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Physicians Formula�?s Q2 Fails To Satisfy

Shares of Physicians Formula Holdings Inc. plunged 25 percent the day after the cosmetics company reported a larger second quarter loss and worse outlook for the rest of the year than Wall Street had expected.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Capstone Gains Despite Disappointing Wall Street

Capstone Turbine Corp. saw its shares surge the day after the micro-turbine man manufacturer announced it narrowed its net loss and had a strong backlog of orders.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

NEWS OF THE WEEK

L.A. would become the largest city in the U.S. to adopt a smoking ban for most public places if the City Council goes along with Councilman Bernard Parks�? new proposal to significantly expand the city�?s smoking ban.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Homecoming King

Rising costs in China are prompting companies such as American Poly Bag to bring work back to the United States.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Talk of Takeover Shakes Up Drink Maker�?s Stock

Rumors of an acquisition deal and the chief executive�?s exit are bubbling up at drink maker Reed�?s Inc.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

REGIONAL REPORT

Drink maker Hall of Fame Beverages Inc. has made a distribution deal with New York-based Spencer�?s Gifts, a retailer of humorous and novelty merchandise.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Newsmakers

Lisa Gilford has been appointed president of the National Association of Women Lawyers. Gilford is a partner with Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava and MacCuish LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Big Movers

The Los Angeles Business Journal�?s index of the 200 largest local public companies finished strong for the week ended Aug. 8 along with the larger markets, which were buoyed by a surge in the dollar and another plunge in oil prices.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

Podcast: Preview the Business Journal

Easy access to the Los Angeles Business Journal podcast is available from a link at the upper right corner of the home page. Click the standing link there, or here, to hear Editor Charles Crumpley provide highlights from the August 11 edition.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]

MGA Pursues Mistrial in Bratz Case

MGA Entertainment Inc. has filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn a federal judge�?s ruling that a mistrial was not warranted in the high-stakes Bratz doll case.
[in Los Angeles Business Journal Online: Manufacturing]