Feeds
A group representing cities and towns said it may sue New Jersey after the state announced it was withholding $21 million in property tax relief payments to help balance a widening budget gap.
Retailer Gap Inc. said its sales are improving after a tough few years, and a big advertising push this holiday season could boost sales — but analysts caution that a rebound may be bumpy given the rough retail environment.
Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in the third quarter, helping Gap Inc.'s profit climb 25 percent compared with last year, the retailer said Thursday.
Bill Fisher, son of Gap Inc. founders Doris and Don Fisher, will join the retailer's board to fill the seat left vacant when his father died in September.
Women remain far behind men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a survey of 134 nations released Tuesday.
The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus, and said it will continue to expand internationally.
The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets.
Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer.
An analyst on Friday raised her estimates and price target for Gap Inc. on the retailer's sales performance last month, primarily in its Old Navy segment.
Add this to President Barack Obama's problems in selling his health care overhaul: A lot of the tech-savvy activists who helped put him in office are young, feeling indestructible and not all that into what they see as an old folks issue.
Gap Inc. reported that second-quarter earnings rose slightly from a year earlier, beating Wall Street expectations despite a 7 percent decline in sales, as the apparel chain cut costs.
Apparel retailer Gap Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter after the markets close on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
A look at the achievement gap between black and white students on nationwide reading and math tests in 2007, according to a new Education Department report. Tests were graded on a 500-point scale.
Children in Australia's Aboriginal communities are six times as likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children, a government report said Thursday.
From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s and the culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women's liberation.
Gap Inc. reported a first-quarter profit Thursday that narrowly beat Wall Street estimates as the clothing retailer benefited from cost-cutting and its Old Navy stores showed signs of improvement.
Gap Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall for some babyGap coats due to a choking hazard.
Gap Inc. announced Wednesday that its chairman and CEO Glenn Murphy has volunteered to take a 15 percent cut in his salary this year as part of a series of moves aimed at cutting costs amid the pullback in consumer spending.
A judge on Friday accused Michigan's attorney general of being more interested in publicity than the "requirements of justice" in the death of a woman in a nursing home.
Clothing chain Gap Inc. reported an 8.3 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit Thursday, but the results beat Wall Street's forecasts because of the company's focus on controlling expenses, including inventory.
The long-standing, politically sensitive wealth gap between China's citydwellers and its farmers is widening as the economy slows, foiling pledges by its communist leaders to help the countryside catch up.
Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer.
The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks' lower screening rates and poor access to quality care.
Gap Inc. reported Thursday that its third-quarter profit rose 3.4 percent as cost-cutting efforts offset a sales slump. The apparel chain also affirmed its profit guidance for the full year but said the tough times will last at least another six months.
Congress and the Obama administration should end the two-year wait that people deemed too sick to work by the government face before qualifying for Medicare, lawmakers and leading advocacy groups said Wednesday.
Pro-family group livid retailer was promoting 'Happy Whateveryouwannakah' Day, AFA suspends boycott on GAP hoping new ad helps keep 'Christ in' Christmas"As a gesture of our 'good will to men,' we have decided to suspend our boycott of Gap and its divisions until we see the content of this new commercial," said Bryan Fischer, the AFA's director of issues analysis.
The American Family Assn. attacked Gap for not using the word 'Christmas' in its advertising -- but in fact it does, and in a big way too.The Mississippi-based American Family Assn. last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc.
There are an estimated 45 million people without health insurance in America. What a disgrace. Congress now has the opportunity to change that, to provide all Americans with access to the same adequate medical care that they enjoy, and to control the rising cost of health care.
After 30 year run, Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall The relative struggles of the rich may elicit little sympathy from less well-off families who are dealing with the effects of the worst recession in a generation. But the change does raise several broader economic questions.
Apparel companies support Honduran president -- well, sort ofAdidas Group, Nike Inc. and Gap Inc. introduced a joint letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday asking her to restore democracy in Honduras, adding that they will not take sides on this issue.
I grew up in Arizona in the 40s and 50s, went to a State Land Grant College in 1959. My tuition was so low that I could work part time for $5 an hour, and keep a roof over my head while I went to school. Those were the days when we dreamed of, and worked for, opportunity for all.
Lawmakers fail; IOUs begin ThursdayCalifornia began the new fiscal year Wednesday with no solutions for a $24 billion-and-growing budget gap and looming cash crisis that sets the stage for the first state IOUs since 1992.
Volunteer Abroad Programs - Volunteering...Volunteer Abroad Programs - Volunteering Opportuni...
Income Gaps Hit Record Levels In 2006, New Data Show Rich-Poor Gap Tripled Between 1979 and 2006New data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that in 2006, the top 1 percent of households had a larger share of the nation's after-tax income, and the middle and bottom fifths of households had smaller shares, than in any year since 1979, the first year the CBO dat …
Volunteering Abroad 2008 Abroaderview.orgVolunteer Abroad International Programs Overseas Facebook: abroaderview Twitter: @abroaderview Youtube: abroadervieworg
The theory of everythingBritish academics argue that almost every social problem, from crime to obesity, stems from one root cause: inequality.
Women stage wage-gap protests nationwide Women's groups across Germany will protest on Friday to highlight the yawning pay gap between the sexes in the country, one of the worst in Europe.
Texas Bill Would Allow Texas School to Grant Master's Degree in Science for Creationism State Rep.
Achievement gap doesn�t exist at Lincoln Center || Tacoma WeeklyGood article about Lincoln center in Tacoma, part of Lincoln high School. the kids go to school until 5pm every day and go to school on Saturdays as well. The first semester, they closed the achievement gap.
Dictionary for youngsters perplexed by 'gran slang'Youngsters perplexed by palavers and dumbstruck with the doolally antics of their grandparents can now consult an online dictionary to help bridge the language gap.
A Broader View Volunteers 2008A Broader View Volunteers was created on the idea that one person can make a difference. We offer a range of affordable international service projects with the opportunity for cultural immersion abroad.
Volunteer Abroad 100 Great Tips blog.abroaderview.orgOur programs open you up to world of discovery. You will experience people, places and things of which you have only dreamed.
Volunteer Abroad in Argentina: Volunteering Work Abroad, Argentinians International Volunteers OpportunitiesOur volunteer program allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Argentina. Volunteering in Argentina is a way to totally immerse yourself in Spanish culture.
Volunteer Abroad in Chile: Volunteering Work Abroad, Chilean International Volunteers OpportunitiesVolunteering opportunities are available in many areas of the country. Our local Project Coordinators are located in La Serena, Santiago and Concepcion.
Mississippi Jumps on the Ignorant Antievolution BandwagonHouse Bill 25, introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives by Representative Gary Chism (R-District 37) on January 6, 2009, and referred to two committees, Education and Judiciary A, would, if enacted, mandate the state board of education to require every textbook that …
Racial disparities exist despite Obama electionAmid the postelection glow of racial harmony lurks a sobering fact: racial disparities persist - in just about every measurable form - and they won't simply melt away because the nation has a black president.
Crippled dogs and one-trick ponies -- an inside look at the Texas SBOE's effort to defend creationism in science classI've just returned from the Texas SBOE hearings on Science TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) standards, and I'm so full of disgust and dismay that I'm at a loss for words to express it with enough rancor. You can, however, expect me to go on at length anyway...
95% of professors back teaching only evolution in Texas schoolsAn overwhelming majority of science professors at Texas' public and private universities say they're against a state policy requiring that weaknesses in the theory of evolution be covered in public school science classes, according to a new study released Monday.
Gap Gets Serious About Vote Fraud iven the usual worries about ballot integrity, the FBI's ongoing probe of ACORN for alleged voter-registration fraud, and at least 13 state-level investigations of ACORN, counseling people to cast more than one ballot would seem like a singularly inappropriate message to transm …
Experts: Obama, McCain tax plans won't close income gap There are no easy ways for the presidential candidates to close the nation's gap between rich and poorWASHINGTON — There are no easy ways for the presidential candidates to close the nation's gap between rich and poor, now bigger than any time since the 1920s.
Log In | Register
