The guy interviewed on NPR this day said that once our “credit crunch” is resolved in America, people will race out and buy homes. He’s wrong, as are economists who believe this. Rapidly increasing numbers of consumers are finding themselves irreparably strapped financially — and market profits dominoes have already begun to fall. But this […]
Casino Workers Unionize, Can’t Get Contract
Posted by Tula Connell to AFL-CIO NOW Blog Marybeth Litcholt has worked as a casino dealer at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City since 1987. After 21 years on the job, she makes $9 an hour. Meanwhile, her über boss, Donald Trump, the chairman and largest single shareholder in Trump Entertainment […]
2008 Top Hotel and Restaurant Trends To Watch
San Francisco, CA | Today, Andrew Freeman & Co. (AF&&Co.), a leading hospitality and restaurant consulting firm, released its 2008 Trend Watch list. Tapping into the pulse of the hospitality and restaurant marketplace for the coming year, the Trend Watch lists the top restaurant/bar and top hotel trends to expect in the New Year. […]
Growing Support for Taleban Talks
Analysts see political engagement with insurgents as best prospect for securing peace. By Caroline Tosh in London and Hafizullah Gardesh in Kabul As violence continues in Afghanistan, there is a growing consensus that the Taleban cannot be defeated by military might alone, and that negotiations might offer a way towards some kind of political settlement. […]
China Loves Austrialia PM
Chinese president Hu Jintao likes Australia’s new Prime Minister, who served as a diplomat to China in the 80s, so much that he invited Kevin Rudd and his family to next year’s Olympics months before Rudd would go on to defeat incumbent John Howard in this past weekend’s election. What might Chinese bloggers make of […]
NY Times Building Climbers Protest Wrong Causes
Two climbers have scaled the New York Times headquarters building opposite the Port Authority using the ceramic bars designed by architest Renzo Piano as so many step-ladders. The New York Police Department greeted at the top by arrest, charging them with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass. A French climber unfurled a banner protesting global warming […]
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