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Meanwhile, media giant Time Warner (parent company of TIME's publisher) is facing federal labor charges for allegedly denying benefits to hundreds of writers and artists by misclassifying them as temporary workers. Time Warner denies the charges and says the Labor Department is trying to make new law with the suit. Some longtime temps at another publisher, McGraw-Hill, just started pleading their case to management, joining the ranks of "contingent" techies, truckers, bellhops and professors who feel they're being shortchanged...
...slimmed-down companies found themselves shorthanded as business picked up. Initially they were reluctant to hire full-time workers in case business turned down again. But "hiring qualified temporary employees has evolved from a stopgap measure to a competitive imperative," said Brian Bohling, a senior vice president at staffing giant CDI Corp. in a report, The New Nomads. Besides saving money on benefits, firms prize the flexibility of keeping only a small core of full-timers and ramping up for specific projects. Silicon Valley, with the ebb and flow of its product cycles, relies heavily on permatemps; a new report...
...seat of the not much larger Putnam County (pop. 17,000). There, the man born Dwight York, of Sullivan County, N.Y., decreed the founding of Tama-Re, Egypt of the West, a 19-acre evocation of the ancient land, complete with 40-ft. pyramids, obelisks, gods, goddesses and a giant sphinx. It is the holy see of the Nuwaubians...
...fares jointly. Hotel groups are on a cross-border takeover binge; ditto tour operators. Travel agents, pressured on every side, are restructuring their businesses and forming large entities with muscle power of their own. Cruise lines, car-rental firms and rail and ferry companies are racing to consolidate into giant groupings with global ownership, reach and resources. "In a competitive environment, you've got to link up with partners if you don't want to be marginalized," says Dominique Patry, head of international affairs and alliances for Air France. "All companies are looking for ways to hang on to their...
...enough for you? Some say the world will end in fire, a view that seemed to gain traction during the past few days as upper-90-degree heat turned the nation into one giant Easy-Bake oven and everyone ran for cover from the sweltering sky. The remedies? Stay out of the sun, for goodness' sake, drink plenty of water -- and pray for rain...