For more than a year now, Costco has been preparing to take its store-branded credit card business in a new direction . Specifically, it’s ...
Judge Signs Off On Settlement That Will Ensure Subway’s Footlong Sandwiches Measure Up
Our national nightmare is nearly over: the so-called “footlong” sandwich from Subway will finally have to measure up to a full 12 inches in...
Former Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Selling Their Vehicle Decals Online
The bright pink mustaches and the “U” decals used to designate ride-sharing vehicles for Uber and Lyft have found a second purpose: making ...
Cruise Ship Recently Damaged In Major Storm Turns Around Again Due To Bad Weather, Norovirus Outbreak
Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas is not having a good year so far: after getting smacked around by a major storm in February ...
Amazon And Brita Announce Smart Pitcher That Orders Its Own Filters
Savvy observers probably knew when Amazon created its Dash system of buttons that let consumers re-order single items that they use often t...
WhatsApp Ending Support For Some Older Devices By End Of 2016
If you own an older Nokia or Blackberry smartphone and are an avid user of WhatsApp, you might want to think about your phone’s future: the ...
6 Leap Day Deals For Leaplings (And 5 For The Rest Of Us)
If today is the first birthday you’ve had since 2012, happy birthday! Today is your day, Leap Day babies, and because you only get to celeb...
Snapchat Employee Falls For CEO Email Scam, Reveals Some Employees’ Personal Info
Last week, we warned readers that the so-called “ CEO email scam ” was back (did it ever really go away?) with a tax season twist: asking em...
Your Trip To A Disney Park Is Probably Going To Get More Expensive With New “Demand Pricing” System
We first heard Disney was considering a new surge pricing model back in October, and thus, it has come to pass: the next time you plan a t...
Bill Would Charge FAA With Creating Airline Seat-Size Requirements
It seems as if each year airlines shrink the sizes of their seat in the name of fitting more people into their flying metal tubes. One lawm...
Coolest Tells Kickstarter Backers That It’s Out Of Money, Needs Investment To Ship All Coolers
The Coolest hit Kickstarter in 2014 , raising over $13 million and promising backers “a party disguised as a cooler.” That party may be wind...
OUR Walmart Says That More Workers Are Interested After Store Closings, Union Split
The closure of hundreds of Walmart stores earlier this year wasn’t good news for anyone, except for perhaps some small-town storeowners and...
Town Officials Not Pleased With Man Who Patched Neighborhood Potholes Himself
The problem isn’t necessarily that a man in Massachusetts went out and patched some holes in his street himself, at his own expense. The tow...
Man Who Resurrected Hydrox Can Now Bring Jordan Marsh, Bullock’s, May Company Brands Back To Life
Two years ago we profiled Ellia Kassoff , the mad genius who seems intent on bringing back every brand that you ever said “remember when…” ...
New Contact Lens Solution Warnings Mean Fewer Users Getting Peroxide In Their Eyes
If anyone ever tries to convince you that life isn’t constantly getting better, remember this: only an average of three people each year si...
Major Airlines’ Regional Partner, Republic Airways, Files For Bankruptcy Over Pilot Shortage
Two years ago, regional airlines warned that new regulations, higher costs of school, and lower salaries had led to a shortage of pilots f...
Amazon Makes New Streaming Show Available Without Prime, With Ads
Amazon’s streaming video programming is just another way for the company to entice customers to sign up for Prime memberships, right? Who c...
Audit Finds NHTSA Investigators May Lack Training To Spot Defective Cars
Eight months after a Department of Transportation audit criticized the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to hold ...
Yes, There Really Is A Dentist’s Office In A Kmart In Miami
We learned about Kmart Dental in Florida from reader Jason, who sent us a link and noted that it “has got to be the oddest thing inside of a...
Florida Man Barred From Selling Unapproved “Natural Herpes Medicine”
Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration first warned a Florida man to stop peddling a supposed cure for herpes until he proved it w...
Herbalife Working On Settlement To Resolve FTC Investigation Into Business Practices
Nearly two years ago nutritional company Herbalife revealed that it was under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for its often c...
What’s Huge, Floats & Has 32,000 Bottles Of Beer, 6,100 Bottles Of Wine & 5,400 Bananas On Board?
I’ve never been on a cruise, but if I were to find myself stuck on a massive ship with thousands of other people and no exit other than lea...