Jobs Site for Beautiful People Only
Attention Abercrombie & Fitch, we have the perfect hiring pool for you. BeautifulPeople, the dating site that bills itself as “an exclusively beautiful community,” is launching an employment...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch Files for Divorce from Wendi Deng
News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from his wife Wendi Deng Thursday, a News Corp spokesperson confirmed and Deadline Hollywood first reported. The two had been married since 1999; it was a...
View ArticleLululemon’s Fake CEO Ad Gets 160 Real Applicants
Judging by the recent ad seeking her successor, Lululemon CEO Christine Day had a tough job even before the infamous see-through yoga pants incident in March. According to the listing, which was posted...
View ArticleHello Kitty Storms Comic-Con
Hello Kitty may have reached the Final Frontier, but she’s never been to Comic-Con before. That all changes this weekend, when Sanrio brings its beloved Kitty and her friends to San Diego for the...
View ArticleSingapore’s Scoot Latest Airline to Offer Child-Free Flying Zone
Wish your air travel came with a little less crying and kicking? Scoot Airlines is looking to make certain adults’ dream come true. The Singaporean budget carrier is now offering a child-free zone,...
View ArticleFinally, You Can Wrap Your Ford in Bacon
In the last few years, bacon has been incorporated into everything from lip balm and bar soap to dessert and even cocktails. Now, Ford has come up with a way to cover cars in the beloved breakfast meat...
View ArticleBrooklyn Bodega Selling Scrap Of VMA Red Carpet on eBay
Many people have grown weary of rehashing the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. But if you are still re-playing the *NSync reunion, the twerking teddy bears and the time that Katy Perry met Richard Simmons...
View ArticleStudy: Starbucks Less Snooty Than Local Boston Coffee Shops
Think your local independent coffee shop will treat you better than the corporate coffee overlords at Starbucks? Think again. According to a study of Boston coffee shops conducted by anthropologists at...
View ArticleGoogle Study Gets Employees to Stop Eating So Many M&Ms
There’s a reason Google continues to rank high among the best companies to work for, and a keen awareness of its employees’ office habits may have helped it earn that reputation. As the Washington Post...
View ArticleAirline Introduces ‘Flying Nannies’
First Singapore’s Scoot Airlines boasts child-free sections and Nanny in the Clouds connects parents with nannies traveling on the same plane for a fee. Now Etihad Airways, the national airline of the...
View ArticleCampbell’s Soup K-Cups Are Coming
For those who are thinking about getting a french press, think again: Campbell Soup Co. is debuting a line of Campbell’s Soup K-cups that can be made with Green Mountain’s Keurig machines, the AP...
View ArticleThe Simpsons Area Complete at Universal Orlando
(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Duff Beer and Lard Lad Donuts — those mainstays of Homer Simpson’s diet — are now a reality. So is Springfield, the mythical city from the hit animated TV show, “The Simpsons.” It’s...
View ArticleRetailer Apologizes for Forcing Job Applicants to Dance to Daft Punk
When Alan Bacon learned he had a job interview with a franchise of Currys, he didn’t think publicly jamming to Daft Punk would be a required skill. He was wrong. The UK electronics retailer is...
View Article007 ‘Submarine Car’ Sells for $865,000
(LONDON) — A car that transformed into a submarine in the James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me” has been sold at a London auction for 550,000 pounds ($865,000). The distinctively-shaped white Lotus...
View ArticleSome Like Their Ginger Ale Hot (Coca-Cola Hopes)
With fall around the corner, time is nigh for rust-colored leaves, carved pumpkins and — what else? — steaming hot ginger-flavored soda out of a can. This season, Coca-Cola is introducing the new...
View ArticleWATCH: Dennis Rodman’s Nutty Commercial
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman took a crack at advertising nuts in a new commercial for Wonderful Pistachios (the same brand that spoofed PSY’s Gangnam Style and Prancercise guru Joanna Rohrback). “The...
View ArticleThe Cardless ATM? It’s Coming Soon
Imagine getting cash out of an ATM with a simple click on your phone’s screen – no debit card necessary. That might be possible soon, financial services giant FIS announced at the Money2020 conference...
View ArticleSoon You Can Pay Employees at This Wisconsin Business to Snuggle With You
A new business is opening in Madison, Wisconsin that will allow customers to cuddle with employees for a small fee. It’s called Snuggle House, and it’s not a brothel, okay? The soon-to-launch...
View ArticleThat Chocolate Chip Cookie in the Checkout Aisle Is Watching You
Last year, a New York Times reporter discovered that complex customer tracking data enabled Target to know that a teenager was pregnant before her father did. Grocery stores, it turns out, are only...
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