Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp
Deputy Chief Economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp
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John Blank
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Which Way, L.A.?
Dow Jones Impact in Los Angeles? The world is watching for the impact of history's first downgrading of the credit rating of the United States. How important is it? How worried should Americans be? The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 634 points today, a loss of 5.55 percent. The NASDAQ dropped 175 points, losing 6.9 percent. John Blank, Deputy Chief Economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, considers the impact in Southern California.
Which Way, L.A.?
'Carmageddon' Didn't Happen, Should We Do This More Often? Maybe drivers in the capital of the car culture really do hate traffic after all. Threatened with " Carmageddon " this weekend, massive numbers stayed off the road. While they were gone, half the Mullholland Drive bridge was taken down --17 hours ahead of schedule--by a contractor who knew what it was doing. After all, Kiewit built the bridge in the first place.
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