Weekend Link Love: Fashionistas & A Picket Line, Om vs. Xanax, Pospartum Laws, A New Biofuel Source & the Target Backlash

A Wall Street Journal article delves into the debate surrounding New York Fashion Week and its move to Lincoln Center, where unions are fighting fashionistas. The fashion week folks want to choose workers for setup but the union for stagehands says their members usually get jobs for work on the premises. Fashion Week starts September [...]

American Headlines September 29

Congressional leaders and the Bush administration announced Sunday they had reached a draft deal to commit up to $700 billion to bail out struggling Wall Street firms plagued with assets-backed securities, The Washington Post reports. House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement that will allow Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. to stage one of the [...]

American News June 7

Northwest Airlines plans to axe 2,500 jobs or 8.3% of its staff because of oil prices, the Associated Press reports. The carrier will also begin charging $15 to check luggage and up to $100 to use a frequent-flier award ticket in a move they expect to bring in $250 – $300 million annually. President and [...]