U.S. HealthWorks Adds Long Beach Clinic

13 February 2010

U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group, the largest operator of occupational health care centers in the state of California, will add another medical center to its network with the purchase of Memorial Maritime Clinic in Long Beach. The acquisition will bring the company’s number of medical centers to 118 nationwide. “We are pleased to add the city of Long [...]

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Adult Entertainment Industry Crafts Safety Guidelines

13 February 2010

The trade organization for the adult entertainment industry is putting the final touches on guidelines to ensure safety on film shoots and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. The adult industry has long been self-policing with monthly tests when it comes to safety but the disclosure last summer of a performer testing positive for HIV [...]

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Visual Effects Executive Rides Into Consulting World

13 February 2010

An avid cyclist, Jeff Ross can ride between 80 miles to 120 miles a week. The long-time entertainment industry executive also finds in cycling a metaphor for business: that one needs to keep up the momentum and always move forward. In his own career Ross recently moved forward by leaving a vice president position with a visual [...]

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Brokers, Lenders, Appraisers Spar Over Property Values

10 February 2010

During a recent industrial real estate transaction in Van Nuys, the buyer and seller agreed to a sales price of $2.6 million. And the buyer was planning to obtain bank financing for the deal, according to George Stavaris of Grubb & Ellis, who represented the seller. Only problem: The initial appraisal came in at $1.5 million. [...]

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Auto Veteran Says Bailout Hurts Companies

10 February 2010

General Motors and Chrysler will lose continuity in how they operate by having taken federal bailout money, a long-time auto executive said. Donald Petersen, who headed the Ford Motor Co. for 15 years, said the two car manufacturers will survive in some form but perhaps not as meaningful as they had been before. Petersen appeared with J.D. [...]

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THQ Financial Results Improve in Q3

10 February 2010

Even as executives from video game publisher THQ Inc. credited cost cutting for helping the company achieve positive financial results in the third quarter, more staffing reductions took place. The Agoura Hills-based company is refocusing two design studios to digital games with the result that 60 employees will be let go. THQ has streamlined its operations in [...]

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