Leverage: A friend in real estate that can turn on you • Southern California home prices leveling off as sales drop
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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Labubu not the first toy craze, and certainly won’t be the last

Pop Mart joins a small list of companies that have tapped into the zeitgeist.

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Leverage: A friend in real estate that can turn on you

There’s a flip side and it’s become more common lately: negative leverage.

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Southern California home prices leveling off as sales drop

Price growth fell to the lowest level in two years after the number of homes for sale nearly doubled in 18 months, Attom data shows.

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Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

TV is rapidly losing eyeballs to streaming services and making hard decisions about programming.

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Fashion startup founder charged with $300 million fraud

Christine Hunsicker faces fraud, aggravated identity theft and false statement charges.

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Real estate news: Senior apartments in Tustin sell for $83M; Fullerton Metrocenter snares $118M

The 55-and-older community in Tustin Ranch has 240 units with more than half of them income-restricted.

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Insurers, customers brace for double whammy to Obamacare premiums

Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face double-digit premium increases next year.

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Are Southern California bosses back in a hiring mood?

June was up 71,300 workers in the year vs. 36,600 local jobs added in the previous year.

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Surprise medical bills were supposed to be a thing of the past. Here’s why they’re not

The No Surprises Act protects patients primarily from only one particularly egregious type of surprise bill.

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Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

Trump issued a series of proclamations exempting a range of industries.

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