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Consumers Look To Internet To Solve Complaints

One of the most maddening things you can deal with as a consumer is what to do when you have a complaint. Who do you turn to? It turns out there’s a growing industry that is making it much easier for consumers to finally get some action when they’ve been wronged.

CBS4–2013/04/11

A US Airways tail rest on the tarmac near an American Airlines plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on April 23, 2012. American Airlines heads to federal court on April 23, 2012 to convince a bankruptcy judge that to survive, it must break labor agreements that workers fought decades to win. The airline lost more than $10 billion USD in the decade leading up to its declaration of bankruptcy last November. During that same period most of its major rivals used the bankruptcy process to cut wages and benefits, which American says has left it saddled with higher labor costs. US Airways has won the support of unions at the bankrupt American Airlines for a proposal to fold the two companies into one giant carrier, US Airways CEO Doug Parker said on April 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

American Airlines & US Airways Announce Merger

In a move that will create the world’s biggest airline, American Airlines and US Airways announced late Wednesday that they will merge.

CBS4–2013/02/13

Mark Templeton, chief executive officer of Citrix Systems Inc., speaks during the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Shares of Citrix Systems Inc., a maker of computer-networking software, are up 67 percent year-to-date, the third-biggest increase among technology stocks in the S&P 500. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Citrix Named Among “50 Best Places To Work In 2013″

When a company gets referrals from its employees to work there, it’s perhaps the most telling measure of how that company treats its own. If you believe that’s the case, then Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix just won the “granddaddy of referrals” award.

CBS4–2012/12/12

CBS4 Investigates: Jobless Need Not Apply

Conventional wisdom dictates that it is easier to find a job when you already have a job. Now there is increasing proof that companies are openly telling the jobless that they need not apply.

CBS4–2011/12/05

Workers Are Poor While Forbes 500 Prosper

While Governor Rick Scott claims to be making Florida a more business-friendly state, the editors of Forbes have some bad news for the governor.

CBS4–2011/05/05

The unemployment rate saw a gain in the latest report.

Jobless Claims Jump In 2011

While the nation’s unemployment rate dropped in December to 9.3 percent, the overall unemployment picture isn’t improving and it’s especially bad in the Sunshine State where the unemployment rate stands at 11.6 percent.

CBS4–2011/01/13

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