Archive for Friday, January 18, 2008

• Stocks extend plunge as manufacturing index falls; bond insurers fall amid fears of losses

• latimes.com/business

• MPAA to move into offices vacated by Warner Bros. unit

• Fed chief backs short-term prodding of economy

• U-Haul settles Calif. class action

• N.J. probing Amgen sales practices

• Directors, studios make a deal

• Brokers did well in a bad 2007

• Comcast investor seeks to oust CEO

• Some indexes fall into bear territory

• NYSE’s owner agrees to acquire rival Amex

• Beauty vs. beast at the box office

• Nintendo gets high score in ‘07 game console battle

• Merrill Lynch reports $9.8-billion loss

• More mergers may be on industry’s radar

• Lender offers execs pay to stay

• It’s how, not whom, you call

• Lehman Bros. to cut 1,300 mortgage jobs