Thursday, March 21, 2002

About.com Guides Are Sueing Over Wages and Employment Status Mary 21, 2001 Thirty four current and former employees of About.com, the web guide, have sued the website and its parent company Primedia (NYSE: PRM) for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages, according to a story by Dow Jones Newswires. The plaintiffs, who filed their lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, also claim Primedia has improperly recorded About.com's revenue and expenses in order to make its balance sheet look healthier. The suit claims that the About.com service "would not have functioned without the plaintiffs' ongoing labor" and the plaintiffs--who are designated by Primedia as "independent contractors--should be recognized as Primedia employees. In addition, the plaintiffs claim Primedia has engaged in "fictitious, improper and/or fraudulent" accounting in its dealings with About.com. The suit seeks some $100 million in damages or $1 million for each member, whichever is greater. [Dow Jones Newservice] hmmm? 6:44:36 PM

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor... HELP! I'm in the process of re-organizing the site, and more specifically the Categories and their Navigation.  But it's not working.  I'm trying to post the results on the Skating Diva Category, but it's not showing up there.  Any ideas? Has anyone ever had Radio hang up your system and make the CPU go nuts? Mine's taking a hell of a lot of resources. (FYI I'm on Win98 on the notebook) Also A couple of you have asked about the large type-- I wear bifocals-- actually TRI focals -- Nuff said. I am still looking for a webdesign guru who will help me redesign this site to actually be fully functional and get the graphics so they don't appear like a ransom note. I had someone email me a couple weeks ago-- but I will be damned if I can find the note.  HIT THE YELLOW ENVELOPE IN THE LEFT COLUMN AND EMAIL ME IF YOU NEED A SMALL PROJECT! 4:48:36 PM

Skating Diva News: Yagudin Wins His Fourth World Title AlexeiYagudin is the 2002 Men's World Champion, (Ctr), Timothy Goebel, (Lt) Silver and Takeshi Honda (Rt) Bronze show their medals during ceremonies at the M-Wave in Nagano, Japan.  (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) For complete results click here. Ice Dancing: OSP Round Finished with Russians Lobacheva and Averbukh in the lead. Second were Canadians Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz. Third were Lithuanians Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas. The Free Dance Final round is Friday. For complete results click here Maria Butyrskaya of Russia has withdrawn from the World Championships due to illness. Butyrskaya, a former World Champion, had a disasterous qualifying round when her coaches were unable to get the the M-Wave due to a traffic problems around the MWave and placed 6th in ladies qualifying group A and was tied for 11th overall. 2:56:01 PM

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