Opinion: Front page roundup: July 16, 2008
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Los Angeles Downtown News:
City Readies a Beautiful ‘Vista’
Park on Long-Troubled Belmont Learning Center Site to Open This Week
by Anna Scott
Jewelry District Loses Its Gleam
Price Hikes for Precious Metals, Economic Woes Lead to Industry Slowdown
by Anna Scott
The Wall Street Journal:
Europe’s Economy Takes a Hit
U.S. turmoil raises odds of slump; bankruptcy rocks spain
By Marcus Walker in Berlin, Joellen Perry in Frankfurt and Jonathan House in Madrid
Beetle Bailey’s Long March:
Classic cartoons search for a home
Strip’s creator, 84, had comics collection worth $20 million, and no place to show it
By Mary Pilon
Financial Times:
GM suspends dividend payment and looks at selling more assets
Carmaker outlines cuts aimed at raising $15 bn
By Bernard Simon in Toronto
Gloomy warning from Fed
Bernanke points to ‘numerous difficulties’
Asian and Europe markets fall sharply
By Krishna Guha and James Politi in Washington and Michael Mackenzie in New York
Metromix:
Some like it HARD
N*E*R*D brings star power to downton’s renegade cultural mash-up
By Scott T. Sterling
Art attack: Rozi Demant’s ‘Lovebirds’
Drippy, sexy work hits L.A. from down under
By Alie Ward
Los Angeles Times:
Confusion at IndyMac fuels customers’ anger
Some wait in line for hours, then find they can’t get all the money out of their accounts.
By Andrea Chang, E. Scott Reckard and Kathy M. Kristof
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE:
Citizens in cross hairs of drug war mayhem
A girl’s death violent death strikes a nerve in a chaotic border town
By Tracy Wikinson
Los Tiempos de Nueva York:
Homes at risk, more owners consider taking in boarders
By John Leland
Poll finds Obama candidacy isn’t closing divide on race
By Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee
Orange County Register:
Home hunters spear deals
Buyers find bargains — and headaches — picking up foreclosed properties which make up a fourth of all Orange County home sales.
By Jeff Collins
Pensions could go to voters
A supervisor wants increases on the ballot.
By Peggy Lowe
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La Opinión:
Panorama económico aún más sombrío
No se ha sentido del alza de precios, dice Ben Bernanke
Róger Lindo
Amplían facilidades para el pago de agua y energía
DWP aumenta margen para familias de bajos ingresos e incrementa porcentaje de descuentos
Eileen Truax
Daily News:
Valley landmark Sportsmen’s Lodge to close
History: Clark Gable, John Wayne and Bette Davis were among its many patrons
By Dana Bartholomew
Study: Trade, tech, tourism bolster L.A.
Economy: Other areas make quiet slide into recession
By Gregory J. Wilcox
USA Today:
‘Payback’ for debt-fueled growth?
By David J. Lynch
FAA to require fuel-tank changes
Rule comes 12 years after 747 exploded
By Alan Levin