A million reasons why women shouldn’t work at Wal-martDee Gunter started working at Wal-mart at 46, after 20 years of retail experience. So why were teenage boys being promoted ahead of her? Over a million women have now joined a class-action suit for gender discrimination against Wal-mart.
April, 2010
The curse of the presidential cuddle
Hugging a US president can be political poison, like when John McCain hugged George Bush Jnr or when Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist hugged Barack Obama. Since when did a hug become so toxic?
Tabloid media reaches a new (even lower) low
Clearly many stories on A Current Affair et al are driven by PR, but one PR professional has bluntly described just how easily she got her company on air. So why aren’t we shocked by this anymore? asks Christopher Scanlon.
Why hand-drawn maps are better than Google
Hand-drawn maps edit out the unnecessary crap that infiltrate standard atlas maps. Julia Turner presents a beautiful selection of hand-drawn maps from computer instructions drawn by a grandmother to the best way to avoid a tollway.
“I despise Shakespeare” — the best literary feuds
Authors are fickle, sensitive creatures, but at least their war of words with each other make for good reading. Like Mark Twain on Jane Austen: “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice, I want to dig her up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone”.
I bet my life savings to create an online start-up
Quit your dream job, invest everything you own and launch your own business — a networking site for creative professionals — right in the middle of the GFC. No biggie right? It’s hard but it can work, writes Pip Jamieson.
The Tea Party claims its first big scalp
Florida’s governor Charlie Crist has surrendered his attempt to win the Republican nomination for the US Senate to run as an independent, following backlash from tea partiers and the party’s hard-right conservatives, reports Charles Richardson.
Abbott’s crass populism will have many casualties
Tony Abbott is replacing Liberal values with crass right-wing populism. Abbott’s Liberals increasingly resemble Tea Partiers, albeit without the brains.
Abbott’s population target will cost us
Tony Abbott has a kinda-sorta population target — one that will inflict massive damage on the Australian economy in the long-term.
Daily Proposition: Rock on with Deep Purple, who can still get it up
It seems sacreligious to suggest it, but the new material from ’70s rockers Deep Purple has the goods to see it incorporated in the band’s formidable legacy, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: The Scottish candidate who evolved from a species of shrimp …
The third and final UK leaders debate left little doubt that Cameron won it, with Clegg a decisive second and Broon the hat-trick wooden spooner.
Business As Usual: Retailing slows, led by Woolies, credit grows, led by the market, Greece saved?
Greece will cut its spending by 24 billion euros … Greece’s pain comes to the aid of the Germans … Unemployment falls in Europe … Warren Buffett faces a big test at the annual meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway company …
Post-Smoleńsk, Poland eyes a calmer diplomacy
Although the official week of mourning in Poland came to a close more than 10 days ago, it is only today that the Polish people have started to move on from the death of their leaders, writes Paulina Olszanka.
Goldman Sachs ‘shitty’ deal link to failed Aussie hedge fund
Australia’s biggest GFC casualty has emerged as a central investor in the now infamous Timberwolf CDO that was sold by Goldman Sachs and later died a nasty death, taking the hedge fund with it.
BP under fire again for another disastrous oil spill
Americans are not likely to trust BP and any explanation it has for the oil spill and accident in the Gulf of Mexico, with this disaster just the latest in a long history of fatal mishaps for the oil giant.
Guthrie v News: Julian Clarke paints Guthrie black, defends tabloid rogues
News Ltd executive chairman John Hartigan and the artful asbestos dodger Greg Baxter were spreading their charms through the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday, dumping a bucket on sacked Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie.
On ciggies, Australia the world leader in public health reform
Plain cigarette packaging was removed from the public health agenda in the ’90s due to the threat of legal action. But in 2010, it seems governments won’t be so easily scared off by this legal hot air, write Becky Freeman and Professor Simon Chapman.
Response to True: keeping up with the music masses
Everett True completely missed the point. Music writing on the web is home to niche experts. It’s here that genres have been reborn, careers launched, and trails blazed, writes Evet Jean.
Guthrie v News: the truth hurts, as more dirt is dished
There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from the extraordinary proceedings this morning in Bruce Guthrie versus News Limited: somebody’s lying.
Crikey Clarifier: Apple versus Adobe
Apple’s battle with software giant Adobe — over Apple not allowing iPhone’s to use Adobe Flash — has potentially billions of dollars worth of implications on the entire mobile computing market. So what’s the fight about?
Is the health conference industry exploiting the public sector?
Why are public sector experts giving up their valuable time to effectively donate their public salaried time and expertise to IIR conferences that cost thousands of dollars to attend?
Lessons in History: Getting off on the public buck is Kryptonite to pollies
As Troy Buswell knows, a political career can survive the odd bit of biff. It can (unfortunately) survive the occasional outbreak of sexist or racist behaviour. But it rarely survives a sex scandal.
Tom Nairn: the Toad election
What the U.K. Election debate and its impact have pointed to is surely a need for revolution. The Great-British identity is now more shaky and imponderable than that of Australia or EU nations, writes Tom Nairn.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Time to fight like the Na’vi against smoking
One Crikey reader writes that it’s time to tax smoking in films. Plus, the hypocritical end of the ETS, finally a non-lefto editorial and suggestions for the Henry Tax Review.
Morning Market Report: Markets up following a big day on Wall St
It was the biggest rise on Wall Street in two months on strong volume. US markets are now up 78% from the March low last year.
