Business & Money

Business & Money How Did Zimbabwe End Up with Just $217 in the Bank? September 10, 2021

Business & Money Did Ribena Get Sued for False Advertising? September 8, 2021

Business & Money How Was Chick-Fil-A Established? September 8, 2021

Business & Money Why Did Toyota Make Another Convertible 2000 GT? September 8, 2021

Business & Money Did McDonald's Sell an Adult "Happy Meal"? August 19, 2021

Business & Money Why Don't We Have Elevator Drivers Anymore? July 28, 2021

Business & Money John D. Rockefeller was the world's first Billionaire and it was his near-monopoly oil business in the USA that necessitated the federal and states governments to create Antitrust laws. April 25, 2021

Business & Money Coca-Cola never patented their "secret formula" because they would have to reveal it to the public if they did. April 20, 2021

Business & Money Meet a 17 year old kid that was given an old iPhone for free, and using the "barter" section of Craigslist made 14 trades, ending with a Porsche. Along the way he traded for newer phones, computers, motorcycles, and eventually cars. April 16, 2021

Business & Money Nearly 70% of icelanders has costco membership and there's only one costco in the country April 16, 2021

Business & Money The Finnish government recently invested €98 million in a new central library. Finnish writers receive library royalties-they are almost as much per borrowed book as the royalty for each paperback sold. April 12, 2021

Business & Money In 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired. April 11, 2021

Business & Money In the US 49% of corporate industry leaders and 50% of government leaders come from just 12 universities March 28, 2021

Business & Money In order to get improvements in their job security amidst the emergence of a rival bus line, bus drivers in Okayama, Japan decided to go on strike in a unique way in 2018. While on strike, they supported the community by continuing to drive their routes, but simply not charging customers. March 20, 2021

Business & Money The lack of an Oxford comma in the wording of a state law laying out what activities qualify a worker for overtime pay, more than 120 drivers for the Oakhurst Dairy became eligible for a multi-million settlement for unpaid overtime. March 18, 2021

Business & Money Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year. March 17, 2021

Business & Money The Hershey Ice Cream Company is a completely separate entity from the Hershey Chocolate Company, despite both being founded in Lancaster County in the same year by unrelated men named Hershey. March 9, 2021

Business & Money In 2014, four tenants refused to move out of their homes when developers wanted to create one of the most exclusive residences in Manhattan. Eventually, they all received huge payouts. The last tenant was so savvy and stubborn he received $17 million, plus use of a $2 million residence for life. February 1, 2021

Business & Money Mexico's Bold Move to Combat Obesity: The Country Passes a Law Requiring Warning Labels on High-Sugar, High-Sodium Foods! January 20, 2021

Business & Money Studies done by online stockbrokers where they analyse the results achieved by their clients found that the ones that did the best were those that had died (and the category that did second best had forgotten their log in details). January 11, 2021