Jack Kyser
Jack Kyser
increases job promising report revised
What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.
business community doors global local open people perspective trying
His global perspective is very important because there are a lot of people who feel American universities have become too inward-focused. He's trying to open doors to the real world in the local business community and the global community.
future moderate studios
Some studios are doing some moderate layoffs. LA's future is at stake.
future lay moderate studios
Some studios are doing some moderate lay offs. LA's future is at stake.
blizzard
Before it could be introduced, there was a blizzard of opposition.
glamorous industry major people
People see this as an industry that's very glamorous and exciting, but it's an industry that's going through some major inflections,
faded
One by one they faded away or were acquired.
california course headaches labor locally putting retailers source work
Retailers have been putting up with outsourcing headaches for years such as quota allocation, transportation issues, etc. Of course retailers would like to source more locally but I don't think it's going to work out yet in California because of the labor laws.
chrysler complain cost ford guess watching
They complain about the cost of gasoline, but when GM, Ford and Chrysler had their employee-discount programs, guess what they bought? You're watching this and scratching your head.
bottom housing huge line los number shortage
The bottom line is that there's a huge demand. We have a shortage of 280,000 housing units in Los Angeles, and if you said 'affordable housing units,' that number would be even bigger.
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You have all these rapidly emerging areas around China, your head swims trying to keep up with it, ... We've had investment by Chinese firms for a long time, but they used to be very, very low key about it. Now they come in with trumpets blaring and flags flying saying, 'Pay attention to us.'