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Ron Maccari, an assembly worker for General Motors for nearly 30 years, has been angry lately over the negative comments he’s heard on TV and read on the Internet about his chosen career.
'Seinfeld' bagel shop owner hit with tax chargesProsecutors say the owner of a storied New York City bagel business shortchanged the state out of a lot of dough by cheating on taxes.
Worker: I was fired for wearing 'God' buttonA former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference.
New Yankee Stadium casts shadow over shopsThe new Yankee Stadium, ballpark, home to a World Series in its opening year, is pushing local businesses into the shadows.
Worker: I was fired for wearing 'God' buttonA former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference.
Gulf oyster fisheries say FDA may kill businessFederal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria.
Undertaker seeks to revive dying Kan. townLike hundreds of small towns across rural America, Preston in Kansas has boarded-up storefronts lining its Main Street. Now,an Arizona undertaker has a plan to bring it back to life.
Getting swine flu vaccine top business concernWhen it comes to preparing for a swine flu outbreak, the top concern for most U.S. business leaders is getting enough vaccine for their employees, according to a new survey.
Taco cart wins NYC's street vendor awardA husband and wife who sell tacos and quesadillas have been named New York City's best street vendors.
Hope to get a swine flu shot at work? Not likelyPlan on getting your swine flu shot at work? Don't count on it.
America's most affluent communitiesSome American communities are experiencing the recession's full fury, while others - such as McLean, Va. - are still remarkably comfortable.
Jury rules against Minn. mom in download caseA replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result, finding a Minnesota woman to have violated music copyrights and ordering her to pay.
Starbucks Accused of Creative TheftStarbucks is accused of "local-washing". Local-washing is a term used to describe corporate companies who try and imitate decoration in local businesses in order to fit in.
Buy-local drive launchedIn the aftermath of a 2007 ice storm, Jeff Emerson watched dozens of local businesses struggle and some even collapse.
The shibboleth that large banks (and other mega-corporations) are somehow "too big to fail" has been turned on its ear these past ten months.
The biggest U.S. metro areas in 2025Bizjournals is issuing its own population projections for the nation's 250 largest metropolitan areas, looking as far ahead as 2025.
Tony Vegas development struggles in downturnIt was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it's an emblem of recession blues. Foreclosures have spread like a virus, and home values are falling.
Californians debate selling classic landmarksSan Quentin State Prison. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The California State Fairgrounds.
Mich. mayor urges people to buy AmericanA suburban Detroit mayor whose city is home to two General Motors Corp. facilities and two Chrysler LLC plants is expanding his efforts to get people to buy from the Detroit Three.
Selling furniture with racial harmony, melodyThe catchy jingle for The Red House Furniture Store says it all, but doesn't totally do it justice: "Where black people and white people buy furniture."
San Jose leads as America's top tech centerSan Jose is the nation's most technologically adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournals study of 100 U.S. markets. Stockton ranks dead last.
The Rust Belt: A forgotten housing crisisThe nation's emptiest neighborhoods have remained concentrated in the same place for nearly a generation: the mostly minority, poor, urban neighborhoods of the Rust Belt.
Staffing agency finds way to help boomers' careersThe Boomer Group staffing firm of Denver recently expanded from just finding jobs for experienced baby boomers to advising them about their entire careers.
Microloans going mainstream for small businessesFor growing ranks of very small businesses, nonprofits are becoming de facto banks by extending microloans.
Tough times breed Ponzi schemesThe cracks show when you drain the pool. That's how former Colorado securities commissioner Philip Feigin describes the resurgence in alleged Ponzi schemes.
MARTA cuts a blow to businessIf Atlanta's rapid transit system is forced to eliminate a day of service, business leaders say, it will be a severe economic blow to a city already stung by a deepening recession.
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