AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Fall Victim to Identity-theft Protection Scamnew
Dozens of firms offering anti-identity-theft services have built a multimillion-dollar industry in the past few years -- consumer advocates say they're a rip-off.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
07-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Texas Coin Companies Target Elderly Investorsnew
Rare-coin dealers are making a mint -- and flipping off their customers.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
07-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Residents Fight a Proposed Corn Mill in Illinoisnew
The tortilla flap is emblematic of a growing rural brand of not-in-our-back-yard-ism in which residents of new bedroom communities in the sticks find themselves confronting major agribusiness projects.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Importing Injusticenew
How deregulation and Wal-Mart poison the Port of Oakland's neighbors and force poverty wages on its truckers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
07-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Short, Sad, Secret Life of Memphis Networxnew
It's important to understand that the telecom failures of 2001 -- the year Memphis Networx became operational -- represent the largest industry crash since the Great Depression.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
06-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Could Going Organic Save Iowa's Family Farms?
As traditional family farming is largely replaced by industrial farming, going organic stands as a possible way forward for small farmers.
Cityview |
Sean J. Miller |
06-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Countdown to a Strikenew
Grocery workers across the country are prepared for the worst as negotiations grind toward the June 21 deadline.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
06-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Nigerian Scam Strikes Againnew
Caught in an internet con, courtesy FedEx.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
06-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Nonprofit Economynew
Arts organizations say they're generating so much business that the government should give them more money.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
06-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Super Lawyers Unmaskednew
The small Minneapolis start-up has become a certified nationwide blockbuster -- can it survive success?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Smithfield Foods' Extreme Makeovernew
The world's largest hog slaughterhouse tears a page from the Wal-Mart PR playbook with its recent TV ads touting the perks of working there: Health benefits, dental insurance and college scholarships.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
More Hot Water for Progress Energynew
Just weeks after federal investigators confirmed that armed guards were encouraged to cheat on qualifying tests at Progress Energy's Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, a congressman requests a probe into long-standing fire safety concerns.
INDY Week |
Sue Sturgis |
05-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Raising a Stink Over Hogsnew
Plans for a Cargill-backed confined hog operation have some neighbors squealing.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Texas Nurses Get Organizednew
Rose Ann DeMoro, a veteran labor organizer who sparked a nascent movement of nurse activists in California, has turned her attention to Texas.
The Texas Observer |
Kathleen Sharp |
05-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Civic Development Group Takes Till It Hurtsnew
The Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police uses this suspect telemarketing firm to separate Hispanics from their money.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
