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No Longer Just Criminals, Henchmen Now Play Key Roles in US Businesses

As recently as 2018, few respectable people would have...

Communications Director Fired For Not Using “Robust” in Press Release

Gena McPherson, who had been the PR and communications...

More Michigan Municipalities Looking to Fill Town Drunk Positions

There are currently 31 Michigan municipalities looking to fill...

Contingency Director Claims His Demotion Was Because His Wife Called Him “Bunny”

Until February, Leo Sitlin was a rising contingency manager...

Business Names First Vampire Employee of the Month

Des Moines formulations company Hitts-Whitmer has selected its first-ever vampire as Employee of the Month.  Marilyn Stillman, a clerk in Accounts Payable, was cited on December 2 for her...

Before Buying “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Publisher Wants to Know How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down, Etc.

Destiny45, the Detroit music publisher, is negotiating to purchase the rights to Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Before the deal can be finalized, however, the company insists it...

Company Lays off 97% of Staff Due to Misplaced Decimal

A simple typo has led to record earnings for Nortown Techniques. It began with this January 3 memo from CEO Jerry Widleman to VP/Human Resources Marilyn Nils: To provide a more...

North Pole: Fed Ex Will Take Over Christmas Delivery Starting in 2017

The North Pole announced Friday that Federal Express will take over Christmas Eve gift delivery starting in 2017. “We understand about Santa Claus, the tradition and all that,” says North...

Another Madison Site Hacked; This Time It’s Dolly’s

Not even two years after the adultery website Ashley Madison was hacked and its client’s names made public, the same fate has befallen the Dolly Madison company, makers of...

Pizza Corp Wins Right to Adopt

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted First Amendment religious freedom to the Hobby Lobby Corporation - validating the principle that “corporations are people too'” - many court...

Transistor Radio Maker Steps Up Marketing to Millennials

Torvald-Collinger, the world’s largest manufacturer of transistor radios, is launching a new marketing campaign aimed at the Millennial generation. The company hopes to reverse a sales decline that has...

Trump Plans to Abolish Tornadoes; Home Rehab Industry Nervous

When he first mentioned it a couple months ago, it was lumped in with other campaign promises: “We’re going to build a wall, we’re going to get rid of...

Like Bow-Wow, Pastry Icon to be Just “Debbie”?

Perhaps following the lead of rappers Lil’ Bow Wow and Lil’ Romeo, both of whom have dropped the Lil', it is rumored that pastry icon Little Debbie will become...

A Stricter Kind of Coffee House

Rosary Beans Coffee House will open a store in the lobby of the new H#sht#g Building near Foxtown. The brainchild of Sister Mary Hammer of the Louisiana-based Sisters of Divine...

Street Patrols Prevent Violations of Corporate “Isms”

To anyone wondering why so many Rock Financial cars are on patrol in Downtown Detroit: It's not to ward off muggers. Rather, it's to ensure compliance with the 19...

Servers Asked to Specify What When Telling Customers to “Enjoy”

The Association of Waitstaff Etiquette is recommending that restaurant waitpersons discontinue the custom of offering diners an open-ended “Enjoy!” – and that they start specifying: “Enjoy your Chablis!” “Enjoy...

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Drone Company Promises to Make Piano Delivery Safer

In response to criticism that its drone piano delivery has caused serious injuries to 111 bystanders when the drones dropped the piano, Milwaukee's DropDOWN...

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...

A.I. Will Take Over Another Daily Task With the Launch of PoopGPT

Over the past few years, American workplaces have come to rely on artificial intelligence to write documents, make phone calls, select salad dressings in...

New Phone App Disrupts Neurosurgery Industry by Offering In-Home Operations

The new Cortex phone app offers users the convenience of at-home neurosurgery - and at an average savings savings of over 95 percent. “If you...