http://bhcourier.com/index.cfm Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper Business en-us Copyright 2012 Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:33 EST The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase's more than $2 billion trading loss that the Wall Street bank announced last week, media reports said Tuesday. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Justice_Dept_Investigates_JPMorgan_Chase_Reports/88079 No Author Tue, 15 May 2012 11:17:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Justice_Dept_Investigates_JPMorgan_Chase_Reports/88079 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/5/31364695-a30b-3e16-4b2eee599a53bbe9.jpg Yahoo! boss Scott Thompson stepped down on Sunday in the face of controversy about his allegedly inflated resume, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer seeking its sixth CEO in five years. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Embattled_Yahoo_CEO_Scott_Thompson_Steps_Down/88030 No Author Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Embattled_Yahoo_CEO_Scott_Thompson_Steps_Down/88030 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/5/d034de7e-a679-5535-d93d804c2396bd21.jpg US online spending in the first three months of this year surged with a little help from shoppers using tablet computers to buy clothing and other items, comScore reported on Wednesday. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Americans_Spending_More_Online/87924 No Author Wed, 09 May 2012 13:19:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Americans_Spending_More_Online/87924 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/5/00a1e946-db9d-d649-67353fef28c571ed.jpg Facebook on Thursday set a price range for its hotly anticipated public offering that would value the social network between $70 billion and $87.5 billion. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_Pushes_IPO_Ahead_Value_Set_Above_70_Billion/87774 No Author Thu, 03 May 2012 16:46:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_Pushes_IPO_Ahead_Value_Set_Above_70_Billion/87774 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/5/6e26394f-0f56-28ad-514283d09d1335c0.jpg William Morris Endeavor Entertainment today announced a strategic partnership with the technology investment firm Silver Lake, which will acquire a minority stake in the company. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/William_Morris_Endeavor_Entertainment_Announces_New_Strategic_Partnership/87762 No Author Thu, 03 May 2012 11:02:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/William_Morris_Endeavor_Entertainment_Announces_New_Strategic_Partnership/87762 Facebook is on track to make its historic multi-billion-dollar debut on Wall Street on May 18, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_on_Track_to_Go_Public_May_18_WSJ/87714 No Author Wed, 02 May 2012 17:44:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_on_Track_to_Go_Public_May_18_WSJ/87714 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/5/6e26394f-0f56-28ad-514283d09d1335c0.jpg Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday unveiled a revamped BlackBerry platform that discards the smartphone's trademark keyboard to embrace apps, touchscreens and other trendy features. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BlackBerry_Bets_Big_on_Apps_Touchscreens/87700 No Author Tue, 01 May 2012 11:12:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BlackBerry_Bets_Big_on_Apps_Touchscreens/87700 Microsoft teamed up Monday with US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble in a venture aimed at grabbing a bigger share of the rapidly growing market for electronic books. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Microsoft_Teams_Up_with_Barnes_Noble_on_eBooks/87669 No Author Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:34:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Microsoft_Teams_Up_with_Barnes_Noble_on_eBooks/87669 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/4/2b4953da-bb41-7824-b36745e170ca8bce.jpg LA Spanish is a Spanish language services company founded by foreign language teacher Dalila Miranda. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Introducing_LA_Spanish_Customized_Language_Learning/87639 No Author Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:12:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Introducing_LA_Spanish_Customized_Language_Learning/87639 Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau (BHCVB) is one of the highlights of the California Pavilion in this year’s U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow, the travel industry’s premier international marketplace from April 21-25, 2012. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Beverly_Hills_CVB_Official_Sponsor_of_International_Pow_Wow_2012/87412 No Author Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:16:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Beverly_Hills_CVB_Official_Sponsor_of_International_Pow_Wow_2012/87412 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/4/fa8c71e9-95f3-6d39-b76ae37aedd39529.jpg Amazon, Apple and Twitter were graded poorly Tuesday in a Greenpeace study of technology titans' use of clean energy to power the mushrooming Internet cloud, but Facebook, Google and Yahoo! won praise. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Amazon_Apple_Twitter_Score_Low_on_Clean_Energy_Study/87363 No Author Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:42:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Amazon_Apple_Twitter_Score_Low_on_Clean_Energy_Study/87363 Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_Buys_Instagram_Photo_App_for_1_Billion/87150 No Author Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:44:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Facebook_Buys_Instagram_Photo_App_for_1_Billion/87150 Audi of Beverly Hills has announced a four-year, $100,000 commitment to supporting Beverly Hills schools. Brand new to the neighborhood,General Manager Michael Bradford said the dealership believes it is important to “weave” itself into the “fabric of the community” and expressed a desire to be a good neighbor to the Beverly Hills community. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Video_Audi_Partners_With_BHUSD_To_Sponsor_BH_Schools_plus_Facility_Tour/87120 No Author Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:17:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Video_Audi_Partners_With_BHUSD_To_Sponsor_BH_Schools_plus_Facility_Tour/87120 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/4/c23f2abf-a6c2-e3ed-502f414a60eed6f9.jpg Struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! said Wednesday it would slash some 2,000 jobs in a purge aimed at transforming into a 'smaller, nimbler, more profitable' company. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Yahoo_Axes_Workers_in_latest_turn-around_Bid/86992 No Author Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:30:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Yahoo_Axes_Workers_in_latest_turn-around_Bid/86992 Economic output in California and the rest of the nation will grow only about 2 percent over the rest of the year, mirroring slow but steady improvements in the unemployment picture, UCLA economists said in a forecast released today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/UCLA_Slow_Growth_for_Economy_Predicted/86794 No Author Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:30:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/UCLA_Slow_Growth_for_Economy_Predicted/86794 The City Club on Bunker Hills through its Social Committee-China Link is hosting several activities and programs exploring and assessing the ongoing challenging relationship between China and US. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BH_Mayor_Attending_US_and_China_Leadership_Conference/86774 No Author Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:39:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BH_Mayor_Attending_US_and_China_Leadership_Conference/86774 Alaska Airlines will officially open its renovated Terminal 6 at Los Angeles International Airport today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Alaska_Airlines_Reopens_Terminal_at_LAX_Today/86767 No Author Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:46:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/Alaska_Airlines_Reopens_Terminal_at_LAX_Today/86767 German luxury carmaker BMW said on Monday it was recalling some 1.3 million cars worldwide due to battery problems that could in extreme cases result in a fire. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BMW_recalls_13_Million_Cars_Worldwide/86724 No Author Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:08:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/BMW_recalls_13_Million_Cars_Worldwide/86724 New-vehicle retail sales are on track to end the first quarter of 2012 particularly strong, with March figures maintaining an upward trend that has lasted several months, according to a sales forecast released today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/New_Car_Sales_Strong_in_2012/86601 No Author Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:08:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/New_Car_Sales_Strong_in_2012/86601 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/3/52186280-0a73-dc8c-a8a0de628911e48d.jpg Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday said that it is combining its computer and printer units to free up more cash for innovation in the rapidly evolving technology market. http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/HP_Merges_Computer_and_Printer_Units/86569 No Author Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:21:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Business/Business/HP_Merges_Computer_and_Printer_Units/86569