Reuters reports that Radio Shack stock sank yesterday after an analyst cut its stock price target to $0. Perhaps the problem here is that the words “Radio” and “Shack” don’t exactly convey high-tech, in a world where a future watch… Read More ›
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3 More Vice-President Titles We Propose For Goldman Sachs’ 10,000+ Vice-Presidents
Yesterday, we wrote about how Goldman Sachs argued in Court that “Vice-President” is a “courtesy title” it gives to about a third of its employees. Since it must be hard to come up with names to differentiate all of those… Read More ›
Hey, You Have An Issue With Goldman Sachs? Talk To One Of Its 10,000 Vice-Presidents!
Bloomberg reports that a U.S. appellate court has sent a case to be heard by a jury to determine the meaning of “Vice-President” at Goldman Sachs. A former employee claims that a “Vice-President” is an “officer” of the company, and… Read More ›
Yelp: The Best Place To Read Legit Animal Hospital Reviews, Based On Our Interpretation Of Tuesday’s Court Ruling
The NY Times reports that a Federal Appeals Court has ruled that it is legal for Yelp to lower a company’s rating if it does not advertise on Yelp. Yelp denies that it does this kind of thing… but it… Read More ›
#X For #Xcessive? In#Xs?
Pop star Demi Lovato is appearing in a new public service announcement for AT&T, brining attention to an initiative called #X. In it, as far as we can tell, Ms. Lovato wants to encourage people to stop reading texts and… Read More ›
Russian Bank Has Lame Promotion Involving Lending Cats
CNN reports that as some Russians believe having a cat enter a new home is good luck, Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is offering the first 30 people who get a new mortgage a new cat. Oh, by the way, you… Read More ›
Top Republicans Profited Over Companies Planning On Leaving America To Save On Tax
Bloomberg reports that Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and David Camp, whose committee reportedly controls tax policy, both own shares in a company called Medtronic. Medtronic announced plans to take over an Irish company called Covidien Plc. This is… Read More ›
3 Things We’d Like To See Steve Ballmer Focus On
Yahoo Finance reports that Steve Ballmer is resigning from Microsoft’s board of directors to focus on the NBA’s LA Clippers, which he recently purchased. 3 Things We’d Like To See Steve Ballmer Focus On In Los Angeles 1. The road. You… Read More ›
We Want Uber To Use More Criteria To Rate Passengers!
Slate recently posted an opinion piece about the fact that Uber, the cab-dispatching smartphone app, has a secret rating of its passengers, based on cab driver ratings. Passengers are rated on a scale of one to five. Three More Detailed Scales… Read More ›
Good Luck Convincing Those Bots Following You To Retweet Your Tweets!
Quartz reports that a recent filing by Twitter reveals about 8.5% of “active” Twitter accounts, amounting to 23 million accounts are actually bots. #WhenWillTheMadnessEnd 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. What does it take for a “Bot” to be… Read More ›
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