McActivism Returns: McDonald’s Employee Asking for Help is Directed to Federal Assistance
A 10-year employee is urged to look into food stamps and Medicaid, according to a new video
A 10-year employee is urged to look into food stamps and Medicaid, according to a new video
Humans have aspired to immortality since, well, forever. Google’s push into the science of aging is the latest effort at significantly extending our lifespan. Its new company, called Calico, is likely the most serious such …
Four days before launching the first serious challenge to ESPN’s decades-long domination of televised sports, the executives of Fox Sports 1 — the 24/7 national sports network set to launch this weekend — were telling jokes. …
Hundreds of fast food workers in seven cities across the U.S. walked out on their jobs Monday demanding a “living wage,” or double what many are making now. More strikes are expected this week in what’s become one of the …
Funeral homes have long been accused of taking advantage of their customers, who are forced to make a series of expensive decisions in the immediate aftermath of a loved one’s death, when they’re extraordinarily vulnerable. And a …
Can frozen, microwavable, handheld sandwich-like pastries — the kind long associated with the late-night snacking habits of lazy college students — be effectively marketed to grown-ups with grown-up tastes?
Nestle believes …
Twinkies are back, but this time, they’re not necessarily for moms to pack in their kids’ lunchboxes. They’re for bros.
Want a sign the economy is heading in a better direction this summer? Americans says they’ll spend 60% more than last year on travel, BBQs and fireworks this July 4.
According to Visa’s annual Independence Day spending …
It took an ad campaign to sell Americans on its value
Seventy percent of U.S. employees are either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” at work. Put more simply, most of us hate our jobs.
If Dunkin’ Donuts’ famous ad featuring Fred the Baker were made today, his catchphrase wouldn’t be “Time to make the donuts.” It’d be more like “Time to make the Hot Chocolate Coolattas and iced lattes.”
Last …
Last week, Men’s Wearhouse fired George Zimmer, the company’s 64-year-old founder and spokesman. In many respects, the avuncular Zimmer looks the epitome of the American businessman: impeccably dressed in his suit and tie in the company’s well-known and oft-quoted ads. But while a number of the store’s shoppers expressed outrage …