them from outside the state — are ripping off California's workers' compensation system for hundreds of...

Feb

Airports big and small may feel effects of federal budget feud

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Get ready for longer lines at Los Angeles International Airport, slower delivery of packages and the possible shutdown of small...

Feb

Island Air is Ellison's latest buy

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How do you follow the purchase of an island in Hawaii?If you're Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison, you buy an airline so...

Feb

Deficit hawks' 'generational theft' argument is a sham

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Here's a phrase you can expect to be hearing a lot in the national debate over fiscal policy, as we move past the "sequester," which is today's crisis du jour, and toward the budget cliff/government shutdown deadline looming at the end of March:"Generational theft."The core idea the term expresses is that we're spending so much more on our seniors...

Feb

Bill would bar some athletes from California workers' comp claims

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SACRAMENTO — Players for professional sports teams based outside of California would be barred from filing compensation claims...

Feb

Jason Bateman gives Ernest Borgnine's estate a new identity

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Markus Canter and Cristie St. James, who share the title luxury properties director at Prudential in Beverly Hills, like Jason Bateman's real estate sense. The actor got privacy, potential and a knoll location for $3 million. ...

Feb

Hiltzik: Herbalife's academic team

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Herbalife International says it's all about helping people "pursue healthy, active lives." UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine likes to think of itself as being in the forefront of medical research and modern healthcare.But the curious relationship between these two supposed champions of healthful living should turn your stomach.Herbalife is the Los...

Feb

Foreign tourists' spending in U.S. rises to new record

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The U.S. continues to be a hot destination for big-spending tourists, setting a new record of $168.1 billion in foreign visitor...

Feb

Tesla results renew worries about its long-term viability

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Tesla Motors Inc. reported another good-not-great quarter, renewing concerns about its ability to quickly churn out enough electric...

Feb

Anthem halts plan to require some drug purchases by mail

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Anthem Blue Cross is backing off a decision to require some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy — a requirement that the California attorney general's office said may be illegal.Anthem, California's largest for-profit health insurer, said in November that it was imposing the new rule for so-called specialty...

Feb

Consumers need better way to fix credit reporting errors

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About 10 million consumers, through no fault of their own, have serious errors on their credit reports, raising troubling questions about people's ability to secure loans and the fairness of interest rates they're charged.In the first study of its kind, the Federal Trade Commission looked at credit reports for 1,001 consumers obtained from the three...

Feb