Magazine deal too good to be true
By CRYSTAL NEO of the Tribune’s staff
When Melissa Jenkins received an e-mail from a Columbia-based company promising cheap magazines, she thought she had chanced upon a really good deal.

YOUR OFFICE COACH
Defiance shouldn’t be tolerated
By MARIE MCINTYRE McClatchy Newspapers
Q: I am a fairly new manager. One of my employees thinks he knows everything and frequently talks back to me. His attitude clearly doesn’t serve as a good example for the other employees.

Top firms know the value of talent
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Jack Welch, a CEO who knew how to win, spent much of his time developing talent when he was leading General Electric. "We build great people who then build great products and services," he writes in his book, "Straight From the Gut."

Timely tips help teens on job trail
By MARGARITA BAUZA Detroit Free Press
DETROIT - If the teen summer-job market remains as healthy as last year’s, about 8.8 million teens are heading to work this month, according to a study by Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies.

Progress interruptus
Chicago Tribune
Steve Stephenson’s daughter was 6 months old in 2000 when he and his wife, Angela, decided one of them should quit work to stay home with their baby.

Peabody will start building power plant
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Peabody Energy said yesterday it has entered into the final phase of development of a planned $2.9 billion, coal-fired power plant in southern Illinois and expects to begin building it this fall.

Mattress salesman won’t take jail time for banner lying down
CAPE GIRARDEAU (AP) - An owner of "The Mattress Guys" is serving five days of shock jail time for failing to remove an advertising banner from outside of his business.

Stocks inch higher despite mixed news
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street eked out small gains yesterday as investors found solace in declining Treasury yields but remained subdued after Best Buy Co.’s lackluster profit forecast and a drop in new home construction.

FTC clears the way for Chrysler buyout
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal antitrust regulators have cleared Cerberus Capital Management’s $7.4 billion purchase of Chrysler.

Generic Plavix won’t reach U.S. consumers
NEW YORK (AP) - A Canadian company’s cheap generic version of the blood thinner Plavix has been blocked from the U.S. market until at least 2011.

Wal-Mart financial offers prepaid Visa
The Associated Press
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said today it will start selling prepaid Visa debit cards that don’t require a credit check or bank account.

Detroit entreats senators
Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON - Detroit automakers and environmental groups blitzed Capitol Hill yesterday in last-minute lobbying before today’s expected vote on fuel economy rules, with backers of the auto industry’s alternative cautiously optimistic about their chances.

Better safe than sorry
BEIJING (AP) - China’s regulatory standards chief pledged today to update and boost enforcement of food safety rules as the country faces intense international pressure for exporting unsafe products from toothpaste to pet food ingredients.

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