Business

Build It And Fans Will Come: Is There A Market For Two LA Football Teams?

8:13am January 16, 2016

by Ben Bergman

The new stadium planned for the Los Angeles Rams will be among the most sophisticated in the NFL. But what does the deal bring to a city that was without a team for more than 20 years?

Currently, only about 10 percent of egg-laying chickens in the U.S. live in cage-free houses like the one seen in this photo.

Science

Most U.S. Egg Producers Are Now Choosing Cage-Free Houses

7:21pm January 15, 2016

by Dan Charles

The majority of American egg producers, when they order new chicken houses, are choosing cage-free systems. That's a sea change driven by consumer demand for cage-free eggs.

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Stocks on Wall Street and around the world fell on Friday as concerns about oil prices and the Chinese economy persisted.

Wall Street Traders Get Mauled By The Rampaging Bear

6:45pm January 15, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Stocks all over the world plunged Friday as investors became even more nervous about China's weakness and oil's collapse. The worries triggered a broad stock sell-off and sent oil below $30 a barrel.

U.S. Stocks Fall Sharply As Oil Prices, China Spook Investors

6:42pm January 15, 2016

by John Ydstie

China's slowdown and plummeting oil prices have investors spooked, and some are heading for the exits. There's concern the selloff in stocks signals tougher times ahead for the U.S. economy.

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Wal-Mart says most of the stores it plans to close will be gone by the end of the month.

Wal-Mart To Close 269 Stores, Including 154 In U.S.

6:08pm January 15, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Most of the American outlets on the chopping block are Wal-Mart Express stores. Those are the company's smallest-format locations. Wal-Mart also said it will open 300 new stores in the coming year.

This photo taken Nov. 3, 2015, shows SoCalGas crews and technical experts attempting to safely stop the flow of natural gas leaking from a storage well at the utility's Aliso Canyon facility in Los Angeles. Efforts to plug the well appear to have destabil

Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak

3:23pm January 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

SoCalGas wrote about two air samples with high levels of the carcinogen — but not about 12 others, the AP reports. And the LA Times writes that efforts to cap the well appear to have destabilized it.

Trader Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, as U.S. markets were getting hit with panicky selling.

For Oil Drillers And Retirement Savers, This Is Not A Good Day

2:29pm January 15, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Stock prices continue to fall as global investors worry about China's slowing demand. At the same time, oil prices are plunging as supplies surge. Together, it's making for a tough day in the markets.

Sports

NFL Team Lured To LA With Bigger Fan Base, Multi-Billion Dollar Stadium

1:38pm January 15, 2016

Football is back in Los Angeles. David Greene talks to John Ourand of the SportsBusiness Journal about what the NFL stands to gain and lose in the relocation of the Saint Louis Rams to Los Angeles.

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Man, woman and businessman pull a rope wrapped around a bag of money.

Place A Bet On Your Weight-Loss Goal, And You May Win Twice

1:35pm January 15, 2016

by Allison Aubrey

New weight-loss programs have dieters put cash on the line in a wager that they'll reach their goal.

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Attorneys have filed three libel lawsuits against journalists on behalf of Sheldon Adelson (shown here in Las Vegas in 2014). He won an apology and legal fees from Britain's Daily Mail in 2008.

The Vegas Columnist And The Newspaper Owner Who Once Sued Him For Libel

1:34pm January 15, 2016

by David Folkenflik

Sheldon Adelson has filed three libel suits against journalists. One, a columnist at the Las Vegas Journal-Review, which Adelson bought last year, went broke facing the billionaire GOP donor in court.

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