Several consumer and auto safety organizations have put a petition into the Federal Trade Commission about the vehicles CarMax, a used car sales company, is selling. If the FTC supports the organizations, CarMax would have to immediately stop advertising their vehicles as being certified and quality inspected so long as the recalled cars have not […]
The White House has officially announced what it plans to do with the “Deport Justin Bieber” petition. Absolutely nothing! The petition to deport Justin Bieber and have his green card revoked was started in January when he was arrested and charged with DUI. The petition attained around 275,000 signatures from people in the United States. […]
McDonald’s, trying to keep its breakfast crowd from going to its rising competitors, will offer free McCafe coffees at participating U.S. locations between March 31 and April 13 during its normal breakfast hours. The world’s largest fast food hamburger chain made the announcement after Taco Bell unveiled its ad promoting its breakfast menus, which has […]
A meeting with Eric Holder, the U.S. attorney general, has been required by Three Senate and House Democrats to talk about the federal audit the Justice Department has embellished its examination of mortgage fraud and made a low-priority crime. In a letter sent to Holder, Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. […]
U.S. Federal Judge Steven Rhodes announced on Tuesday that the City of Detroit, Michigan, met all of the criteria required for moving forward with its bankruptcy proceedings. The case will mark U.S. history as the largest city ever to seek relief from debt under Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Over the last four months prior to this […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered AT&T, Inc. to pay a $700,000 fine and send its customers, who were overcharged on their smartphone plans, refunds. The FCC investigated the company after it received numerous complaints about the U.S. wireless carrier switching users to its more expensive monthly subscriptions without their knowledge or consent. The […]
Say ta-ta to long iconic instant messaging chat tool Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft is set to retire it come 2013 and encourages its users to use the voice-over Internet Protocol Skype. According to Microsoft’s President of Skype Division Tony Bates, the two software programs are joining together. Messenger will retire in every country of the […]
Tariffs for the use of mobile Internet abroad this summer will receive a maximum rate or price cap. The European Parliament has decided to implement this after growing protests from mobile Internet users of their growing data costs. In addition to the maximum rates, starting from 2014 users from each country of the European Union […]
Thanks to a recently-passed California law, both PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. are making changes to the caramel coloring that are in their sodas. The California law demands that drinks that have a specific carcinogenic level will need to have a cancer warning label. Both companies have said the changes will have national impact, as […]
Chris Gayle is in the form of his life as he continues to dominate bowlers in the IPL Twenty20 Cricket tournament, and embarrass selectors back home who failed to find him a place in the West Indian ODI team that played against Pakistan recently. Gayle has been the single most sensation in the fourth edition […]