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Local Tech Wire says North Carolina’s real jobless rate as of June 30th was 17.8%. That’s shocking, but entirely believable. My brother-in-law worked worked as an electrician for a North Carolina company. He was recently laid-off with no luck so far finding a comparable job…
Is Qubo.com for sale? I noticed this morning that Qubo can’t be accessed and its domain record says it’s for sale. Anyone know what’s going on with Qubo? Qubo.com is back today, wonder what happened to them?
Domino’s Pizza says it will award a $25 gift card to the first 99 consumers with birthdays on 09/09/09 that enter their contest: The first 99 consumers, who are turning 9 or 99 on 09.09.09, who send their name, proof of birth date (copy of drivers license or birthday certificate), home address and phone number [...]
Microsoft’s new projectile vomiting ad is over-the-top. What could Microsoft possibly hope to communicate through this ad? Here’s one consumer impression: it makes me associate Microsoft with vomiting. I find it disgusting and it makes me feel… I think Microsoft has hired the same people currently running America to run its ad campaign and it’s [...]
The Times Online is reporting that Airbus may be asked to ground its long-range airliners: Airbus is expected to face calls to ground its worldwide fleet of long-range airliners tomorrow when French accident investigators issue their first account of what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash off Brazil on June 1. It is believed [...]
Leon Batie Jr. is suing Subway for stripping him of the stores he owned prior to being mobilized. When he returned from Afghanistan he learned of Subway’s intentions. Dallas Business News says the, “stores were sold to Subway insiders, with one transaction yielding a Subway executive a $100,000 profit, according to a lawsuit Batie filed [...]
JIDF’s campaign to alert companies that their ads are appearing alongside Holocaust denial sites on Facebook is having a positive impact. Dominos and LifeLock both say they don’t want their ads appearing with Holocaust denial content on Facebook. JIDF has more.
Two ex-Domino’s employees face felony charges today related to a video uploaded to YouTube. UPI says the video shows “the two workers engaging in unsanitary practices including picking their noses and sneezing on food.” The Video was removed from YouTube following a copyright claim by Kristy Hammonds. Domino’s President Patrick Doyle released this video response [...]
The Chicago-SunTimes reports on a disgusting Burger King ad directed at kids that obsesses on butts.
A single world currency is one step closer to reality today. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard at the Telegraph writes: A single clause in Point 19 of the communiqué issued by the G20 leaders amounts to revolution in the global financial order. “We have agreed to support a general SDR allocation which will inject $250bn (£170bn) into the [...]
