Gas Prices Going Up Have Big Impact On The Economy
History may repeat itself if US gas prices continue to rise throughout the summer months. It has been rumored that gas prices might well exceed…
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Scheduling Tool Launched from Groupon Helps Small Businesses Track Customers, Appointments and Much More
Groupon launched a scheduling tool in beta stage on Monday. The Groupon scheduler will allow customers to buy the deal of the day and book…
Rising Gas Prices Put Pressure on Obama Campaign & Economy
The recent increase in gas prices has placed a tremendous amount of pressure on the Obama administration & the 2012 Obama Campaign. Peter Goodman of…
Atlanta Delta Airlines Plane Runs off Taxiway
Delta Airlines plane ran off the taxiway and down an embankment at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world. Delta Air…
American Airline Flight Headed For Chicago Was Delayed and 2 Attendants Treated at the Hospital
American Airline flight 2332, headed for Chicago from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport had to turn around and head back toward the gate to meet airport…
Better Business Bureau Releases Top Scams for 2011 with Infographic
Business is always evolving and people are coming up with new inventions, technology and creative ways to make a buck. On the flip side of…
Toyota Recall Affects 682,000 Camry, Venza & Tacoma
Toyota recall is affecting around 682,000 cars and trucks in the US. Safety concerns and the Toyota recall is not helping their reputation get back…
Shutterfly Acquires Kodak for $23.8 Million
Shutterfly agreed to buy the bankrupt online photo service Kodak. A $23.8 million deal for Kodak’s Gallery was announced after the markets closed on Thursday,…
Download for Windows 8 Consumer Preview Released To Public
Microsoft Windows is taking a stab at the tablet and touch market by launching the Windows 8 Consumer Preview to the public. This version of…
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Newsletter Is Sour On Gold Investing
Every year people rush to see what the Oracle of Omaha has to say about the state of the economy. The new Berkshire Hathaway Annual…
Pepsi Next is the New Mid Calorie Soda
Pepsi Next is being introduced at the end of March as Pepsi’s newest mid calorie cola. With only 60-calories in the Pepsi Next, it has…
Frankfurt Airport Strike Cancels Flights
The Frankfurt airport strike caused 240 flights to be cancelled on Monday. Around 190 of Fraport’s traffic-operation-center employees, apron controllers and apron supervision staff went…
Stamp Prices Could Raise to 50 cents for ailing USPS
You’re probably asking yourself, “wait a second, didn’t the United Postal Service just raise stamp prices from 44 cents to 45 cents a stamp?” The…
Mexico Travel Warnings Released By U.S. State Deparment for 14 Mexican States
The U.S. State Department constantly makes recommendations for US citizens that are traveling outside of the country. This year the State Department has issued travel…
Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial – It’s Halftime In America Says Clint Eastwood
This year at Super Bowl XLVI Chrysler released their Super Bowl Commercial that spoke to the heart of America. Their one line slogan was that,…
Facebook Mobile Ads to bolster IPO offering by March 2012
Facebook just recently filed its S-1 to start the IPO process for when Facebook goes public. The offering is supposed to bring in $5 billion…
“stay hungry, stay foolish” is the Latest Virgin America Airbus Name Paying Tribute to Steve Jobs
Virgin America is paying tribute to Steve Jobs by naming their Airbus A320 after him with a quote on the side. The Virgin America Airbus…
Chipotle SuperBowl Promotion For Half Off Price of Burritos
Chipotle restaurants will be offering 50% off their Burritos by the Box during the Superbowl 2012 against the New York Giants and New England Patriots….
Blackout on Wikipedia 3 hours away, joined by Reddit, Boing Boing, Craigslist SOPA protest & Google Logo change
According to Alexa.com a universal ranking engine that reveals what websites are most popular in the world and the United States, Wikipedia is the most…
Burger King Delivery Expected to Grow
Burger King is spreading delivery of their burgers and fries in the Washington D.C. area to 16 stores by January 23, 2012. Burger King is…
Infosec & AntiSec Trends in 2011 Usher in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
A new year of New Year’s Resolutions and a progressively faster march down into an insecure world which is even more important these days in…
Starbucks Raising Prices by 10 Cents
Starbucks will be raising prices on certain beverages in the U.S. Northeast, South and Southwest. The price for a tall coffee will go up 10…
Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Due to the New Energy Efficiency Guidelines
Manufacturers starting phasing out the incandescent light bulbs on Sunday in part of the new federal regulation that was signed in 2007 by former President…
Cyber Security Jobs & Training Are On The Rise Bucking Unemployment Trend
While some reports propose that the unemployment situation is improving in the United States, for the most part, the US is in recession that is…
Foie Gras Burger Added to Wendy’s Menu in Japan
Wendy’s is adding a “Foie Gras Rossini”, which is a premium beef burger with foie gras terrine and will cost Y1,280 ($16), along with the…
Miami Casino Plans May Give Competition To Las Vegas Casinos
If things work out for some heavy hitting investors Miami Casino plans might become reality and Las Vegas could have some big competition. The first…
Saab Warranty Ditched Company, GM Steps In To Cover
It seems that supporters of the Saab line of cars are getting the nasty end of the stick as their warranty included with the purchase…
Morgan Stanley 1600 Job Cuts Will Happen in the First Quarter
Morgan Stanley has confirmed they plan to cut 1,600 job in the first quarter of 2012. Joining other banks across the financial service industry in…
Christmas Tree Sales Up Along With Prices
Christmas tree sales seem to be defying the typical economic trends that Christmas tree farms have come to expect. This year IBISWorld has announced that…
Dollar Coin Stockpile Reaches $1.4 Billion, Cancelled By Congress
It seems that no one wants real money anymore or at least dollar coins. The White House announced today through their Press Secretary that they’ll…
Amazon Extends Super Saving Shipping Deadline While UPS & FedEx Prepare for Christmas Shipping
Amazon announced on Tuesday that they will extend their Super Saving Shipping through December 19 to give those last minute shoppers extra time to order. The…
Holiday Shopping Reaches $25 Billion Record, Up 15% Says comScore
What is all this talk of recessions, unemployment and rough times for retailers this Christmas season? Apparently, according to a newly released comScore report holiday…
Amazon Price Check Promotion Makes Brick and Mortar Locations Mad
One of the busiest weekends for shopping during the Christmas season is the weekend of December 9th – 11th. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a promotion…
McDonald’s Delivers Strong Performance Worldwide; November Comparable Sales Rise 7.4%
McDonald’s Delivers Strong Performance Worldwide; November Comparable Sales Rise 7.4% OAK BROOK, Ill.,McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced global comparable sales growth of 7.4% in…
Letter Bomb Explodes at Italy’s Tax Collection Agency Injuring Marco Cuccagna
The director of Italy’s tax collection agency was nearly blinded when a letter bomb exploded last Friday. The letter was sent by the Italian anarchist…
Coke Secret Formula Moved to Public Viewing
Coca-Cola’s secret formula has been in the same SunTrust Bank (NYSE:STI) vault in Atlanta since 1925. The secret formula has now changed hands, in-light of…
India Superstore like Walmart Plans on Hold
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s plan to boost foreign investment was shot down, as India puts their original decision to allow superstores like Wal-mart (NYSE:WMT) and…
PayPal Holds Funds on a Holiday Drive for Children in Need from Regretsy
Regretsy decided to give back this holiday season by raising money to help with children in need. April Winchell, actress-comedian who runs Regretsy put a…
Fire in Chevrolet Volt Starts NHTSA Inquiry Into Lithium-Ion Batteries
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was carrying out a series of tests on the Chevy Volt in June through a testing agency. After one…
New YouTube Launched With a Redesign Focused On Channels Today
At 4:30pm EST on Thursday December 1st, 2011 Google released the new YouTube redesign to the everyone that accesses YouTube. For over a week insiders…
Omaha World-Herald Bought by Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett bought the Omaha World-Herald on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. The deal is supposed to close in December, pending the approval from company shareholders….
American Airlines Bankruptcy Is Approved With Chapter 11 Filing, Merger With US Airways Next?
American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. (NYSE:AMR) filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Tuesday 11/29/2011. Once the bankruptcy filing was discovered the stock trading on…
Facebook IPO on pace to open in 2012 at $10 billion
It seems that there has been some digging around in Facebook’s financial affairs that reveals a Facebook IPO is on the way in 2012. The…
AT&T T-Mobile Merger Is Dead In The Water As FCC Must Make Decision After Withdrawal
Everything isn’t coming up roses for AT&T’s plan to merge with T Mobile. The DOJ and the Federal Communication Commission have major concerns about the…
Google Solar Power Research Cancelled After Google PowerMeter Met Same Fate
Despite the best of intentions, Google is not going to be the energy savior and miracle worker everyone was hoping it was going to be….
Black Friday Sales Record Hint At Cyber Monday Record Numbers
Black Friday has always been the biggest shopping day of the holiday season and this year was no exception. In fact, this year was even…
Black Friday Store Hours Unchanged Even After Petitions & Protests
This year Black Friday ads were met with petitions and protest this year by employees, shoppers and concerned consumers. Many people feel that the Thanksgiving…
IBM Green Tech Initiative Lauches: Solar Arrays Powering Data Centers
When people think of green living, chances are, computer data centers aren’t the first thing that comes to mind. But IBM (NYSE:IBM) is changing all…
LivingSocial to raise $200 million in venture capital after launching “Room Service” & “Instant Escapes”
Living Social, the number two daily deals site, has been busy lately with several irons in a fire that is only expected to get bigger….
Facebook Shares & Groupon Shares Sold, Revealed Fake, Man Arrested
In an economy that is struggling, it is easy to feed on the fears of people looking for ways to try to protect themselves financially,…
Waterproof iPhone & waterproof clothing? NeverWet makes it real.
A new technology that keeps things from getting wet, developing corrosion or repels all types of oils is about to hit the consumer market. The…
2013 Ford Escape Debuted New Look but Faced with Competition from Honda CR-V
The 2013 Ford Escape was debuted at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto show and it looks like it shed itself from the box figure design….
Black Friday Petition Against Target Midnight Opening Gains Steam
A retail revolution of sorts as Anthony Hardwick’s online petition against Target’s midnight opening time for Black Friday is building steam. Target opened their store…
Starbucks Finally Loses the Secret Surcharge on Coffee Beans
Starbucks is no longer adding an additional surcharge to coffee beans weighing less than a pound as of November 7, 2011. A Massachusetts Office of…
Kindle Fire Voice Recognition May Be In Amazon’s Tablet Future
The Kindle Fire is on a rapid sales pace that is breaking through sales numbers that many didn’t predict for the Amazon tablet. J.P. Morgan…
Logitech stops Google TV production, calls it a “big mistake”
If you’re busy creating your Christmas list for family members and friends make sure that you don’t add the Google TV Revue made by Logitech…
Career Fairs At Colleges Are Becoming More Competitive With A Weak Job Market
Introduction: The following article gives a play by play analysis of a competitive career fair at a college. The company representative, Kevin Kuzma, explains how…
Christmas Tree Tax of 15 Cents Has Been Delayed
The Christmas Tree Tax of 15 cents is being requested by the National Christmas Tree Association, based in Chesterfield, Missouri to help promote and fund…
Siri Crash Kills iPhone 4s Playlists, Calendars & Contact Lists: Fail?
The grumbles have began and the debate goes on, was Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) newest technology Siri proved to be a success or failure after it suffered…
Post Office Bailout or Refund?
The U.S. Postal Service just may get a bail out it so desperately needs that is being offered up by Senators like Joe Liberman (Independent…
De Beers Gets Paid $5.1 Billion from Anglo American for Stake
Anglo American PLC agreed on Friday, November 4, 2011 that they would increase their stakes in the diamond miner Oppenheimer family De Beers for $5.1…
Thanksgiving Travelers Expect Crowded Airlines
If you plan on traveling for Thanksgiving expect a packed airport and flight. Even though fewer people plan on flying this Thanksgiving holiday; you will…
Groupon IPO price is rumored to rise, increasing valuations
Rumors have been going on since the end of October in professional interviews at places like Bloomberg and CNBC stating that the Groupon IPO price…
Oakland Businesses Support General Strike & Occupy Oakland’s Wall Street Protest: Reject Credit Cards
The first strike that Oakland, California has seen to this magnitude since 1946. Local businesses were not outside of this Oakland Strike which has taken…
Wells Fargo, Chase & others rollback debit card fees after backlash
It seems that in some circumstances, the customer really is always right. Wells Fargo and Chase banks are month the two largest banks to completely…
$1 Million Coin Created by Perth Mint in 99.9% Gold Bullion
A $1 million dollar coin created by the Perth Mint is forged in 99.9% gold bullion and was unveiled late last week by CEO, Ed…
Redbox raising prices after 3rd quarter earnings rise 90%
If you think you’ve heard a similar story before, you wouldn’t be mistaken. Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) just made a major blow to it’s business by raising…
Ten People Arrested for False Disability Claims from the Long Island Railroad
Ten people were arrested on Thursday morning, including doctors, for charges in an investigation of alleged fraud in the Long Island Rail Road pension system….
Google & Microsoft set to battle over buying Yahoo in a historic acquisition
If either one of the tech giants, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) or Microsoft, are able to get their financial & legal ducks in line a Yahoo acquisition would be…
Raccoon dogs skinned alive for counterfeit Ugg Boots & other fur products
If you think you’ve seen it all, you will be completely shocked to see this video which shows a group of workers in China skinning…
Buy Your Forever Stamps Now Before the One Cent Increase in January
Effective January 22, 2012 the price of a first class stamp will increase, yet again, by one cent. Making the cost 45 cents to mail…
Vaginal Rejuvenation & Labiaplasty are the next booming business in Plastic Surgery
Yes, you read that right, the new big business in plastic surgery is in the cosmetic-gyn category and the main services are vaginal rejuvenation and…
Truck driving jobs going against unemployment trend
There just aren’t enough skilled truck drivers to fill a growing list of truck driving jobs. While unemployment in America is still high and maintaining…