The surprisingly healthy market for real estate for the rich in Florida may be finally slowing down.

Women farm workers are subject to low pay and hard work, and likely abuse from supervisors and fellow workers. All the while they are reluctant to complain or quit because they are so needy. One effort to deal with the abuse is the Bandana Project.

Southern Poverty Law Center describes the plight of farm workers, especially in the Southeast, were labor laws are scarce and enforcement even scarcer. This is a topic for legal and illegal immigrants alike.

If this were any other time in history, it would be funny.........

"It just seems illogical to me that a quote-unquote 'permanent free bed,' which by its very name suggests that it is to last forever, can somehow not last forever," said Mark Swirbalus, a lawyer for the organization.

Mercedes has managed to reduce CO2 emissions 13% and pass the Euro-5 emissions standards.

Analysts call it a "kitchen sink quarter." Companies in shell-shocked industries write down everything that even looks like it might go wrong, clearing the balance sheet for future growth.

Reports of workplace espionage've shocked labor unions & disturbed German public since March when Stern mag published exposé on workplace spying at retail chains. Bosses/managers accused of watching workers on toilet & noting break conversations. Now..

Corporations, unions and other interests spent a record-setting $2.79 billion in 2007 on lobbying Washington officials for favorable policies, said a study from a watchdog group released on Thursday. The Center for Responsive Politics said spending in 200

Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine has just released it's annual ranking of top hedge funds earners, and some of the salaries are astounding. At the top of the list is Paulson & Company founder John Paulson, who made a whopping $3.7 billion last year