AltWeeklies Wire
Atlanta chases its Silicon Valley dreamsnew
Hundreds of new companies and dozens of co-working spaces are making Atlanta a Southern startup hot spot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Blau |
10-10-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Atlanta Tech Village
San Diego overlords and unions — who can stop them?new
Organized labor does not play as big a role in other cities as it does in San Diego. Heywood Sanders, the nation’s expert on convention centers, says the labor/corporate welfare alliance has so much more clout in San Diego because the city is “politically disorganized and weak.”
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
10-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
We did it guerilla stylenew
Can’t tell the young guys from Stone Brewing, Saint Archer Brewing, or Rowlberto Productions a thing about entrepreneurialism. All have employed innovative ways of reaching their business goals, including launching their brand on Instagram.
San Diego Reader |
Siobhan Braun |
10-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Why Yuengling Wants Pennsylvania to be a 'Right to Work' Statenew
The owner of the Yuengling Brewing Company recently noted changing Pennsylvania's labor laws will bring jobs into the state. Evidence suggests he's mostly wrong.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
08-28-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Yuengling
$600 a Month and a Free Bednew
The minimum-wage life of a semi-pro baseball player.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-26-2013 |
Business & Labor
Slave to the Payday Lendernew
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2013 |
Business & Labor
St. Petersburg's Pier Warsnew
With a final vote imminent, a look at the forces that shaped the battle over the St. Pete Pier.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
08-15-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: St. Petersburg Pier
Startup Citynew
Never mind the rust. Young tech companies are hot in Cleveland, where creating a startup has never been easier.
Cleveland Scene |
Lee Chilcote |
06-24-2013 |
Business & Labor
Paper Tigernew
Green Investment Group tries to fend off the feds.
Missoula Independent |
Matthew Frank |
06-20-2013 |
Business & Labor
Hood: Google Pushing Illegal Drugsnew
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says Google is an “accessory before the fact” to online sales of illegal pharmaceuticals.
Jackson Free Press |
Tyler Cleveland |
06-13-2013 |
Business & Labor
Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker’s Deathnew
Brian Johns suffered chemical burns over 65 percent of his body in a Deer Park plant explosion. A representative of his company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, tried to tell doctors Johns had just encountered some really hot water.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
06-12-2013 |
Business & Labor
Oakland Airport Businesses Flout Living Wage Lawnew
The owners of Subway and Jamba Juice outlets are refusing to reinstate employees who were fired after they complained about the violations.
East Bay Express |
Shane Bond |
06-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Wrung Drynew
How can a private water utility charge four times the going rate and get away with it?
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
05-29-2013 |
Business & Labor
Final Credits for Burlington's Last Local Video Storenew
Waterfront Video outlasted Blockbuster to become Burlington's last video store. But in the end, changing trends couldn't be ignored.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
05-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Donald Trump Talks D.C. Hotels, Washington Post, Hairnew
Donald Trump has big plans for the Old Post Office building in Washington D.C. Huge.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
04-10-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Donald Trump
