- After Target, which styles itself an LGBT-friendly employer, was caught giving thousands to rabidly anti-gay political candidates, it said it would stop. Well: Target has since given over $30,000 to anti-gay-rights candidates and causes. [The Awl]
As anticipated, Eddie Bauer filed for Chapter 11 protection yesterday. The company lists $476.1 million in assets and $426.7 million in debt; the chain hopes to be sold. In the first quarter of 2009, it lost $44.5 million. [AP]