Articles by Michael A. Hiltzik

311 articles since 1997

Monitor to discontinue daily print edition

Business | By Tiffany Hsu and Michael A. Hiltzik | October 29, 2008
The century-old Christian Science Monitor said Tuesday that it would discontinue its daily print edition in April and move almost exclusively to online publication, becoming the first major national newspaper to abandon a daily paper-and-ink format. Read more
 

High School Musical 3’ graduates to the big time with $42 million

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik | October 27, 2008
A gang of hyperactive New Mexico high school kids faced down a sadistic serial murderer at the movies this weekend and came out on top in a big way. Read more
 

U.S. boosts local bank’s finances

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik | October 27, 2008
In a harbinger of what may be a flood of similar disclosures, City National Bank in Beverly Hills said Sunday that it would receive a $395-million capital infusion from the U.S. Treasury as part of the government’s $250-billion bailout program. Read more
 

The battle over bills

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik and Daniel J. Costello, Lisa Girion | October 23, 2008
Last of three parts In late 2007, Centinela Hospital in Inglewood was losing nearly $1 million a month and had piled up $15 million in debt. Read more
 

Health insurers reinvent themselves as money managers

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik | October 22, 2008
Second of three parts WellPoint Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance company, ran into a snag last year while pursuing an important new business initiative. Read more
 

An eroding model for health insurance

Business | By Lisa Girion and Michael A. Hiltzik | October 21, 2008
First of three partsJennifer and Greg Danylyshyn of Pasadena are conscientious parents. Read more
 

Government seeks ways to spur lending

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik | October 20, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson tried to leave no doubts last week about how he expected America’s banks to use the $250 billion the government is handing out as capital. Read more
 

Which banks live or die? U.S. may decide

Business | By E. Scott Reckard and Michael A. Hiltzik | October 15, 2008
By flooding the U.S. banking system with hundreds of billions of dollars in cheap capital, the government could find itself funding the most dramatic change in the nation’s financial landscape since the deregulation drive of the 1980s. Read more
 

Ideology takes a back seat in bank strategy

Business | By Ken Bensinger and Michael A. Hiltzik | October 12, 2008
Are we witnessing the erosion of capitalism, or its salvation? Read more
 

Next step: U.S. to bankroll banks

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik and Jim Puzzanghera, Richard Simon | October 11, 2008
In an extraordinary response to the escalating financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson said Friday that the government would buy direct stakes in banks and other financial institutions for the first time since the Great Depression. Read more
 
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