Adult concerns are pinching teen spending

NEW YORK - The financial pressures on adults are finally catching up with American teenagers. Since summer jobs dried up, gasoline prices topped $4 a gallon, and parents ran out of spare cash, teens have had to cool it on spending for clothes. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)

Wal-Mart faces Minn. labor law trial

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. broke Minnesota labor laws, a state judge ruled, handing the world's largest retailer its third straight defeat in a wage-class action trial and the possibility a jury may order it to pay $2 billion. (Boston Globe, 7/2/08)

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