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American Apparel Employees File Complaints Against Company For Alleged Intimidation, Silencing Tactics

It has not been an easy road for American Apparel after firing founder and former CEO Dov Charney last year: Charney announced in December that he’s trying to plan a comeback, and now two complaints filed by workers allege that the company is intimidating its workers and trying to keep them from talking to the media about the company’s troubles. [More]

You Have Until Friday To Tell The Fed That Their Proposed New Credit Card Rules Aren't Enough

You Have Until Friday To Tell The Fed That Their Proposed New Credit Card Rules Aren't Enough

The Federal Reserve Board has set this Friday, October 12th, as the deadline for hearing any comments regarding Regulation Z, its proposed set of modified guidelines for the credit card industry. According to experts who aren’t on the credit card companies’ payrolls, the new rules are a weak fix that does little to protect consumers.