The ubiquitous sit-down restaurant chains that fill seemingly every strip mall and highway-side are in serious trouble.
Following Surge Pricing Outcry, Uber Lower Its Rates
On-demand car service Uber has recently drawn a lot of customer ire for its surge pricing model, which jacks up the rates of rides hailed through its mobile app during high-demand situations like blizzards or New Year’s Eve.
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Why Today’s Miserable Job Numbers Are Probably Wrong
A revision is likely coming
Christie’s Traffic Jam May Have Cost Millions
Hundreds of thousands of productivity hours lost
Drunks On A Plane: Inebriated Air Rage Incidents Hit New Heights
Reported cases of unruly behavior increased twelvefold between 2007 and 2011
Target Says 70 Million Affected By Data Breach
Previous estimates said credit and debit card hack impacted 40 million Americans
US Adds Disappointing 74,000 Jobs in December
Unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent due to fewer people looking for work
What Wendy’s and Apple Have in Common
Looking back on the sales and consumer survey data for the nation’s biggest retailers and restaurants, it’s clear that some businesses had a lot better 2013 than others.
The $1 Draft Beer Is Not Extinct
One man set off on the noblest of quests: finding a bar that still sells draft beer for $1. It’s a task could have been doomed to failure a decade ago, let alone right now—in swanky Miami, of all places.
Here’s Why Former SAC Trader Martoma Was Booted From Harvard
Mathew Martoma doctored his Harvard Law School transcript and then tried to cover his tracks with a phony computer forensics company
Holds Barred: Why the WWE Isn’t Going to Cable
Correction appended, January 10
It’s no surprise that the popular World Wrestling Entertainment league wants to start its own television network. The sports-entertainment company nets 4.2 million weekly viewers for “Monday
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China Becomes the World’s Leading Trader
Imports and exports breach the $4 trillion mark for the first time in 2013