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Porn Industry May Ditch Los Angeles Over Condom Law, Head To New Hampshire

Porn Industry May Ditch Los Angeles Over Condom Law, Head To New Hampshire

The city of Los Angeles and surrounding suburbs in California may soon lose more than 20,000 jobs when film producers, actors and other participants in the adult industry choose whether to use condoms during filming or move ... Read >
Chinese Court Rules Against Apple

Chinese Court Rules Against Apple

It may get a little harder to get hold of an iPad in China these days.  The Intermediate People's Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China's Guangdong province, ruled on this Friday against Apple and said ... Read >
Mars Slims Down: No More King Size Candy Bars

Mars Slims Down: No More King Size Candy Bars

In news that can only make Michelle Obama happy as a clam, Mars Inc., the maker of such delightful confections as Twix, M&Ms, and the Snickers candy bar, is going to halt all production on chocolate snacks ... Read >
Delta Highest in Dead Pets in 2011, More Than Half of All Airline Pet Deaths

Delta Highest in Dead Pets in 2011, More Than Half of All Airline Pet Deaths

According to data released by the federal government- which apparently tracks stats for animals that die en route to destinations- more pets died on Delta last year than any other airline. Thirty-five pets died in transit in 2011, ... Read >
Stamps Could Soon Cost 50 Cents, Postmaster General Proposes Increase

Stamps Could Soon Cost 50 Cents, Postmaster General Proposes Increase

The United States Postal Service is on the verge of complete collapse and to help with rising transporation and employment costs the postmaster general Patrick Donahoe has laid out a new plan that includes raising the cost of ... Read >
Pepsi’s New Strategy To Make Money, Add Water To Orange Juice Products

Pepsi’s New Strategy To Make Money, Add Water To Orange Juice Products

PepsiCo changed the packaging of its Tropicana orange juice product three years ago and ever since the company has given up market share to the likes of Minute Maid ans Simply Orange, now in an attempt to ... Read >
Whole Foods Trying To Ditch “Whole Paycheck” Reputation

Whole Foods Trying To Ditch “Whole Paycheck” Reputation

Whole Foods has thrived in urban areas where the company can charge high prices for items with little resistance from urban shoppers, however as the company expands into suburban areas it hopes to ditch the "Whole Paycheck" ... Read >
Avastin Maker Warns That Counterfeit Versions of the Drug Are Circulating

Avastin Maker Warns That Counterfeit Versions of the Drug Are Circulating

Back in December, many cancer patients were upset when it was learned that the very expensive cancer treatment Avastin would no longer be covered for treatment of certain cancers due to disappointing outcomes in studies involving the ... Read >
McDonald’s Demands Humane Facilities For McRib Producers

McDonald’s Demands Humane Facilities For McRib Producers

Following in the footsteps of animal rights groups and a complaint filed by the Humane Society McDonald's on Monday asked meat producers to come up with a more humane method for raising the hogs used to create ... Read >
General Electric To Hire 5,000 US Military Veterans

General Electric To Hire 5,000 US Military Veterans

General Electric Co plans to not only help the economy but also provide jobs for 5,000 U.S. military veterans. The company on Monday announced plans to hire those workers over the next five years while investing $580 ... Read >
USPS Books $3.3 Billion Loss During Holiday Shopping Quarter

USPS Books $3.3 Billion Loss During Holiday Shopping Quarter

The US Postal Service is in bad shape, the company wasn't even able to make a profit after a huge surge in gift shipments occurred over the holiday season. Officials on Thursday announced that the agency lost $3.3 ... Read >
CEO of RyanAir Mocks Laid Off Workers [Video]

CEO of RyanAir Mocks Laid Off Workers [Video]

Michael O'Leary, the CEO of low cost airline Ryanair proved how little class he has today.  While walking into an airport in Spain, he walked past a group of protestors who were outside protesting the sudden closure ... Read >
Credit Scores Still Low After Great Recession- Do Credit Building Cards Help or Hurt?

Credit Scores Still Low After Great Recession- Do Credit Building Cards Help or Hurt?

Although the credit score system- controlled by the shadowy and secretive FICO organization- is largely very consumer unfriendly, it doesn't do you any favors to have a poor credit score. And yet if you ever get injured or ... Read >
Taco Bell Breakfast: Experts Weigh In, Is It ‘That’ Horrifying?

Taco Bell Breakfast: Experts Weigh In, Is It ‘That’ Horrifying?

Back when we reported on the introduction of a Taco Bell breakfast, my personal first impression was that not enough of the day had passed by breakfast-time to shed enough pride in order to consume Taco Bell- ... Read >
Pepsi Cutting 8700 Jobs as Part of $1.5B Savings Plan

Pepsi Cutting 8700 Jobs as Part of $1.5B Savings Plan

PepsiCo Inc, the world's largest snack-food maker, announced its plans Thursday to cut 8,700 jobs across the globe in order to offset high commodity costs and boost investment in advertising and marketing in North America. According to a ... Read >
Mark Zuckerberg May Cover Taxes By Selling $1.67 Billion in Facebook Stock

Mark Zuckerberg May Cover Taxes By Selling $1.67 Billion in Facebook Stock

Mark Zuckerberg will face taxes of around $1.67 billion when he inevitably exercises options to buy 120 million shares in Facebook. What's a mere multi-millionnaire to do? Well, many pundits expect the 27-year-old CEO to sell back about ... Read >
Apple Being Sued For $1.6 Billion Over iPad Trademark Rights

Apple Being Sued For $1.6 Billion Over iPad Trademark Rights

Apple could be in for a bit of a hit. In a new lawsuit with a Hong Kong based company, they claim the company didn't have the rights to use the iPad name on their popular line ... Read >
Major Facebook Risk: Mark Zuckerberg

Major Facebook Risk: Mark Zuckerberg

Everyone is talking about the recent S-1 form that Facebook just filled out on the road to being a publicly traded company.  There has been much talk about the billions of dollars that everyone is going to ... Read >
Disney And Univision Talk Joint Venture, Discuss Creation Of 24-Hour Hispanic News Channel

Disney And Univision Talk Joint Venture, Discuss Creation Of 24-Hour Hispanic News Channel

Walt Disney Co and Univision Communications are currently engaged in talks that would bring a new English language 24-hour cable news channel aimed at a Hispanic audience. The inside source that revealed the talks to Reuters has not ... Read >
MGM Secures $500 Million Loan Facility For Expansion Purposes

MGM Secures $500 Million Loan Facility For Expansion Purposes

One year after MGM (Metro-Goldwyn Mayer) came out of bankruptcy the company has managed to secure $500 million in new loans from lenders who will help the company retire debt it took on when emerging from court ... Read >
Redbox Acquires NCR, Gives Them Access To Thousands Of Kiosks

Redbox Acquires NCR, Gives Them Access To Thousands Of Kiosks

Redbox was in the news earlier today after Coinstar, the company that owns the DVD rental service, announced that they would be partnering with Verizon to create their very own online video streaming service. Now, they look to ... Read >
$16 House ‘Owner’ Leaving Without a Fight After Judge’s Ruling

$16 House ‘Owner’ Leaving Without a Fight After Judge’s Ruling

Flower Mound, Texas- A man who gained notoriety for his $16 house has said he will leave the residence without a fight after a court ruling today. Ken Robinson became somewhat of a celebrity after using adverse possession ... Read >