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25 Corporations That Pay Less Taxes Than You Do

Image: Aldo Gonzalez/Flickr It’s tax man time. Around the country every April, private citizens and most business owners…

Drea Knufken · April 4, 2011
Business

Why the American Dream Hasn’t Gone to Hell

Image: Herb Knufken/PBase What are we supposed to do with the American Dream? You know, the one where…

Drea Knufken · March 31, 2011
Business

10 of the Most Massive Food Recalls in History

Food is great until you realize that most of it’s laden with chemicals, hormones, and other health-depreciating nonsense.…

BP Editors · March 31, 2011
Business

How Companies Cheat Customers

Image: cdedbdme/Flickr If you’ve ever been on hold for two hours trying to resolve a mistake you didn’t…

Drea Knufken · March 30, 2011
Business

10 Celebrity Fashion Lines That Bombed Hard

Celebrities wear clothes. And due to our culture’s fascination with the daily goings-on of famous people, they often…

Julian Crowley · March 30, 2011
Business

The 15 Most Notorious Sweatshops of All Time

From the Industrial Revolution onwards, people have toiled for too little money in cramped conditions, often under abusive…

BP Editors · March 29, 2011
Business

5 Scary Crimes Committed By Everyday People

Image: Reibart/Flickr You may not look at your local airline ticket agent, hospital employee, or scammer who pretends…

Drea Knufken · March 29, 2011
Business

10 Most Inappropriate Celebrity Product Lines

Celebrities and celebrity news are everywhere. Even normally high-brow publications can’t help but occasionally be tempted to comment…

Julian Crowley · March 28, 2011
Business

This Week’s Weird Jobs

Some employers expect perfection, but don’t express that wish outright. Instead, they use phrases like “I run a…

Drea Knufken · March 25, 2011
Business

Interview: Nixing Name Invisibility on Google

Image: Lili Viera de Carvalho/Flickr If you’re John Smith, you might be out of luck. On Google, that…

Drea Knufken · March 24, 2011
Business

5 Anonymous Campaigns Against Businesses

When you think about anonymous threats to your business, you probably haven’t thought about a dispersed online collective…

Drea Knufken · March 23, 2011
Business

100 Funny Business Quotes

Image: Despair.com In all seriousness, business can be pretty funny. From rickety leadership to entropic working styles, the…

Drea Knufken · March 22, 2011
Business

The Work Behind the 10 Most Creative Commercials Ever

Creativity is key to the advertising industry. When you’re selling something, you’re not just selling the product itself;…

Julian Crowley · March 21, 2011
Business

5 Sick & Twisted Ways People Make Money

Image: r.f.m II, Flickr All too often, money and ethics have an inverse relationship. For every thirty people…

Drea Knufken · March 21, 2011
Business

This Week’s Weird Jobs

Dearest boom pumpers, erectors, and food expediters: I mean you no disrespect, but your job titles are pretty…

Drea Knufken · March 18, 2011
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