What McDonald’s did to save falling shares and profits
Things weren’t looking too good for McDonalds over the past two years, and the company needed to act fast. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, McDonalds made a single simple change to their...
View ArticleIs the worst yet to come for Chipotle?
Chipotle’s e.coli scare is affecting more than just the popular burrito chain’s customer base — investors who might have once believed in the now controversial restaurant are being left out to dry....
View ArticleWal-Mart closing 269 stores, eliminating 16,000 jobs
After increasing pressure to cut costs, Wal-Mart has announced plans to close 269 stores, including 154 in the U.S., eliminating 16,000 jobs. Sixty of the stores to be closed are in Brazil, where the...
View ArticleMuslim workers forced to pray during scheduled breaks at Wisconsin firm
A change in policy has Muslim workers upset at an equipment manufacturing plant based in Brillion, Wisconsin, according to The Blaze. Ariens Manufacturing announced a change to their policy allowing...
View ArticleTarget employee’s kindness to elderly customer goes viral
It’s a feel-good story gone viral, an example of kindness and patience for an elderly customer by, of all people, a Target employee. Sarah Owen Bigler‘s Facebook post describing the occurrence has now...
View ArticleStolen Netflix accounts for sale – how do you know if you’re a victim?
A company of cyber thieves is purporting to sell stolen Netflix accounts for as little as $0.25 per account – access is granted to the purchaser, who is able to use the account without the rightful...
View ArticleCritics unsure about India’s hope for economic growth
This weekend thousands of people were in attendance for the opening of a “Make in India” drive, designed to attract foreign direct investment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the event and...
View ArticleStarbucks store bans women in Saudi Arabia after lack of “gender wall”...
A Starbucks store in Saudi Arabia has banned women from entering due to the lack of a wall that separates the sexes. Bowing to local customs and cultural differences, with require men and women to be...
View ArticleIRS uses same system to protect filers that was hacked previously – and it’s...
In May 2015 the U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced that approximately 100,000 tax transcripts had been stolen when hackers broke into its website. That figure has now been upped to 724,000. The...
View ArticleThe friendly skies will get a little more crowded with this move
Following a trend across major airlines, United Airlines has announced the carrier will retro-fit 19 of its Boeing 777’s to add one additional seat per row in the coach cabins to boost revenues,...
View ArticleChristine Lagarde, IMF Head, says world would be worse off had central banks...
In an interview today with Bloomberg, the International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, says negative interest rates have improved the world economy. “If we had not had those...
View ArticleTax refund scams are striking again – how to protect yourself
As the April tax-filing deadline approaches, refund fraud is once again becoming a hot topic as scams are cropping up in all directions. The IRS even had to stop the online service that it put in place...
View ArticleApple’s March 21 Event: Everything We’ve Learned
Apple’s (NASDAQ: APPL) highly anticipated “Let us loop you in” event is behind us, and it’s now safe to say that most speculations floating around the Internet were, indeed true, including the release...
View ArticleThe time may be running out for smart watches
News of one of the first companies to debut a modern smartwatch having plans to reduce its work force by 25 percent, has some speculators wondering about the future of smartwatches in general....
View ArticleStunning report: A huge Microsoft, Yahoo deal is about to drop
A blockbuster deal that could change the Internet landscape may be in the works: a recent report indicates that Microsoft executives are in talks with potential Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) investors about...
View ArticleMore U.S. cities falling in step with raising tobacco-buying age to 21
An increasing number of large U.S. cities are raising the minimum age for purchasing tobacco to 21. Kansas City is one of the most recent to fall in step, and tobacco shop owners in other locations are...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to raise minimum wage to $15 could create...
California Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed a plan to raise the California minimum wage to $15 per hour by the year 2022. The plan could cause stunning changes to both industry and workers, affecting more...
View ArticleWyoming economy on the brink, after latest announcement
The state of Wyoming is facing a real crisis economically, primarily because of the loss of coal mining jobs in the area, which make up about 15 percent of the total work force, according to the Casper...
View ArticleBad news grandpas, Netflix is catching up with you
Last year when the streaming video giant NetFlix raised the cost of their subscription service to new subscribers, the company left the rates as they were for those already using a plan, adding they...
View ArticleHere’s why prescription drug costs are climbing higher
A new report by IMS Health. a global information and technology services company, is saying that the amount of money spent on prescription drugs in the United States in 2015 rose 8.5%, with recent...
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