Racked Recap 2008: 10 Spaces to Watch in the New Year
With only a few days left in 2008, it's time to look back at a year of dizzying highs and crushing lows, of one major economic collapse and many minor shopping frenzies. Folks, it's the annual (two years running!) Racked Recap. This week, we'll be
The Biggest Hope for Our Economy
Big savings -- Bye-bye consumption, hello production?
It only took unemployment claims jumping to a 26-year high, perpetually falling property prices, and the market erasing more than $3 trillion in retirement savings to force our country to 'fess
Justin Gaston & Kate Moss For Roberto Cavalli
Ladies! Please sit up and take notice of Justin Gaston. Hailing from Louisiana, I think he is one of the most delightful male models around today. At 18 years old, with a southern drawl, captivating brown eyes and incredible charm it is easy to see how
Holiday season weakest since 1970: ICSC
NEW YORK: The US holiday shopping
season is the worst since at least 1970 due to the recession, heavy discounting
and harsh winter weather just before Christmas, the International Council of
Shopping Centers said on Tuesday.
Sales at US chain stores
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I'm in the middle of a very good book -- Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, The Snowball. So I was pleased to run across a
America Will Become Quaint Haggling Marketplace
We are all Arab street merchants,,,,holy crap 20% of all stores closing, whoa daddy
Again, these CEOs see the train coming and refuse to get out of the way. And yet, they somehow walk away not only with their money?but with their reputations in the
Holiday sales: Losers and winners
What was the biggest business news story of 2008?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- For most merchants, the 2008 holiday shopping season couldn't be over fast enough.
Retailers have struggled with slumping sales all year and the situation worsened as the
Vanderbilt official stepping down
Vanderbilt Universitys chief financial officer is retiring after eight years in the job.
Lauren Brisky, 57, will step down as vice chancellor for administration and CFO on Feb. 1. Brisky has spent 20 years at Vanderbilt, including nine as vice
Oregon Soldier Starts Foundation to Help Iraqi Interpreters Immigrate to the U.S.
Jason Faler holds a portrait that Mustafa?s daughter painted for him. The soldier started the Chechpoint One Foundation to help get Iraqi and Afghani interpreters to the United States.
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PORTLAND, OR - A few months ago the Pentagon banned
Your teen's first recession: Learning to cut back
favorites such as video game consoles and games like the popular Guitar Hero, Hannah Montana- and Barbie-branded items and laptop computers, Wells said.
Teenagers have never been known for their restraint, but perhaps these times are different. Tuned
