Yahoo Finance reports that the Men’s Wearhouse has fired its founder and pitchman, George Zimmer, who you may have seen in ads on TV proclaiming “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.” 3 Worse Possible Guarantees… Read More ›
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A&W Paying Five Bucks To Some People To Put Ads In Their Beards (Offer Apparently Does Not Apply To Abraham Lincoln, Who Ironically Appears On Five Dollar Bills)
Business Insider reports that A&W is putting mini-advertisements in an unconventional location. For $5 a day, men can be paid to walk around with an advertisement in their beards! And that sounds like enough money to get something to eat… Read More ›
Yeah, But Does This Company Give A Severance Package For My Cats, Too?
MarketWatch reports that Yahoo Inc. is offering a new incentive employees: gifts for their cats and dogs! What could the gifts be? According to the article, Yahoo will not comment beyond saying that the gifts will be “Yahoo-branded.” 3 Yahoo… Read More ›
Walmart Delivers A Delivery Idea Full Of Potential Comedy!
Reuters reports that Walmart is considering a plan where its customers will deliver goods to online shoppers in return for some sort of discount. So maybe on some future Easter weekend, you can have someone featured on People of Walmart entertain your… Read More ›
If You Are Looking For A Convenient, But Bad Deal On Clay, Have You Tried Buying An iPad?
CNN recommends that you open iPad packaging and look inside before purchasing the device, because some customers at places like Wal-Mart and Best Buy have left the store, only to find a fake decoy iPad, or plastic bags filled with… Read More ›
IKEA Not Recalling Horse Meat This Time!
As we recently wrote, horse DNA was found in “beef” in the Czech Republic intended for IKEA meatballs. The good news is no horse DNA was involved in the-latest-furniture-store-recall-of-food! The less-good news is QMI News Agency reports that IKEA has… Read More ›
Now Best Buy Wants Some Employees To Stop Working From Home… So The Geek Squad Will Finally Be Leaving Your Basement!
Just a week after we wrote about Yahoo ending its work-from-home program, CNN reports Best Buy is now ending its work at home-program for employees whose managers don’t want them to work from home. 3 Companies We’d Like To See Allow… Read More ›
Bankers Minus Jobs = Strip Clubs Minus Money
Yahoo reports that job losses of bankers in London, England, has lead to less business in London strip clubs. 3 Other Possible Impacts Of Fewer Employed Bankers 1. Now everyone can afford to hire their own personal banker for home games… Read More ›
Lawsuit Against S&P Alleges Analyst Sang A Version Of “Burning Down The House” Prior To Sub-Prime Crisis
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Department Of Justice has alleged in a lawsuit that Standard & Poor’s rating agency gave high ratings to mortgage-backed securities it knew were risky. An allegation in the report include this: “In March… Read More ›
Water Into Wine = Miracle. Beer Made With Water Selling For A Lower Price Than Water = Super Miracle?
The Wall Street Journal reports that a beer controversy is “brewing” (their words, don’t judge us!) in the Czech Republic because a pint of water costs more than beer in pubs there, and the government wants to introduce a law… Read More ›
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