There is something going on that will increasingly complicate the lives of the analysts, investors, regulators, and lawyers whose lives depend on a tidy classification of companies by industry. Is ...

DNA belonging to Dominique Strauss-Kahn was found on the uniform worn by the hotel chamber maid who has accused the former head of the IMF of sexually assaulting her in his Manhattan hotel suite ...

U.S. news media are reporting that DNA taken from the former International Monetary Fund chief matches material taken from the work clothes of a hotel maid he is accused of sexually assaulting ...

The uniformed maid stands out conspicuously, declaring she doesn’t belong. Would it be so hideous and unthinkable if maids were allowed to dress freely as they wished? Why the uniforms?