AltWeeklies Wire
Lockheed Accuses Boeing of Racketeeringnew
In a Florida filing, Lockheed is seeking to discover expanded evidence of "overt acts" stemming principally from continuing U.S. investigations into the Boeing aerial-refueling-tanker lease deal. Lockheed maintains that incidents related to this and other cases show a 14-year "pattern" of illegal activity by Boeing.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-26-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Building a Better Elephantnew
Elephant Pharmacy wants to take its holistic approach nationwide. But getting to that point has not been pretty.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-19-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Working Girl Makes Good with Upscale Escort Agencynew
Veronika Lake put herself through art school as an escort. At 37, she owns and runs her own agency. "I never made much as an artist," she says, "and who wants to be poor for the rest of their life? I'd rather make a million dollars."
Westword |
David Holthouse |
11-17-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Sick, Injured Cruise Workers Drown in Loopholesnew
Those who keep an eye on corporations such as Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International say that employees, especially foreign-born employees, are being funneled to cheap doctors in the Caribbean who provide sometimes inadequate care for cut-rate prices.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-16-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Delta Stewardess Fired For Racy Picsnew
Ellen Simonetti, a Delta employee who wrote a tantalizing blog called "Diary of a Flight Attendant" and called herself "Queen of Sky," was suspended indefinitely without pay last week and then fired after posting pictures of herself in uniform -- with a couple of extra buttons undone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-04-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Tribes Used to Bring Slots to Bay Areanew
Native Americans have become little more than human props in the high-stakes battle involving real estate developers, powerful consultants, and out-of-state gaming interests to bring casino gambling closer to urban centers.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
11-01-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
New 'Green' Cemetery Gets in Way of Electrical Co-opnew
George Russell has started a "green" cemetery, featuring biodegradable cardboard coffins, near Huntsville, Texas. That's where the Sam Houston Electrical Co-op had planned to put a new power line.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-01-2004 |
Business & Labor
Confessions of a ‘Candyfreak’
An addicted author delves into the bittersweet world of the candy industry.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
10-29-2004 |
Business & Labor
South Florida Coach Shapes Tennis' Future Starssnew
Florida is mecca for families dreaming and scheming for their children to be the next big thing in pro tennis. The state is home to dozens of tennis academies, from the modest to the most elite, such as Rick Macci's.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
10-20-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
'Buffalo's Biggest Slumlord' Comes to Baltimorenew
Houston-based real estate speculator Scott Wizig is quietly buying up decrepit properties in Baltimore. Considering he was effectively run out of Buffalo with indictments for predatory lending and other violations, that could be bad news for Baltimore's housing authorities and his local tenants.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
10-06-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
L.A. Stocks Up Food for Hotel Workers' Labor Actionnew
Nineteen Los Angeles elected officials, including Mayor Jim Hahn, are girding for a strike or lockout of hotel workers by gathering food to tide over employees during what could turn out to be a long period without pay.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Greene |
09-29-2004 |
Business & Labor
Fire & Ice Cream: The Story Behind a Fire at an Oakland Creamerynew
Three employees of Fentons Creamery and Restaurant in Oakland, Calif., served time after the popular spot was robbed and set on fire in 2001. But a police investigation left key questions about the shop's smothering debt, insurance payments and the employees' implausible motives unanswered.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-27-2004 |
Business & Labor
Pixar Foes Challenge City to Ask More of Its Corporate Citizensnew
When Pixar Animation Studios decided to triple the size of its Emeryville, Calif., headquarters, 380 people in the working-class flatlands stopped Steve Jobs' company in its tracks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
The Wreck of the Oglebay Nortonnew
Oglebay Norton was once "the most conservative, risk-averse company that ever existed," according to one analyst. Then a respected, ambitious CEO, John Lauer, sank the shipping and mining company in a sea of red ink.
Cleveland Scene |
Frank Lewis |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
Mayor Fudges Numbers to Explain Minority Employment Ratenew
The city of Springfield, Ill., finally coughed up public records about city employment. Mayor Tim Davlin resorts to obfuscation to explain the shrinking percentage of minority employees.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
