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Diners at New Eatery Must Stick to Approved Conversation Topics

Lavastoviglie – that’s Italian for “Dishwasher” – is Jim Parks' third Detroit restaurant, following Peaceful Cheese and Shove It.  It opened two weeks ago,...

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Another Lost Novel by Harper Lee to be Published in July

Twelve years after the publication of Harper Lee’s long lost, Go Set a Watchman, a third book by the late author will be released this summer. The manuscript of Spilt Then the Julep had been in the possession of Mobile, Alabama gas station attendant Trace Filbin since August of 1971....

Artisan Ice Cube Start-Up Struggles To Keep Up with Demand

After just six weeks in business, Detroit Artisan Ice Cubes is already working at capacity “We're up to 33 cubes a week,” says founder Larry Petrangelo. “With just three makers, we can’t make more and guarentee quality.” The three – who also include former airline executive Madeline Fare and part-time...
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Company Interviewers Influenced by TV Show

The TV singing competition show "The Voice" is having a major influence on the corporate panel interview. Watch as three job candidates compete for a promotion, television style.

New App Helps Butt Kissers Kiss Butt Better

GetAheadNow! has introduced a new smart phone application that helps ambitious employees more effectively manage their butt-kissing strategies. The BootLicker™ app helps organize, categorize and prioritize compliments made to any superior at any time. With BootLicker, users will never wear out their favorite compliments and can bootlick with confidence. Features...

What the Alligator Can Teach Us About Succeeding in Business

Most consider the alligator to be a vicious and deadly animal. And in a sense they are right, given that alligators are prone to unprovoked attacks, which often result in the victim being seriously injured, or worse. Yet I believe there is much good in alligators. Here are just some...

Man Walks 2300 Miles to Find Employer That Moved and Didn’t Let Him Know

When Delmar Stratagems relocated from Seattle to Detroit in April, 57 year old accounting clerk Harold Walters was not invited to make the move. In fact, he was not even told the company was relocating.   But nonetheless, Walters showed up at the new Detroit office on June 15 - apparently...

A Cubicle F Cartoon

Cubicle F will entertain at your next business party, conference or seminar - customizing a program of songs and comedy that will double morale and triple the bottom line! Don't believe it? It's all right here in this animated video by Cubicle F's own...

Sting Operations Cracking Down on Friendly Workplace E-Mails

Sally Kaspers thought she was making a new friend. In reality, she'd been caught in an e-mail “banter sting” - a tactic used by over 10,000 American companies to crack down on friendly work correspondence. An analyst at Detroit-based Tewksbury-Drummond, Kaspers' experience began on June 20 when she replied to...

People Who “Grab” Coffee More Likely to Succeed Than People With Time to “Get” It

The word “grab” has become the second most popular word in business today, after “Exemplify.” It is employed by up and comers who wish to appear so busy they only have time to grab things:  “Let me grab my laptop!” for instance, instead of “Let me go back to...

After Six Year Evaluation, CEO Agrees to Sludge Bath Challenge

After a six-year evaluation, a task force at Houston's Falco Financial has conditionally recommended that CEO Marianne Willikin participate in the GDS Sludge Bath - where participants spend ten minutes fully clothed in a tub full of sludge to raise awareness for Gatson-Drake Syndrome.     “We consider it an...

From the Rank and File to the Powers That Be: Five CPA Advancement Levels

In 2014 - to eliminate chaos, confusion, and long lines in the cafeterias - CPA firms across the US standardized employee advancement levels. At any time during their careers, certified public accountants will find themselves positioned in one of these five places: The Rank and File:  All CPAs start...

Coffee Shop Defends its Policy of Tasing Customers Lingering Too Long in Line

When Molly Tallman asked the barista at Sacramento’s Drippish Coffee how many types of mocha lattes were available, she did not expect the woman to pull out a taser and stifle her question with 38,000 volts. Yet that’s exactly what happened to her last Thursday – and to hundreds of...