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Guinness beer celebrates 250th anniversary
Guinness, Ireland's most famous beer, is celebrating it's 250th anniversary. The founder of the brewery, Arthur Guinness, signed a 9,000-year lease on the brewery at St. James's Gate in Dublin on Sept. 24, 1759... Best U.S. Companies For Working Mothers Listed
Working mother magazine has made a list of the best companies to work for while building a family. Companies deemed the best by the magazine are ones that offer programs for health care, child care and other benefits, as well as flexible schedules and compressed work weeks,... Walmart's Project Impact: A Move to Crush Competition
Walmart came up with a new stradegy to bankrupt competition by being the world's largest retailer and their stradegy is called Project Impact. One of the goals are to have the stores less cluttery and more clean... Ben & Jerry's Celebrates Gay Marriage With Hubby Hubby Ice Cream
Ben & Jerry's has renamed their Chubby Hubby ice cream to Hubby Hubby for the month of September, in support of Vermont's desicion to legalize same-sex marriage. The Hubby Hubby ice cream will only be sold in...
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Pensioner's £67,000 power bill
Unbelievable? Even more so when you look at the companies figures for 2007 [PDF]"A County Londonderry pensioner who has lived without electricity for 27 years has been told Northern Ireland Electricity will charge him £67,000 to link his home to the grid."The company made a... Phillip Morris Pays Millions To Smoker's Daughter Jodie Bullock
Jodie Bullock, daugter of longtime smoker Betty Bullock who died of lung cancer in 2003, has been awarded $13.9 million in damages by the cigarette company Phillip Morris. The recommendation was made on Monday, in the third trial between Bullock and Phillip Morris. Jodie... AIG CEO Robert Benmosche Gets $7 Million Salary
American International Group (AIG) will pay new CEO Robert Benmosche a salary of $7 million dollars per year. AIG received billions of dollars in bailout money from the government earlier this year. The salary has been approved in principly by Washington's new pay czar... Eddie Bauer files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection
Eddie Bauer, the U.S clothing giant, has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and announced it wants to sell itself for $202 million to CCMP Capital, which is a private equity firm. Eddie Bauer filed for... 2 Ways to Enhance Employee Happiness During a Recession
I was asked by Forbes this week to offer up some experience around some actions companies can take during tough economic times like these to maintain or even increase employee happiness and wellbeing. We all know that without a happy and thriving team, there’s no growth,...Bush's Ex-Press Secretary, Dana Perino, Defends AIG Bonuses
Reports over the weekend that bailed-out insurance giant AIG will be paying $165 million in bonuses to executives “in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year” have... Startups, Progressive Governance and Managing Growth
Startups and startup executives all over Silicon Valley intensely debate around how, when and how much governance startups should apply to their operations when considering the challenges facing them at the moment and the challenges that lie ahead. These sometimes... Sean Connery image stars in sex drug ad
Sir Sean Connery is being used by a Chinese company to sell a Viagra-style drug.Videos and Images of of Connery have been dubbed with the words "I turned 70 this year. But with the help of USA Selikon capsules, I... New York Times stock now cheaper than the Sunday paper
The Sunday Edition of the New York Times is $5.00. A share of the New York Times is $3.57"What costs more — a spark plug or a share of General Motors? A Sunday New York Times or a share of the newspaper company? A General Electric toaster or a share of GE? In... In-Flight Mobile Phones
Attention all passengers, we would like to inform you that all mobile devices should be turned off during take off and landing and whenever the sign "turn off mobile devices" sign is turned on...You might be...
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