By Mike Menerey Many Southern California business executives believe that fraud and embezzlement are not something that could ever occur in their businesses because they trust their employees. However, the truth is that fraud and embezzlement can happen in any business. The absence of proper procedures and controls increases the …
Read More »Employment data shows little change
One hundred and fifty seven million people in the United States worked at some point during 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. About 63.5 percent of the non-institutional civilian population 16 years old and older worked at some time last year, down slightly from the 63.8 percent …
Read More »Gated community proposed
The Murrieta City Council is scheduled to consider tonight a proposal for a gated community that would allow horses. Temecula developer Larry Markham wants to build the project at Dry Creek Drive and Vineyard Parkway on Murrieta’s western border, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Single-family homes would be …
Read More »Drop in housing starts is downplayed
U.S. housing starts dropped 1.6 percent in November, but don’t panic: the nation’s housing market is still in recovery mode. Slightly more than one million housing projects began construction nationwide, as the single-family and multi-family markets effectively offset each other, according to data released recently by the U.S. Department of …
Read More »Retail market a little unpredictable
National retail sales experienced only a slight bump last week, the second full week of the holiday shopping season. Sales were up 1.1 percent year-over-year for the week that ended Saturday, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index, which was released …
Read More »OIA talks are scheduled
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will meet next month with Ontario officials in an attempt to revive talks regarding who will control Ontario International Airport. No date for the discussions has been set, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Los Angeles has owned and operated the airport for several …
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