N&O Career Articles

FDA egg tests may raise farmers' costs without ensuring safety

VALLEY CENTER, Calif.-Amid a rolling landscape of browning chaparral and battered trailers, Alan and Ryan Armstrong's metal henhouses line up like military barracks. Keeping their 450,000 birds safe - and Salmonella enteritidis out of their henhouses - is a daily battle.

Updated: Sep. 2, 2010 9:53 PM | Full Story

My phone, my self: Rabid loyalty follows latest, greatest handsets

The love affair began last winter.

Updated: Sep. 1, 2010 3:18 PM | Full Story

Hardware stores, symbol of Americana, suffer in recession

For three years, Terry Reynolds has watched sales dwindle at his West Columbia, S.C., ACE Hardware store.

Updated: Aug. 27, 2010 8:07 AM | Full Story

Gen Y' gets dose of hard reality in recession job market

It was only five years ago that Miami accounting firm director Richard Berkowitz thought he had a problem during tax season relating to his younger workers. "When I told them it was mandatory they come in on the weekend, they looked at me like I was out of my mind."

Updated: Aug. 25, 2010 8:06 AM | Full Story