Fast-food workers went on strike and protested outside McDonald’s, Burger King and other restaurants in 60 U.S. cities on Thursday, in the largest protest of an almost year-long campaign to raise service sector wages. By
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Microsoft swallows Nokia’s handset business for $7.2 billion
By Ritsuko Ando and Bill Rigby Article Reprint Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, Nokia collapsed into the arms of the U.S. software giant on Tuesday, agreeing to sell its
Read moreDunkin’ Donuts Ad in Thailand Causes Uproar
A new ad from the company’s Thai division is raising eyebrows, and the donut chain has apologized for it on Twitter By Jacob Davidson Article Reprint A new ad from Dunkin’ Donuts’ Thai division has
Read moreThis Labor Day, Much of America Will Be . . . Laboring
By Christopher Matthews Article Reprint Will you be barbecuing this Labor Day, or slaving away at the office? According to new survey data from Bloomberg BNA and Beyond.com, many Americans will have the somewhat ironic
Read moreDid The NFL Put Pressure On ESPN To Divorce Frontline?
By: Richard Deitsch Article Reprint Raney Aronson-Rath woke up Friday morning to a flurry of emails and texts from friends and colleagues. It had been an eventful 24 hours for Frontline’s deputy executive producer and
Read moreCorporate Biopiracy and the Terminator Seed
It is arguably the most fiendish product yet devised by corporate genetic engineers By: Bruce A. Dixon Article Reprint Ever since humans started farming about ten thousand years ago, farmers have saved the seed from
Read moreScottie Pippen Fouls Out in Lawsuit Against Media Outlets
By ALEXIS SHAW Article Reprint A federal appeals court judge affirmed the dismissal of former Chicago Bulls all-star Scottie Pippen’s suit against a number of media outlets on the grounds that the 1992 “Dream Team”
Read moreTime Warner Offers Customers Free Antennas To Watch CBS
by Eyder Peralta Article Reprint Time Warner Cable has come up with an old-school solution for the CBS blackout: In an email to customers, the provider offered free antennas for subscribers who wish to watch
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