AltWeeklies Wire
Internet Kills the Video Store: The Sequelnew
Netflix's streaming movies may spell the end for local video stores.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
04-10-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Dining With a Few Reservationsnew
French Quarter restaurants are battling rising costs for food, supplies and insurance as well as staff shortages and a tourism market that hasn't recovered since Katrina.
Gambit |
Troy Gilbert and Stacey Meyer |
04-10-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Swift's Beef Plant: An Equal-opportunity Exploiternew
Lawsuits say the meatpacking company wrongly terminated injured workers to save on worker's compensation costs and systematically replaced workers with illegal Guatemalan immigrants to depress wages.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: industry, meatpacking
Wal-Mart Gives Up on NYCnew
New York City has become such a hassle for the company that they will probably never bother to open here.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
04-05-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Big Pig: Smithfield Packingnew
The world's largest hog processor wants to grow even larger -- will the problems it creates for farmers, workers and the environment grow with it?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg and Bob Geary |
04-05-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hot Gas Blues: Oregon's Joins Big Oil Revoltnew
When gas gets warm, you get less of it per gallon -- and 17 states are suing.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
04-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Death and a Salesman: Pre-need Funeral Insurancenew
A Portland insurance agent and his well-connected pals want your money now and your body later -- no strings attached.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Many Orlando Airport Screeners Don't Like Their Jobsnew
That should probably concern you, as these are the people charged with making sure someone doesn't sneak knives, guns or other contraband aboard planes.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
04-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taken for a Ride by Horizon Travelnew
The travel club turns dreams into nightmares for would-be vacationers.
Fort Worth Weekly |
I'sha Gaines |
03-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Tempers & Dangers Ramping Up in the Gas Fieldsnew
Fort Worth's gas boom brings dangers in the form of pipelines, untrained workers and more.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
03-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Dust Still Settling on Lennar Corp.new
A lawsuit accusing the company of racism and retaliation against whistle-blowers also reveals effort to deceive the community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Chalk's Crashnew
After questions about the famed airline's safety records arose, its seaplanes have been grounded pending a ruling by the FAA, and its fate is as fickle as the tradewinds.
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
03-26-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Will Dov Charney's Sex Drive Steer American Apparel Off Course?new
Can a company this sexually charged really hit the big time -- in America? A quarter of a billion bucks is riding on the gamble that it will.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
03-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Showtimenew
The downtown performing arts center in Missoula, Montana, faces a pivotal six-month stretch. Can planners turn a grand vision into reality?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan, Jason Wiener and Skylar Browning |
03-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Babcock and Brown's Power Playnew
The multinational development company is putting up big bucks for the Trans Bay Cable, but sustainable power advocates call it "a waste of resources."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
JB Powell |
03-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
