AltWeeklies Wire
Divorce Ends in Loss of a Coffee Companynew
When she was getting divorced, Angela Caruso hired a lawyer to protect her coffee company. Instead, she claims, he helped his father take it over.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-09-2005 |
Business & Labor
Occupational Deaths on the Rise in Georgianew
Statistics, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in late August, showed that Georgia saw a 16 percent increase in workplace deaths in 2004 from 2003. Florida was the only state to report a greater increase than Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Guild Hires Official the Paper Exposednew
Shannon Duffy, nailed in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch expose about double dipping by fire-protection district officials, has been hired as the St. Louis Newspaper Guild's business agent.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
09-06-2005 |
Business & Labor
Montreal Visionary Seeks to Reform Co-op Movementnew
Douglas Jack thinks the cooperative movement need a philosophical overhaul, and he proposes an Inca-inspired method of accounting for contributed labor.
Montreal Mirror |
Kristian Gravenor |
08-11-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tough Lucknew
LaRee Huff has been a flight attendant for nearly 35 years. Her battle with lupus doesn't compare with her battle to receive workers' compensation from Northwest Airlines.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Britt Robson |
08-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Flipping Out on Real Estatenew
The housing boom in Baltimore and other hot spots is creating millionaires and drawing would-be investors into a complex and often murky business.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
08-05-2005 |
Business & Labor
D.C. Interns Pay to Climb Capitol Hillnew
Although it costs them income and sleep, strivers continue to chase an edge through internships.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
08-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
AFL-CIO Faces Splitting Issuenew
The idea that organized labor must grow or die is behind the departures that have fractured the AFL-CIO.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
08-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
The Embalming of Ma Bellnew
AT&T may have been the phone company for more than a century, but there's no monopoly on foolishness. They buried Ma Bell last month, but her legacy lives on.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
07-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Grooming a New Generation of Morticiansnew
Although Colorado takes a rather libertarian approach to the care and removal of corpses, most people prefer professional services. Martha Thayer trains community college students to be funeral directors.
Westword |
Laura Bond |
07-19-2005 |
Business & Labor
Four Atlanta CEOs and their Tales of Good Fortunenew
Atlanta's top CEOs can immerse their companies in scandal, drive business into the ground, watch stock values plummet and still live like kings.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Micheal Wall |
07-14-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Down in Flamesnew
While Northwest CEO Doug Steenland appears before the Senate Finance Commitee requesting a "freeze" on employee pensions, Northwest brass stand to retire in style, with executives receiving six-figure-a-year pension benefits.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
07-13-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Ohio Firm Sues Manager for Breach of Loyaltynew
The president of an Ohio hydraulic-pump firm thought it odd that a South African company planned to build a similar plant nearby and then found out that his special-project manager had been feeding company information to the rival.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Shenzhen Surprisenew
General Mills got a crash course in global spin when an obscure newspaper in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen announced that Häagen-Dazs had been busted for running an ice-cream sweatshop in a three-bedroom apartment.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Adam Minter |
07-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Group Accuses Grocer of Selling Info to Drug Companiesnew
Albertsons is heading to court on allegations that the grocer is selling confidential medical information to several pharmaceutical companies.
Boise Weekly |
Mike Belle |
06-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
