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Downtown Glendale Block Put on the Block

Commercial: CitiGroup selling 3.2-acre property for possible mixed-useAn entire city block is on the market in Glendale, and it may just be the future site of another mixed-use apartment complex.

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Insurer Bets on Warner Center

Real Estate: Farmers Insurance move from Mid-Wilshire a boost.

REAL ESTATE: Farmers Insurance Group’s move to Warner Center has brokers. optimistic about the sluggish office market.

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Selling Tony Area On Swap Meet

Developer looks to get Newbury Park to buy into discount retail.

RETAIL: A proposed swap meet is a hard sell in tony Thousand Oaks.

Clothing Store Takes Space – With Alterations

Retail: Marshalls leases Brand Boulevard building long vacated by Borders.

RETAIL: Discount clothing seller Marshalls will take former Borders location in Glendale.

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Shifting Focus

Entrepreneur Robin Richards has started multiple businesses in his long career and he’s at it again with a group of jobs sites.

Q&A: With his newest company, Robin Richards wants to find everyone a job.

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Around the Valleys

News and notes from around the greater San Fernando Valley

A 20-unit apartment building on Moorpark Street in Sherman Oaks has sold for $4.5 million.

Stockwatch

Market Watch Summary

Stocks were down across the board for the two-week period ended June 5.

A 20th Century Miseducation

EDITOR: Standardized testing doesn’t hurt tomorrow’s business leaders.

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L.A. County crippled by unfriendly attitude toward business

BizFed’s annual survey of over 100 leading business groups representing more than 250,000 businesses throughout L.A. County should be a wakeup call for Southern California leaders:

State’s low ranking in annual policy survey is a partisan attack

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recently released its sixth annual “Rich States, Poor States” ranking of business policies in the 50 states.

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Sig Alert on Congestion Fee

Business group says planned fee on new construction to improve traffic is a bad idea that should be halted.

Year in and year out, the Los Angeles region takes home the prestigious title of being the No. 1 most congested area in the country.

Editorial Cartoon SFVBJ - June 10, 2013

TAKE TWO - This week's Editorial Cartoon by Steve Greenberg

Upheaval at Signature Holdings

Signature Group Holdings Inc. on Wednesday announced another leadership change as the Sherman Oaks finance company settled a proxy battle with an investor group.

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Big Tract Plan For Small Lots

Development: 131-home project slated for 5.7 acres in Van Nuys.

DEVELOPMENT: Small lot subdivisions are the next big thing in Van Nuys – and elsewhere.

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Credit Card Data Firm Charged Up

Marketing: Tranzlogic culls personal info from simple swipe.

Marketing: With a swipe of your credit card, Tranzlogic can tell a merchant all about you.