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END OF CROCS boulder, colorado

Crocs, the trendy footwear, is a victim of its own popularity. Last year th Colorado-based company fired 2000 employees ( a third of its workforce ) after losing more than $185 million. In the past seven years 100 million pairs of the clogs were sold. But now there is a surplus, and with cheap fake Crocs on the market, bankruptcy seems inevitable.




Airline for pets

Omaka, Nebraska America's first pets-only airline is here! The Omaha-based Pet airways offers pet owners a safe service for transporting their animal friends to five destination at present: Washington DC, New York, Denver and Los Angeles. For a one-way fare of $149, the animals are flown in individual crates in lighted, pressurized aircraft, and are checked every 15 minutes by an attendant . Owners can track the flishts online and can even earn frequent-flyer points.