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FBI: Ad Exec Took Bribe to Throw Pitch to Potential Client

 A Cleveland advertising executive is behind bars this week,...

Walking Dead Insurance Actuaries Invade Pennsylvania City

Three weeks ago, insurance actuary Anita Mizon, who had...

Clumpps Gas Comes to Iowa Despite Concerns about Noise and Prostitution

Virginia based Clumpps Gas - known for the wide...

300-Member Logo Committee Adds Colon, De-Capitalizes Name

After meeting regularly since February of 2021 and spending...

Company Investigating How Caller Got Through to Actual Person

Chicago’s Feldman Group reports that an outside phone caller somehow managed recently to get through to an actual employee.  The incident occurred at 10:47 AM on March 1, the...

Companies That Teeter Advised To Do So Anywhere Except on the Brink

In these chaotic and uncertain times it’s acceptable, even expected, for a company to do some teetering – but virtually all experts agree that this should never take place...

Loiterers Leaving the Profession as Declining In-Store Sales Impact Routines

As brick and mortar retail sales continue to fall – due mainly to the increase in online ordering that began long before the pandemic – opportunities for loiterers have...

Over 2000 Discount Think Tanks Thinking About More Things at Fraction of Cost

Fifteen years ago, the think tank business was hugely profitable. Most contracted with large organizations that provided enough funding for them to think about just one thing, often for...

The Bard Meant Business – a Long-Lost Sonnet

Earlier this year, a story in The Huffington Post listed 13 of the many words invented by William Shakespeare – including “gloomy,” "majestic,” and “zany.” What many don't know, however,...

Executives Fired For Using Expressions They Didn’t Know Had Been Banned

On  March 5, Minna Rawlins, Finance Director of New York City’s Billings/Watts, emailed a staffer thanking him for his “fastidious” attention to detail. She was dismissed an hour later,...

CPO Resigns: Lied on Resume About Being “Self Starter” and More

Thomas P. Morton, who became Chief Participation Officer of Milwaukee's Tri-Copson Press only last July, resigned this week when it was discovered he had falsified information on his resume. According...

Wallpaper Designer Flees US in Shame When Social Media Post Gets 0 “Likes”

Charlene Olivson, a wallpaper designer with Salmonson, Inc. in Chicago, unexpectedly moved to Naples, Italy last week – apparently because a social media post of her Shitzu sitting in...

Toothpick Disruptor Now World’s Fourth Most Valuable Company

When its stock hit $151,006 per share on November 20, Denver toothpick maker Tonssill achieved a market valuation of $500 billion. That makes it the fourth most valuable company...

CEO Puts Foot Down, Will Keep it Down Into 2022

Citing a poor performance in May, NorthLogics CEO Moira Cassen put her foot down as of November 10. A company spokesperson says it will remain down until at least...

Company on Upswing After the Right Hand Finds Out What the Left is Doing

When there’s chaos and confusion in a company, resulting in its not meeting expectations,  one of the reasons most often cited is that the right hand doesn’t know what...

As Habitats Shrink, Actual Headhunters Pose as Corporate Namesakes

With so much corporate recruiting being conducted online these days, over 7000 US workers have been duped by a scam in which headhunters who actually hunt heads are impersonating...

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As Number of Heads on Them Increase, Production of Chopping Blocks Soars

In 2019, the average number of heads on the chopping blocks of US corporations was 4.4.  Toda  it's 22.5 and is expected to hit...

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...

Twister the Musical Struggling in Pittsburgh

Some have argued that this popular party game wasn’t meant to be made into a full-scale musical.We'll soon find out if they're right as...

Does Starting a Fan Club for My Boss Make Me Look Like a Suck-Up?

Q) As I understand the concept of “Fan Clubs,” people start them for those they admire a lot –  singers like Patti Page, or...

Finally! Product Packaging That Absolutely Nobody Can Get Open

Chicago home goods maker Peers & Webb has achieved the goal that has eluded businesses for over a century: A product package that is...