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Bijou Brigitte First-Half Profit Drops 3.9% on Rents, Expansion (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bijou Brigitte Modische Accessoires AG , a German discount jewelry retailer, said first-half profit fell 3.9 percent on costs for rents and expansion. us.rd.yahoo.com
RedTag.com: Low-Balling Shipping Costs to Win Customers (E-Commerce Times) RedTag.com, a discount online retail site, launches today with a $1.95 shipping charge on all orders, one of the lowest such rates in the industry. RedTag.com joins the likes of discount retail sites such as Overstock.com, which sells retailers' excess inventory at a fraction of the price that other sites do. us.rd.yahoo.com
Spare Times (New York Times) Information about events to be considered for inclusion in Spare Times can be sent to weekend@nytimes.com. us.rd.yahoo.com
Catechism of Political Economy (Ludwig von Mises Institute) What do you understand by the word wealth? Are not gold and silver preferable to other wealth? That is preferable in which the greatest value is to be found. One hundred and ten guineas in corn are preferable to one hundred guineas in gold. us.rd.yahoo.com
Fashion Forward: Obama fulfills style 'Wish' (USA Today) Check out what kind of baggage the stars are lugging around this season. us.rd.yahoo.com
News in brief (Holmen Courier) Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper. us.rd.yahoo.com
South Side Neighborhood Watch (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader) COVENTRY: A 14-year-old girl was charged with the assault of a 17-year-old female at a residential facility on South Main Street Aug. 15. us.rd.yahoo.com
Pearland Police Action (Pearland Journal) From the files of the Pearland Police Department, Aug. 18 to Aug. 24, 2008. us.rd.yahoo.com
What's Happening (Oroville Mercury-Register) Auditions for "The Case of the Smoocher Moocher" Auditions are being held now for this production by the Monday Club. us.rd.yahoo.com
Renaissance Festival begins Saturday (Kansas City Kansan) Royalty will again swoop into Bonner Springs this weekend when the Renaissance Festival returns to Wyandotte County. The Kansas City Renaissance Festival begins on Saturday, featuring an opening ceremony Saturday morning. us.rd.yahoo.com
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