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  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    The Undead (Financial edition)

    Like the unstoppable killer in a horror movie, an unfeeling entity who once menaced OC and was believed to be long gone, is now poised to return. Just in time for Halloween, no less. If nothing else, you have to admire the timing. A county finance committee voted yesterday to add Merrill Lynch to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2007

    Squeezing Money from Corpses in Irvine

    That companies which use magical accounting practices to rewrite history to fatten the bank accounts of their executives would try to squeeze money from corpses isn't really too surprising, but it is still disgusting. And it's happening in Irvine. The Wall Street Journal reports that dozens of co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2006

    OC's leading indicator an economic downturn looms

    Forget sky-high gas prices, stagnant home sales and shaky consumer confidence. Around here, all you need to know that rotten times are ahead is Sharper Image quarterly profits have sunk 62 percent.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    OC Magazine Bought

    Emmis Publishing announced this morning that it has purchased Orange Coast Kommunications, Inc., publisher of 33-year-old Orange Coast magazine. This should be excellent news. Among it's media (radio, television, books and magazines) empire, Emmis owns one of the nation's longtime, superior regiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    XM Merges With Sirius

    Earlier today, the Justice Department approved Sirius Satellite Radio's proposed $4.59 billion (!) aquisition of satellite old-schooler XM Satellite Radio. This decision created one single US satellite radio provider. In response to questions fearing a monopoly, the Justice Dept. said " the combin ... More >>

  • Features

    May 16, 2002

    Flush TwiceIts a Long Way to Huntington Beach

    Why wont the sanitation district clean up the massive sewage plume off the countys coast? Follow the money

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Times and Register Anti-Trust or Bust Lust in the Dust

    As merger mania sweeps through the ownership suites of the L.A. Times and Orange County Register, some may find it odd that the fierce competitors: 1) are even considering joining forces, and B) would even be allowed to merge After all, it was not that long ago that those U.S. Department of Just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    We're Doomed

    I just read this from Editor and Publisher: "'[M]ore newspapers and newspaper groups will default, be shut down and be liquidated in 2009, and several cities could go without a daily print newspaper by 2010,' the Chicago-based credit ratings firm Fitch Ratings said in a report on the outlook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Live Nation So-Cal Offers $13 Tickets on Friday the 13th

    Live Nation hasn't had the best PR lately, what with nearly unanimously negative response to their plans to merge with Ticketmaster--but who says that giant corporations don't have some neat ideas every now and then? This Friday the 13th (tomorrow, for those non-calendar inclined), they'll be sellin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Panera Is Out Of The Danger Zone--But Other Chains Aren't

    It's hard to keep on top of the glut of depressing news about the economy, especially when it comes to restaurants--that is, which ones are struggling and which ones appear to be financially robust. Although fast-food chains are so far weathering the storm better than many high-end eateries, several ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2009

    Surf City Marathon

    Huntington Beach

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    Four Eyes

    N.E.R.D.

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    Monkeys Might Fly

    The Wizard of Oz

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Heart of 
Orange County

    Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Fatburger Divisions File For Bankruptcy, While CPK Booms

    Seems we're not even buying burgers any more. On the other hand, maybe we're starting to think that it's not all doom and gloom, and that we might live beyond 2010. Two divisions of the struggling Fatburger chain, Fatburger Restaurants of California and Fatburger Restaurants of Nevada, ha ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    A New Breed of E-Horror

    Who's behind the Net Profit e-mails?

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Peace Conference

    Golden West College

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Vitamin C

    Even Dr. Chaudhuris critics say hes a genius

  • Film

    December 16, 2004

    The Brothers and Sisters Grim

    Brad Silberlings Lemony Snicket Movie

  • Columns

    June 19, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Brad Silberlings Lemony Snicket Movie

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    Sympathy for the Devil

    The Register's upside-down campaign for sprawl

  • Columns

    May 13, 1999

    Letters

    The Register's upside-down campaign for sprawl

  • Columns

    May 6, 1999

    Letters

    The Register's upside-down campaign for sprawl

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Sequelitis Hits Gaming!

    Are megamergers healthy for the industry?

  • Columns

    October 1, 1998

    Out of Sight

    Are megamergers healthy for the industry?

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    They Froze Silva's Brain

    Head Supervisor lacks the vision thing

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Ask Not For Whom Mike Capizzi Works

    DA's aggressive defense of Wall Street firm

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Merrill Lynched? Hardly

    Capizzi Let the Big Boys Off

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    New Chapter 11 available now

    Long Beach's Chapter 11's new record, Premium Blend, is available now. Click here to buy that shit, yo. Founded in 1998, Chapter 11 has played a blend of reggae and hip-hop at probably every local venue you could think of (and probably some you can't). They've got a show July 18 in San Bernadino wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Dishney: D23 Full Schedule Revealed!

    ​How much do you like Disney? Annual Passport holder? Fine. But are you dedicated? Or rather: Are you 23? Like we discussed previously, the first ever d23 Expo is coming to town September 10-13. It's four whole days dedicated to all things Disneyana at the Anaheim Convention Center. The schedule f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Dishney: Disney Seeking to Acquire Marvel Comics in $4 Billion Transaction

    Flickr user KingKong21Nemo finding Doctor Doom.​Just this morning, the Walt Disney Company released a press release announcing their intention to purchase and acquire Marvel and its portfolio of 5,000-plus characters--including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, the Fantastic Four and more--for $4 billi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2009

    Healthcare Workers to Protest Job Cuts at Kaiser Orange County

    Coming to Anaheim Thursday.​Kaiser Permanente employees will picket outside the Kaiser Orange County facility Thursday to protest the health behemoth's plans to slash 1,350 jobs in coming months.Kaiser workers in purple shirts are scheduled to chant, carry signs and speak with patients about the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2009

    From the Mixed-Up Bankrupcty Filing of Mr. Robert Bisno

    Bisno: Doesn't pay bills​A source sent us the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Robert Bisno, the man who essentially bought an election for SanTana Mayor Don Papi Pulido's regime by pouring tens of thousands of dollars into a campaign that extended term limits for the SanTana city council. Maybe th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Stuff-a-Bus

    Honda Center

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Prepare to be Screwed: Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Approved

    When it comes to the law, my knowledge is pretty much limited to drinking, drugs and anything else that at some point in my life might have gotten me fined, incarcerated or both. Despite my ignorance, though, I'm fairly certain that the Ticketmaster-Live Nation coupling will not only result in many ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    5 Hard-Ass Ways the Government Should Treat a Blockbuster Bankruptcy

    ​Blockbuster Inc. reveals in its annual financial report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the video-store chain may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The one-time king of DVD and videotape rentals reveals in the filing it ended the last year in the red, the ne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010
  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    944 Magazine Files For Bankruptcy, Mocks It

    ​944 Media, which publishes fashion/entertainment/lifestyle magazines in 10 different regions, including Orange County, has filed for bankruptcy.But, not only does the company plan to keep publishing, it is having fun with its financial pickle by posting on its website, "The Top 9 Fun Facts About ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010
  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    Skate for a Cause

    etnies Skate Park

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Orange County Register Owner Freedom Communications' Papers, TV Stations for Sale

    ​Update, November 18, 5:20 p.m.: A media industry watcher suggests Freedom Communications may have a strategy behind what would seem to be a counter-intuitive move to sell the modern-day equivalent of buggy whips, daily newspapers."Might the strategy be to sell some of the properties, keep othe ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Robert Schuller's Glass House of God

    [Moxley Confidential] Picking through the shards of the bankrupt televangelism empire.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    All Dean Goetz Wants for Christmas is His Two Blocks of Shares Daughter Unwittingly Tipped Him About

    Goetz​Let this be a lesson to all you law firm associates working on big corporate mergers: DO NOT leave your documents about the pending deal lying around the family home during the holidays--lest your personal injury attorney father scan them and wind up facing accusations of insider trading.Tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Advocates of Treating Autism with Cannabis Disavow "Partnership" with UC Irvine

    ​A Denver biotech company and Los Angeles nonprofit foundation dedicated to the treatment of autism are disavowing their previously announced partnership with UC Irvine.The clarification comes more into focus when you know the players. The firm, Cannabis Science, develops pharmaceutical products ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    FBI Database Architect Says He Was Victimized in Orange County

    Eye Gotcha​Gary Bender, a veteran biometrics expert who has been called an architect of the FBI's highly-touted fingerprint system, says he was tricked out of at least $940,800 by a business partner in Newport Beach.In a lawsuit filed this week in Orange County Superior Court, Bender alleges that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Sade

    Honda Center

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Newport Beach Hotel Company Dishes Out $132k for Firing of Front Desk Clerk with Autism

    ​Comfort Suites and its parent company Tarsadia Hotels of Newport Beach have agreed to pay $132,500 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of an autistic front desk clerk who was fired.The companies must also change its employment p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    American Airlines' Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy, No Immediate Implications For John Wayne Airport

    ​This morning, American Airlines' parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but, for now at least, it won't impact passengers.AMR Corpororation, the company over American Airlines and American Eagle, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11, saying it was the next logical step in ensuring ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2011
  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Why Does John Urell, Pedo-Priest Protector Supreme, Sit on the Board of a Catholic School?

    ​If there were justice in this world, Monsignor John Urell would've been in San Quentin long ago, in prison in a culture where child molesters and their protectors aren't welcomed with open arms like they are at the Diocese of Orange. But there is no justice, and so not only does John Urell remain ... More >>

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