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Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner departs U.S. Federal Court, following his sentencing after pleading guilty to one count of sending obscene messages to a minor, ending an investigation into a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's U.S. presidential election, in New York, U.S.,September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC147ED64C00

ALL-TIME LOW

Anthony Weiner’s face is what it looks like to have everything and throw it away

A Target store team member places an item back on the shelf at a Target store in Los Angeles

TRIED AND TESTED

Big American companies are embracing a novel strategy to attract new workers: raising wages

Photographers document street style outside Skylight Clarkson Square during New York Fashion Week in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brenna Weeks - RC1A6A74BFD0

#NOFREEPHOTOS

Street-style photographers are shaming brands and influencers who use their work for free

In this Dec. 13, 2013 photo, a security agent checks the bags of a shopper at Macy's in New York. Claims over racial profiling at department stores in New York have helped expose the practice in more than 40 states of retailers holding shoplifting suspects and assessing fines, even if a person hasnt yet technically stolen anything. At Macys flagship store, suspects are held in cells, asked to sign an admission of guilt and pay hundreds in fines. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NOT AS ADVERTISED

A shoplifting solution billed as enlightened was ruled to be “textbook extortion”

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