1) ECONOMIE
The economic importance of agglomeration angeline is considerable: in 2002, the GDP of the city was 411 billion dollars , that is to say it produces more wealth than the Netherlands for example. The GNP of the city represents more than 3.3% of U.S. GDP.
Over 60% of California businesses have installed their headquarters in Los Angeles, and although the city is home to many companies (three of which are Fortune 500), quadruple that number when you consider its suburbs; Most companies have preferred to settle in areas where taxes are lower.Los Angeles is famous for being the largest film production center in the United States, the most profitable in the world, surpassed by the number of Bollywood productions, India.
The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise the fifth-busiest port in the world and the most significant port in the western hemisphere and is vital to trade within the Pacific Rim.Other significant industries include media production, finance, telecommunications, law, healthcare, and transportation. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $831 billion (as of 2008), making it the third largest economic center in the world, after the Greater Tokyo Area and the New York-Newark-Bridgeport CSA If counted as a country, the surrounding CSA has the 15th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP.

The Financial District is an neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles on the redeveloped section of Bunker Hill. The area is dominated by upscale corporate office skyscrapers, hotels and related services as well as banks, law firms, and real estate companies. The Financial