business and economy
one bad one spoils the bunch
apple admitted that the company that can usually do no wrong had hired underage workers at three plants outside of the u.s. where iphones and computers are made. the report said “Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the [...]
where do you do your shopping?
census data shows majority of purchases still happening in stores for all categories
greenlit
tonight’s 60 minutes finally blew some air on the fire surrounding bloom energy– a clean energy company that for years has been rumored to hold the key to our clean energy future. bloom energy’s fuel cell has caught the eye and captured the investment dollars (in the neighborhood of $400M) of silicon valley venture [...]
no worries, the box stuff is not affected
we’re use to fake things – fake designers handbags, fake boobs, fake tans – but did you ever think you might be drinking some fake wine? a dozen wine distributors and traders were recently found guilty in the southwest of france for selling e&j gallo with over 13 million liters of what e&j believe was [...]
lunchtime distraction: superbowl ad review
no doubt you were bombarded with “best ad” re-caps this morning as you were downing your tomato juice/raw-egg combo before work today. in case you missed any of the ads, or you’re too under-the-weather to do anything productive, our friends at coca-cola have sponsored an ad viewing site on hulu (watch all the ads here). [...]
mess with a bull…
you get the horns. that’s a classic from the breakfast club that i lurv. looks like the people at mcgraw-hill learned this lesson the hard way when they talked too soon about the features of the magical ipad and the veritable boon it would be for publishers. seems that the company’s chief harold mcgraw iii [...]
state of the cookie
in his state of the union address, the president said he’s more proud and more hopeful about the future of the united states than ever before. perhaps this is because he made his girl scout cookie order and in addition to the famed thin mint, he placed an order for the new cookie debuting this [...]
