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Suffering From Budget Cuts, Public Schools Charge For Basics

Suffering From Budget Cuts, Public Schools Charge For Basics

As state budgets get slimmer by the year, school systems suffering devastating cuts — a collective $17 billion nationwide in the past two fiscal years, partially counteracted by stimulus funds — are passing their costs on to students. [More]

2009: The Year Free Office Holiday Parties Went Bye-Bye

2009: The Year Free Office Holiday Parties Went Bye-Bye

It seems the recession has robbed office workers of their traditional venue to blow off steam for free. Anecdotal evidence from the all-seeing eye of Twitter has found that a significant number of office parties have disappeared altogether or gone pay-to-play, Budgets Are Sexy reports: [More]

Companies Accuse Yelp Of Review Extortion, Yelp Says No Way

Companies Accuse Yelp Of Review Extortion, Yelp Says No Way

Some San Francisco companies have accused the review website Yelp of manipulating reviews, either in exchange for buying advertising or as punishment for refusing. Yelp flat out denies the charges. They say that the posting and removal of reviews are determined solely by an algorithm and that their sales staff has no access to the reviews. But in this detailed article published this week in the East Bay Express, several restaurants cite phone calls and emails that they say indicates otherwise.