Starbucks has issued a No Smoking Within 25 Feet Ban that takes effect June 1 for all stores in the United States. Any smoker who wants to smoke will need to do so away from its stores. Miramar Starbucks Store Manager Cliff Elome said he’s been giving folks the heads-up about the company’s new policy. […]
American Airlines realizes that more suitcases coming onboard planes means more time it takes to get people boarded. Therefore, the airline is allowing folks who have small carry-on items to board before those folks with larger suitcases, in an effort to decrease the number of roller bags on planes. This decision should help get the […]
If shopping online is something you love doing because it can save you money, you could be in for a rude awakening. The U.S. Senate recently passed an Internet tax bill that demands companies to collect the sales tax on all products. As it stands currently, companies only collect sales tax from people if products […]
According to a Reuters report, Blackstone Group LP, a private equity firm out of New York, has removed its bid for Dell, which is trying to become a private company. Blackstone’s move leaves the door open for chief executive and founder Michael Dell, who is uniting with Silver Lake, to attain the company for $24.4 […]
Professional social networking site LinkedIn is purchasing Pulse, a mobile news reader, for $90 million in an effort to assist the website to increase its mobile standing in content distribution for users. 10 percent of $90 million will come in the form of cash while the other 90 percent will be paid for in stock. […]
Google is reportedly in talks with WhatsApp to acquire the popular cross-platform messaging application. That’s according to the latest Digital Trend report. According to the report, the two companies have been talking for about five weeks. A source close to the negotiations said WhatsApp is playing hardball, increasing the acquisition price to close to $1 […]
U.S. health regulators vetoed – for a second time – an oral hypertension drug manufactured by United Therapeutic Corp., a biotechnology company. The company’s shares dropped six percent on Nasdaq’s early trading after the news. There was no news if the drugmaker plans on pursuing approval for its tablet. However, Martine Rothblatt, chief executive for […]
The federal government has accused Standard & Poor, the debt rating agency, of fraud. It states that the agency placed high ratings on risky mortgage bonds that led to the economic crisis five years back. In a civil complaint filed on Monday, the government states S&P deceived investors saying its ratings were both impartial and […]
Although Toyota has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s largest automaker, it is, once again, announcing a major recall of one million of its Corolla, Corolla Matrix and Lexus IS vehicles due to faulty windshield wipers and airbags sold in the United States. 270,000 Lexus IS models are affected by the windshield wiper issue […]
North American BMW is set to recall approximately 35,000 X5 utility vehicles with diesel engines in the United States and Canada due to a power steering issue. The problem affects the 2009 through 2012 models, manufactured from Sept. 1, 2008 through Nov. 15, 2012. Federal safety officials have said an engine part may potentially break […]