Baucus to increase subsidies to sweeten his health-care bill
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) made a lot less friends on Capitol Hill than he first presumed when he offered his bill to overhaul the American health-care system. He dropped the public plan and lowered the subsidies, hoping to win Republican votes, but
Abercrombie & Fitch Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination Against Muslim Teen Applicant
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - infoZine - National clothing retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch, doing business as Abercrombie Kids, allegedly discriminated against a 17-year-old Muslim by refusing to hire her because she wore a hijab, or head scarf, in observance
Stocks Retreat From Recent Gains as Investors Cash in Profits
The stock market peeled back some of its recent gains on Monday as investors cashed in profits and unwound their recent bets on the dollar, gold and oil, The New York Times?s Jack Healy reported.
Financial shares fell the most of 10 major market groups,
Retail makeover
NEW YORK -- The "Great Recession" and Americans' retreat into thriftiness are teaching retailers a new lesson: how to survive when consumers are focused on needs rather than wants.
For years, shoppers splurged on everything from $5 lattes to $200
EEOC sues Abercrombie & Fitch
Cornell accounting professor Robert Bloomfield (via Kenneth Anderson at Volokh) is soliciting reader input on how accounting standards should recognize litigation contingencies, a topic of much controversy earlier this year following initiatives from
Abercrombie's appeal in autism case thrown out on mail glitch
Abercrombie & Fitch's appeal of a $115,264 fine for discriminating against a disabled teenage customer was thrown out last week because the company failed to send a document by certified mail.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced this
