MUHAMMED EL-HASAN: The IRS is Here to Help
Many if not most people hate the IRS. But the tax man is trying to be helpful. Read this week’s Business Casual.
View ArticleProfile on a Quadricycle Driver
If you hear voices of laughing half-drunk people zipping down Hermosa Avenue, Derek Collins may be at the center of that blur of excitement. Read about the Hermosa’s quadricycle.
View ArticleSpectrum Club Sells to Gold’s Gym
By unloading its Texas operations, Spectrum will be able to focus more on its California properties. Read the Spectrum article.
View ArticleSkechers New Push in Japan
Skechers USA, the Manhattan Beach-based shoe company, is trying to expand business in the Japanese market.
View ArticleMUHAMMED EL-HASAN: Yelp Can Help, Hurt Restaurants
It can also keep you up at night worrying. Here’s my first-hand experience.
View ArticleSpaceX Plans Mars Tourism
“Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket – half a million dollars. It can be done,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk tells the BBC. SpaceX is based in Hawthorne. Read more about SpaceX and Mars.
View ArticleMUHAMMED EL-HASAN: $4.90 Gas Coming in May
At least that’s the prediction. Read about it in the Business Casual column.
View ArticleToyota Partial Win on Acceleration Lawsuits
These cases look like they’ll drag on for a looong time. (Bloomberg) Toyota Motor Corp. won tentative dismissal of some claims by plaintiffs who said their vehicles lost value because of the carmaker’s...
View ArticleMUHAMMED EL-HASAN: You Never Forget a Good Teacher
I enjoyed writing this column because of the memories it brought back. Here’s how I started it: Last year, while attending a student play at Redondo Union High School – so my son could get extra credit...
View ArticleSit ‘n Sleep Execs to Receive Charity Award
Two executives of Gardena-based mattress seller Sit ‘n Sleep will be recognized with an award for their company’s donations to an anti-addition charity. Sit ‘n Sleep CEO Larry Miller and President...
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