By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Frank Bruno has been the No. 1 real estate agent at the Keller Williams office in Hollywood Hills since 2006.
By Andrew Leckey
Question: What's your opinion of United Technologies Corp.?
By Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times
Health insurers will be required to justify annual premium increases of 10% or more to state regulators starting in September under a new...
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
The blizzard of complex disclosure forms required in getting a mortgage soon could ease a bit as a new federal agency tries to streamline...
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Rising gas prices are forcing many shoppers to cut back on shopping trips to Wal-Mart, adding another challenge for the world's largest...
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times
Amazon.com now sells more digital books than those printed on paper.
Reuters
Allstate Corp. is buying Esurance from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group for about $1 billion to expand its online business.
By David Lazarus
The housing market may be on the ropes, but Curt Beck was ready to come out swinging. He offered $385,000 for a three-bedroom house in...
By Michael Hiltzik
Here's what we know for certain about the public pension crisis facing California: The obligations owed or promised to public workers are...
By Lew Sichelman
Will the move to dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mean the end of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage as we have come to know it?
By Kenneth R. Harney
Some credit experts call it the best-kept secret in home mortgage finance. Others say, so what?
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Patrick Quilter, 64, is the founder and senior designer at QSC Audio Products, whose sound systems range from portable...
Associated Press
American consumers spent more in April, but most of their money went to pay higher food and gasoline prices.
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times
About 7.5 million active Facebook users are skirting the company's age policy by lying about their age, saying they are 13 or older....
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
In the ballroom of a tony hotel in downtown Beijing, a dozen women dressed in gold to resemble Oscar statuettes gathered on a stage lined...
By David Lazarus
Carole Krezman wasn't sure what to make of a recent mailing from San Diego's California Bank & Trust inviting her to participate in "a...
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
Retail fuel prices may have run out of gas.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
Sheila C. Bair will step down July 8 as chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the agency said, and her top deputy is her likely...
By Michael Hiltzik
Brand-name drug companies and their generic rivals spend so much time and money attacking each other — in court, in Congress, and...
By Cyndia Zwahlen, Los Angeles Times
There's a lot less military surplus sold at military surplus stores these days.