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Free Range Mechanical Engineers Fail to Meet Expectations

When US universities began developing free range mechanical engineers...

Fed Up With an Underperforming Staff, Ohio Firm Imposes Sanctions

In January 2023, having overcome pandemic-related terciary obstacles, Toledo...

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

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

Two Hospitalized After Failed Attempt to Move the Needle

Six employees of Minneapolis equities firm Polling/Quinn were injured...

With More Employees Thinking From Home, Think Tanks Shift Focus

Based on reports that 40 percent of think tank employees who think from home are thinking about things they're not being paid to think about, many outside clients have...

Effective February 1, “The Man” Will be a Woman from Alabama

In just over a month when you “stick it to The Man,” you’ll actually be sticking it to a woman. Marilyn Middleton, a 32-year old Charleston, stockbroker, was appointed to...

Wisconsin Firm Has Been Waiting for Other Shoe to Drop since 1990

When the first shoe dropped at Milwaukee-based Glenning Preservatives, back on August 1, 1990, the staff began the customary wait for the other one to follow suit.   Thirty years later,...

Notary Public Group Threatens Chaos Over Election Results

The political action group Notary Publics for Freedom says it will cause massive disruption if it is not satisfied with the outcome of next Tuesday’s presidential election. “Suffice it to...

Over 100,000 Notary Publics Living in Shelters, Waiting to be Adopted

With increased downsizing and more online options – and now the pandemic – US businesses don’t require the services of notary publics like they once did. Unable to find...

After 362 Years, Movers and Shakers Announce They’ll Split Effective 2021

After working in tandem since 1659, the Movers and the Shakers announced this week that their partnership will dissolve effective December 31. While the split is amicable, the concern...

Farm-To-Table Restaurant Loses Accreditation After Food Also Stopped at Bar

Detroit’s 141st farm-to-table restaurant, Corktown Pipsie’s, was stripped of its accreditation this week when it was discovered that its delivery driver, after leaving the farm, was stopping at a...

Two Who Both Claim to Have Coined “Phone Tag! You’re It!” Headed to Court

Two men who both claim they coined the expression “Phone tag, you’re it!” will be battling it out in the 417th District Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts to determine which...

Annual Running of Insurance Agents Cancelled Due to Covid

The annual Running of the Insurance Agents has been cancelled for 2020, according to organizer Minnie Exton. Since its founding in 1956, thousands of runners have descended upon the town...

Company Goes Back to Drawing Board, Discovers Custodian Has Thrown it Out

After spending two years and 82,000 meeting hours trying to develop a new formulation platform, Cleveland techno-aggregator Quality 1.1 found itself hopelessly mired between two strategies:  Advancing pre-productive platforms...

Ohio Company Sells Movie Rights to 982-Hour Task Force Meeting

Brainstorm This! - a movie based on a legendary 982-hour task force meeting at Cleveland's Minsick Bolts - will begin filming in that city next summer. The longest task...

Portland Retailer Achieves Goal of Longest Checkout Line in History

On December 19, Portland department store Fillner’s achieved a goal it had sought for 50 years: The longest checkout line ever recorded - over 1.2 miles, with an average...

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Entire State of Rhode Island May Soon be Replaced by One Enormous Data Center

If proposed Bill 234-6W is passed by the state’s general assembly next week - and recent polling shows it will be - Rhode Island...

Ingredients-Free Menu Makes for Healthier Dining Experience

When it opened a year ago, Montie's in Midtown Detroit needed an edge over its competitors in the the city's crowded restaurant scene: Its...

New “Eleanor” A.I. Eliminates Jobs by Just Randomly Eliminating Jobs

One of the benefits of A.I. is that it will help businesses increase efficiency and reduce payroll by taking over functions like copywriting, data...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? For Some Lucky People, it Could be the CEO!

In January, Memphis brokerage firm House-Winters introduced “Dinner with the Boss” - where, once a month, CEO Sylvia Rankin visits  the home of one...

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...