Memo from: Reynolds, C To: Expense reporting Re: Travel in 2019 Greetings, unseen corporate expense account enforcement officers. It’s been a busy year, and from the bottom of my carry-on bag, I thank you for signing off on all (well, most) of this year’s expenditures on the road. Especially that New Orleans hotel during Mardi […]
“Why do they let this woman out on her own?” You may be asking yourself that after you read this. I’m asking myself this after writing it. But, at least, you are getting the unfiltered truth: I am not a travel superhero. In fact, when it comes to travel details, I’m probably a C-/D+ student, […]
Free for the weekend? Bike for dim sum, bond with rescued animals or celebrate the new year with running, vision boarding or Japanese traditions. Los Angeles Young professionals can cut, paste and collage their way to a goal-focused new year at the Fab Grad Vision Board Party at Hill Top Coffee and Kitchen’s View Park […]
In a decade of extreme wealth creation in markets, few assets did more to enrich investors than stocks in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index. Their combined value jumped by more than $7 trillion, ending with the best year since the bull run began. Powered by a near-doubling in Apple and gains exceeding 50% in Microsoft […]
Gold climbed to a three-month high to clinch its best annual performance since 2010, as a weaker dollar helped cap a year marked by global economic jitters and trade frictions. Bullion gained 19% this year as central banks globally embraced looser monetary policy to boost growth. Brexit, unrest in regions from Chile to Hong Kong […]
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new California labor law from more than 70,000 independent truckers. The law makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees, who are entitled to minimum wage and benefits such as workers’ compensation. Freelance writers and photographers are also seeking a restraining […]
January is prime pruning time for roses and fruit trees in Southern California. The plants are dormant now, but if you want lovely roses and fruit come spring and summer, now is the time to don some sturdy gloves, sharpen your hand clippers — a.k.a. secateurs — and get to work. Not sure how to […]
Companies set up by members of a self-described and state-recognized Creek Indian tribe in Alabama have received more than $240 million in federal minority-business contracts, despite a determination by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that there is no credible evidence the group has Native American ancestry, a Los Angeles Times investigation has found. Federal […]
PERTH, Australia — Australia deployed military ships and aircraft Wednesday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and tourists fleeing to the shoreline. Navy ships and military aircraft were bringing water, food and fuel to towns where supplies were depleted and roads […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Severe flooding hit Indonesia’s capital as residents were celebrating the New Year’s, killing at least four people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport. Tens of thousands of revelers in Jakarta were soaked by torrential rains as they waited for New Year’s Eve fireworks. Agus Wibowo, spokesman for the National […]