While some people may firmly believe that there’s no such thing as too much bacon, a neighborhood in San Francisco begs to differ. A bacon restaurant — aptly named Bacon Bacon — was forced to close its doors earlier this [...]
Locks of Love is tangled in scandal. According to a new report from watchdog group Nonprofit Investor (NPI), the West Palm Beach-based charity, which collects human hair to make wigs for children suffering from medical hair loss, can’t account for $6 million worth of [...]
It looks like the Prince of Wales isn’t immune to Britain’s weak economy. Prince Charles was forced to close his organic vegetable store, citing falling trade and rising prices, according to Reuters. The heir to the throne, and an advocate [...]
If you are daydreaming about a vacation in a tropical paradise, you may hop online and Google “Fiji.” If your search goes as planned by the International Trade Union Confederation, along with unions in Australia and New Zealand, you will [...]
A Welsh call center is using a novel solution to provide its customers with 24-hour service. Rather than hiring more workers or switching current staff to the overnight shift, U.K.-based Moneypenny is transporting some of its employees to a different [...]
Talk about company loyalty. A New York-based real estate firm Rapid Realty has offered its 800 employees a 15% pay raise if they tattoo the company’s logo onto their bodies, and the offer is snowballing, according to CBS New York. [...]
A growing slice of Italy’s pizza makers are not actually Italian. Despite a long recession and high unemployment, Italians may be less inclined to take pizza-making jobs because of the long hours and modest pay, according to the Telegraph. According [...]
Analyzing numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and other government agencies, Careercast.com has published its 25th annual rankings of 200 common jobs throughout the United States. The rankings are calculated based on work income, stress, hiring [...]
April 24, 2013
Breaking Fresh
Sports retailer Nike has pulled a T-shirt that some shoppers might find insensitive in light of the recent events in Boston, the Huffington Post reported. The T-shirt — with the words “Boston Massacre” emblazoned on the front, and what looks [...]