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Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
An outbreak of salmonella has led to a nationwide recall of 13 egg brands. (Should we say it? Ah, we’ll say it: These eggs are not going over easy with consumers.)
Wall Street Meets Rap: The Amazing Elizabeth Warren Rhyme
Finance and rap are two genres that don’t typically mesh, but as this video from the Main Street Brigade shows, maybe they should…
Zagat: America’s Favorite Fast-Food Burger is…Five Guys?
America, we know you love Barack Obama. But that doesn’t mean that when he eats somewhere, you have to eat there too.
Booking Flights Through Facebook?
Watch out, travel sites. Delta has announced that its passengers can now book flights through the “Ticket Window” feature on Facebook. (Read more on Techland.)
Breaking News: Flight Attendants Have Good, Clean Fun
It’s not all Sturm-und-Drang and beer and slides on planes these days. Sometimes they have pillow fights!
Did Powdered Milk From China Cause Baby Girls to Grow Breasts?
China’s Health Ministry has ordered an investigation into claims that powdered baby milk caused girls — as young as four months old — to grow breasts.
Will Pay for an A: Website Lets Students Gamble on Grades
Is Poetry 101 an easy A? Care to put some money on it?
Quotes: Study Finds Attractive Women Turned Down for “Masculine” Jobs
“In these professions being attractive was highly detrimental to women.”
— STEFANIE JOHNSON, researcher at the University of Colorado at Denver, on a study that found attractive women faced discrimination when applying for …
Quotes: Pop-Tarts to Open Times Square Cafe
“People say, ‘Well, what can you really do with a Pop-Tart?’ Our chef was has come up with amazing concoctions.”
— SCOTT SCHOESSEL, chief operating officer of the Gigunda Group, which helped develop Pop-Tarts World, a …
Quotes: Jodie Fisher “Saddened” HP CEO Hurd Lost Job
“I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.”
— JODIE FISHER, a former contractor for HP, who had claimed HP’s CEO Mark Hurd sexually harassed her; Hurd quickly resigned from …
Hey, Ease Off the Facebook: Social Media Costing Companies Billions
Do you have a job? While at work, how often are you surfing social media sites such as Facebook, or Twitter? Chances are the answers to those questions are yes, and very. If so, you could be costing your company quite a bit of …