NEW YORK (AP) -- An administrative law judge from the National Labor Relations Board has overturned the union election last year at a Target store on New York's Long Island and ordered a new election. The decision comes almost a year after The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 had contested the 137-85 vote against unionization in June 2011, arguing that Target illegally intimidated workers. Target denied the allegations. A "yes" vote would have made the store Target's first with a unionized work force. Target has 1,700 stores, all in the U.S. Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said late Monday that the company "respectfully" disagrees with the decision. "We firmly believe Target followed all the laws throughout the union's campaign at its Valley Stream ... Continue reading →
We got our first copies of the 2012 Stylebook from our printer, WorkflowOne. They look great so we're on track for a May 30 launch of the new edition. Continue reading →
It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut in years. Here's some of what Associated Press reporters are finding. Check back all day for updates. All times EDT. --- 4:09 p.m. ZUCK: PLAY ALONG AT HOME II The closing stock price of $38.23, multiplied by a holding of 503,601,850 shares, gives CEO Mark Zuckerberg a stake worth $19,252,698,725. And 50 cents. --- 4:02 p.m. `LIKE KISSING YOUR SISTER' There's the close on Facebook: $38.23. All that excitement for a gain of - 23 cents. And it took a rush of buyers in the final minutes to achieve ... Continue reading →
NEW YORK (AP) -- While Facebook's initial public offering Friday had all of Wall Street abuzz, its 900 million users had other things on their minds. They were busy sharing with the world their thoughts about the presidential election, Haitian Flag Day and the weekend. That's not to say there wasn't plenty of discussion of Facebook's $104 billion deal. There was. But many Facebook users simply took note of it and went on gushing with friends about other aspects of their lives - and maybe adding some photos they might one day regret. On the day of the most highly-anticipated offering in a decade, Facebook IPO conversations accounted for 0.25 percent of all online discussion during the first part of Friday, according to NM Incite, ... Continue reading →
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying it's too steamy or too poorly written. Even in the age of e-books and tablets, banning a book from a public library still carries weight because libraries still play such a vital role in providing people access to books. "When a book is removed from the shelf, folks who can't afford a Nook or a Kindle, the book is no longer available to them," said Deborah Caldwell Stone, the deputy director of the American Library Association's office for intellectual freedom. "Fifty Shades of Grey," a novel about bondage, wild sex and yes, love, has ... Continue reading →
