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Author: Vinita Singla

Voters Could Be Button-holed Nov. 4

Don’t wear your favorite Barack Obama T-shirt or your shiny John McCain campaign button Nov. 4: You might get hassled at the polls.

  • September 24, 2008

Supermarket Workers Vie for Back Pay

Workers at a Bushwick supermarket are pushing for back pay after years of illegally low wages. Meanwhile, there's a push to unionize the workers.

  • June 3, 2008
via New York Daily News

Pizzerias’ Slice of the Pie Shrinks

With food and energy prices rising faster than dough in a brick oven, virtually everything that goes into making and serving a slice has gotten more expensive, New York pizza makers complain.

  • May 30, 2008
via Courier-Life Publications

Nails in the Economic Coffin

Manicurists are biting their nails over the current economic downturn. Spending at spas is down, according to customers and owners in Williamsburg – an indication some folks are cutting back on even the most ordinary of pampering.

  • March 17, 2008
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