New American Funding was en route to another record-breaking business year in 2021, despite the pandemic and all of its challenges. The 18-year-old mortgage lender in Tustin has also grown, increasing its staff to more than 1,200 employees in Orange County and more than 4,000 employees at 200 offices in the U.S. This year, the…
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Cooking and serving food on a hot line with hungry, eager customers never was an easy job. Now imagine it with a face mask and gloves on. The family-owned Panda Restaurant Group employs nearly 800 people in Orange County and 40,000 worldwide. They work side by side under certain pressure every day, making fan-favorites such…
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In the MemorialCare health system, each employee is considered part of “one big family,” says CEO Barry Arbuckle. And taking care of that family is job number one, he says. Because behind the hospital group’s network of doctors, hospitals and medical centers, its support staff is making the whole system run smoothly. More than 1,300…
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The second year of the pandemic has been a new year of milestones for the team at Voit Real Estate Services. The broker-owned commercial real estate firm celebrated its 50th anniversary in a year that saw the economy whipsaw from bad to good. The team at Voit also earned its third time among Orange County’s…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is seeking former President Donald Trump’s testimony in an ongoing civil investigation into his business practices, a person familiar with the matter said. Attorney General Letitia James’ office has requested that Trump sit for a deposition on Jan. 7, according to the person,…
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The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Friday Dec. 9, 2021 at Los Alamitos. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Related Articles Medina Spirit, winner of the…
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“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: California mortgage makers look “conservative” vs. national benchmarks. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Black Knight’s report with noteworthy details from purchase and refi mortgages locked in during October. That stats track the 20 most-active housing markets — including five in…
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A “Lion King” musical stage show coming to Disneyland offers a new adaptation of the ancestral story of how a young lion cub becomes king of the jungle told with singers, dancers and drummers. The “Tale of the Lion King” show will move from Disney California Adventure to the Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland in 2022.…
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography. The jury in Fayetteville, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, found the 33-year-old Duggar guilty on one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography.…
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By Crispian Balmer | Reuters ROME — Italian writer-director Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever to be nominated for best director at the U.S. Academy Awards, has died at the age of 93, the culture ministry said on Thursday. A filmmaker since the early 1960s, Wertmuller took world cinema by storm with her politically charged films of…
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