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POPSDelta Bags More Fees Delta Airlines will slap a $50 fee on all passengers checking a second bag on international flights, pressuring competitors to do the same. Delta also reports a $794 million quarterly loss, but says the worst may be behind it.
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POPSFreezing Football Ticket Prices Coming off a 1% drop in attendance in 2008, the NFL doesn't want the recession to drive more fans away this year. So most of the league won't raise ticket prices in 2009.
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POPSA's Looking For a Home Their proposal for a new ballpark in Fremont, Calif. now up in smoke, the Oakland A's and corporate partner Cisco contemplate their next move, with a hand from MLB.
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POPSHealth Care Money Managers A three-part series in the LA Times chronicles a tipping point in health insurance industry: more firms acting as managers of their customers' healthcare dollars rather than as traditional insurers.
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POPSTrickle Down The economic woes work their way down to local charities, as food pantries fight rising prices as they try to keep their shelves stocked.
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POPSEuropeans Still Coming Domestic tourism in the US is taking a hit from the economy, though the weak dollar still has foreign travelers picking up some of the slack.
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POPSTrying On Sears Leave it to a staid, old line retailer to shake up the way young shoppers try on clothes. Sears goes high tech to allow virtual try-ons.
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POPSSuper Bowl Ad Slots Filling Up Recession? Not for big time sporting events like the Super Bowl. NBC is charging more and getting it, selling 85% of its ad slots barely a week into the NFL season.
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POPSStats for Sale? The sparring between sports leagues and fantasy players over the rights of player statistics continues.
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POPSFantasy Football 2008 Style Trying to stay a step ahead of the game, fantasy sports sites get more and more creative. Sign up for this one have John Elway pick your winners.
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POPSFresh Groceries for Less As shoppers change their buying patterns in the face of soaring grocery prices, Wal-Mart and local farmers' markets reap the rewards.
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POPSNo Business Bounce from Convention The folly continues for folks who think hosting a big event brings an economic boom to their city, as the DNC shows. Hotels and restaurants? Sure. Most anyone else? Forget it.
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POPSOil Games at the DNC With public opinion running in favor of more domestic drilling, oil company executives know they have Democrats over a barrel, so to speak. The industry is keeping a low profile at the DNC in Denver, but local reports say plenty of discussion are going on backstage.
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POPSSin Stocks a Good Bet What to do when times are tough? Double up on life's vices, of course. That makes sellers of booze and tobacco happy.
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POPSFriendlier Skies Fliers may still be frustrated, but late arrivals and complaints of mishandled bags are at least heading down.
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POPSCubs to Mark Cuban? Momentum in the bidding war for the Chicago Cubs appears to be heading in the direction of Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Cuban may be a bit of a renegade, unafraid to ruffle the feathers of league brass, but players love him and Dallas fans undoubtedly appreciate his efforts to revive a dormant franchise.
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POPSFries With That? Another person inconvenienced, another lawsuit. Hot coffee isn't the only vehicle through which people try to get their paws on McDonald's cash.
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POPSAirlines Keep Cutting Travel gets even tougher -a major layover hub between the east and west coasts is cutting back on flights.
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POPSTwins Games a Real Gas Major League Baseball is on the gas bandwagon. The Minnesota Twins are promoting discounted tickets to induce fans to drive out to the park on $4 a gallon gasoline.
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POPSDenver Dems Falling Short Think your mid-size city can grow by showcasing itself with a national event? It's not easy, as Denver's financial struggles for the upcoming Democratic convention show.
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POPSGPS 2.0 Get ready for the next generation of Global Positioning Systems to fuel the next wave of growth - they'll come complete with traffic conditions and weather.
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POPSAirline Service on the Descent Airline customer service has passengers seeing red, according to the University of Michigan's latest customer satisfaction survey. But, say some, when you shop on price alone, as so many fliers do, what do you expect?
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POPSDodging Art Are the wealthy completely immune from the slowing economy? Perhaps not - given how slowly some expensive art is moving at Christie's and Sotheby's.
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POPSWrigley Sale Close? Sam Zell, the chief of Tribune Co., which owns baseball's Cubs, may be close to a deal to sell Wrigley Field to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which claims it can raise private money for renovations. Selling off the ballpark would pave the way to sell the team (Zell has said he wants separate deals for the stadium and team). On a separate note, the Tribune reports that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, thought to be a long shot candidate to buy the Cubs, will be taking in tonight's game against the Brewers.
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POPSComing Attractions at Blockbuster A new Blockbuster, coming soon to a store near you? Struggling to keep up with Netflix, Blockbuster is experimenting with concept store in its home base of Dallas, offering cappuccino, kids games and video shooting space.
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POPSPropping Up the Local Economy With computers replacing open outcry systems for those trading on the CBOE, a handul of anonymous "prop shops" are largely controlling Chicago's markets.
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POPSHollywood Ages Well Movie budget cutbacks don't have to mean audience losses. Hollywood is finding that cheaper, smarter films for the boomer set can be quite profitable.
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POPSWindy City Olympics? New York may have lost out on the 2012 summer games. But that isn't stopping Chicago from going after it in 2016. Rock star icons Michael Jordan and Barack Obama will be rolled out to make the second city's pitch. No word yet on Oprah.
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POPSCoke's Water Purchase Could Pay Off Coca-Cola paid a hefty $4.1 billion for relatively unknown enhanced water company Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater. But with sales of carbonated drinks falling for a third straight year, the company's massive marketing and distribution systems could bring big dividends from Glaceau.
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POPSSwaping Out Seat Licenses The secondary market for event tickets has been exploding for awhile now, thanks to online services like StubHub. Nest in line are personal seat licenses - where teams charge fans for the right to own a seat for a period of time. A Houston accountant is cashing in with a service allowing fans to trade these licenses.
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POPSNo Breaks on Summer Travel Planning to fly for a summer vacation this year? Expect to pay more. Airlines looking to squeeze every dollar they can are cutting back on flights and raising fares.
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POPSDoes Free Content Pay? Traditional media isn't going away. But the big outlets are still grappling with the issue of advertising vs. subscription fees for milking online revenue.
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POPSRFID Getting a Workout It's been slow going to find breakthroughs for RFID technology, but gyms and airports are giving it a push.
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