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If you're prone to nodding off at concerts, we have the perfect event for you. On June 12, a group of topflight Japanese musicians - including violinist Iwao Furusawa, tenor Masafumi Akikawa and wispy-voiced female vocalist Aoi Teshima - will perform a series of works with the intention of sending...
No one has to tell the nation's beleaguered airlines that they have an image problem. So why has American Airlines decided to charge already unhappy passengers $15 each way for a single checked bag, as it announced Wednesday? "Desperate times beget desperate measures, and this is in the Hail...
Anyone who is suffering through the pain of having to fill up their own gas tank these days can at least understand a little of that desperation. With oil prices soaring to $135 a barrel, the airlines have little choice but to pass on some of the added expense to...
The question is whether it's better to pass on that cost via a baggage surcharge, rather than a ticket price hike. In terms of consumer psychology, the bag option may indeed be the lesser evil. On ticket-buying websites, extra fees are often not quoted in the initial price...
Six and a half years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Washington is nearing a poignant milestone: the Survivors' Fund, the country's last major 9/11 charity, officially dissolves on May 15. In dollar terms, it was far from the biggest player: more than 7,000 people affected by the attacks...