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Chiquita Restructures, Cuts 160 Management Positions
Militia-funding banana company Chiquita has announced a big restructuring plan that will eliminate 160 management jobs, including 21% of the top three tiers of management, for a savings of $60-80...
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Lillian Vernon Fires Employees Four Days Before Christmas
Longtime catalog business Lillian Vernon, famous for its dinky personalized items—and under corporate ownership of one sort or another since 2003—decided to personalize the sensation of being...
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Store Owner Demands Spanish-Speaking Customers Show Social Security Cards
David C. Richardson, the owner of Rhode Island Refrigeration in Providence, Rhode Island, overheard two customers speaking Spanish to each other, so he asked them to produce proof of citizenship....
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Pizza Hut Forces You To Opt-In To Spam Marketing When Ordering Online
When you place an order on Pizza Hut’s website, you have to create an account, and to create an account, you have to check the box that says you agree to their privacy policy and terms of use. It also...
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OverstockDealz.com Thinks A $8 Cable Is A 30gb Zune
Reader Eric wants a Zune. He found a great deal on a refurbished one at overstockdealz.com, placed his order, and a few days later received his package. It contained an $8 Zune cable. Here’s his...
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Raleigh Restaurant Requires Credit Card For Reservation, Then Charges $20 Per...
It’s common for restaurants to not seat a party until everyone has arrived, but here’s something we’ve never seen before: requiring a credit card to make the reservation, then charging $20 per person...
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Vision Therapy Center 'Pencils In' Appointment Without Full Consent, Then...
Elysse was told by an optometrist to consider “vision therapy” as a treatment for her child’s strabismus (crossed eyes), but the business she was sent to—Children’s Vision and Learning in Versailles,...
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Dumbest Moments in Business 2009
The year may be only half over, but Fortune magazine has already come up with its list of Dumbest Moments in Business 2009. (No doubt 2009 is an especially dumb year, but still.) Tropicana’s botched...
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Guess Who Said It?
Let’s play a game. Can you figure out who said the following? “You’re a loser. Why don’t you just jump in front of a train?” “You a f***ing thief, you know. “I’m gonna find you and you gonna be walking...
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Legislators Call For A Boycott Of Lowe's After It Pulled Ads From American...
Lowe’s seems to have jumped right from the frying pan into the fire, amidst a controversial move to pull its advertising from a show on TLC about American Muslim families. So far at least one...
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