business & labor

Ikea Opens on Site of Old Industrial Wastelandnew

The June 29 opening of Ikea, a Swedish home furnishing store, at the mega-development Atlantic Station will mark a major milestone in Atlanta's growth into an actual metropolis, like Chicago or Boston.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Michael Wall | 06-23-2005 | Business & Labor

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Getting Served Something Off the Menunew

Before Wendy's got the finger, fast-food customer Jim Gajdos got a urinal cake.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Shane Johnson | 06-02-2005 | Business & Labor

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Microsoft Deletes Ralph Reednew

Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but the company's ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the Republican lobbying scandal are deep -- in D.C. and Seattle.

Seattle Weekly | Rick Anderson | 05-26-2005 | Business & Labor

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Gas Price Hell: Is the End Drawing Nigh?new

The skyrocketing price of gas may mean worse things than you think.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 05-12-2005 | Business & Labor

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Olympics Ends Up In Lawyer Gamesnew

Virtually all that remains of the once-mighty Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games is a handful of attorneys battling a series of multimillion-dollar civil lawsuits by victims of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 05-05-2005 | Business & Labor

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Smucker's Denied Crustless-Sandwich Supremacynew

Regan Quaal remembers well the day he received a letter from the J.M. Smucker Company demanding that he stop peddling his peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches -- the ones with the crusts cut off. Smucker's, the letter read, already owned the U.S. patent for crustless sandwiches.

Cleveland Scene | Rebecca Meiser | 04-26-2005 | Business & Labor

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When Pigs Flynew

Remember those aircraft maintenance jobs Northwest Airlines promised Minnesota over a decade ago? They never materialized -- and much of that work is now outsourced to seldom-inspected overseas firms.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Beth Hawkins | 04-21-2005 | Business & Labor

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Aquarium Could Drain Visitors From Zoonew

Almost everyone agrees the new Georgia Aquarium will do wonders for Atlanta tourism. But will the $200 million facility be a setback for Zoo Atlanta, the city's other wildlife attraction?

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Coley Ward | 03-31-2005 | Business & Labor

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Million-Dollar Payday for Top REI Execnew

Retiring CEO Dennis Madsen earned $1.3 million in 2004 at Seattle's homegrown outdoor-equipment co-op.

Seattle Weekly | Chuck Taylor | 03-23-2005 | Business & Labor

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'Commercial Ethnography' Is Latest Marketing Toolnew

Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement.

SF Weekly | Nate Cavalieri | 03-21-2005 | Business & Labor

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In the Eviction Business, the Company Loves Miserynew

"Mortgage field service contracting" is a billion-dollar industry that, in Baltimore, sends white punks into inner-city neighborhoods to deal with ruined lives, foreclosed properties, heroin-addicted day laborers, toilets full of feces, and the occasional bag full of moldy pork chops.

Baltimore City Paper | Gadi Dechter | 03-16-2005 | Business & Labor

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Sympathy for the Scalpernew

It was my hope to demystify the ticket broker industry. I wanted to find out where the hell they got their tickets. I wanted to see what connection there was between the broker in his well-appointed office and the scalper on his grimy street corner.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Steve Fennessy | 03-10-2005 | Business & Labor

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Trying Ethics on for Sizenew

Los Angeles-based American Apparel is one example of a wacky strain of capitalism, a delightfully oxymoronic collection of disparate efforts that flies under the banner of socially responsible business. Profit-making enterprises such as these aim to do well while doing good.

Boston Phoenix | Camille Dodero | 03-09-2005 | Business & Labor

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