15,000 Arkansas hens to be killed after positive bird-flu test

The slaughter of about 15,000 hens began today in northwest Arkansas, after a flock tested positive for exposure to a strain of bird flu.It makes me so sad to see the pictures of thousands of animals being...

Racy Abercrombie & Fitch Pics Pulled

American clothing label Abercrombie & Fitch -- infamously known for "promoting whites over minorities and cultivating a virtually all-white image" -- is now in hot water for failing to remove racy photos that...

Chinese Bondholders Group complains to SEC about lax enforcement

""The credit rating agencies, Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch are clearly aware of China's defaults, yet turn a blind eye in order to rake in immense profits from China even though giving premium credit rating status to the People's Republic of China enables the...

UK Property market in peril - Houses 'overvalued by 20%'

Its almost like a devaluation of the pound. A few years ago 3 times your average earnings would amount to the property price. In London you will now be looking at 10 times average earnings for a one bedroom flat"House prices are 20 per cent overvalued and the economy and...

Is prostitution prevalent in Gwinnett?

"The phrase “sex sells” usually has to do with advertising. The Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue, for example, is full of scantily clad twenty-somethings using our hormones to control us like puppets so we will fill our closets with their clothes. bb I personally read it...

Fading Out of Fashion

By Ylan Q. Mui, Washington Post Staff Writer As Gap's Dominance Unravels, Chain May Go Up for Sale Twenty-four-year-old Marlies Fitch of Reston has a closet filled with clothes from Gap: sweaters, ribbed...

A Coupon for Your Thoughts

Ambercrombie & Fitch employees receive store gift cards for a lawsuit settlement. Plus, Michael Thompson's first photo book.

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