Woe is Chipotle. The burrito joint recently took another poisonous public relations blow. According to Eater.com, reports of food poisoning from Chipotle in the New York City area were actually first broken on Twitter earlier this month. “This Chipotle thing is still ongoing. My editor ended up in urgent care after being deathly ill all […]
When suing under the False Claims Act, relators, or whistleblowers, are eligible for 15% to 30% of the amount recovered by their case. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re protected. According to a draft Government Accountability Office report, the Department of Energy’s nuclear program very seldom holds its civilian contractors accountable for unlawful retaliation against […]
There are currently 26.5 million businesses in the United States, and according to a recent infographic released by The Local Search Association, 2016 may be a big year for small businesses in particular. The infographic contains a significant amount of information concerning small business and small business marketing, which helps sum up the areas that […]
The U.S. media has been dominated by news of mass shootings, terrorism, and the U.S. presidential election, yet a major piece of news flew largely under the radar this spring. A new U.S. nuclear power plant went online for the first time in two decades, officially bringing the nuclear sector into the 21st century. On […]
Two key players in the burgeoning world of online art auctioning, New York-based Paddle8 and Berlin-based Auctionata, announced a merger earlier this month that could effectively boost both platforms’ reach and influence in the digital art world. At least 71% of all art collectors have purchased art online, and a recent survey of buyers ranked […]
In April, Shelby Bonnie’s worst fear came true: he lost his iPad. After a red-eye flight from San Francisco to the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Bonnie noticed his iPad was missing from his carry-on bag. Bonnie, an investment banker with Allen and Company, thought he’d never see the device again. As Bonnie decided to continue […]
The number of people using Medicare supplement insurance policies, or Medigap, increased in 2015, but overall the average cost of premium payments fell slightly. According to LifeHealthPro.com, analysts at the market intelligence agency Mark Farrah Associates (MFA) released a new report on last year’s enrollment and cost data for Medicare. “As of December 31, 2015, […]
With the football season well underway in the U.S., it seems like an odd time to discuss stadium improvements, but that’s just what officials at Penn State University have been discussing for the past couple weeks. The conversation has been ongoing for much longer than that, but it has heated up in recent days as […]
Plenty of people have seen crowdfunding campaigns on sites like Kickstarter. Everything from new inventions to movies has been finances by regular people. But now a new building opening up in New York has also received the same treatment, only at a much greater scale than donating a dollar or two here and there. AKA […]
RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, recently announced the results of its yearly “Fertility Scorecard” — and New York State fared pretty well, scoring a B. To put that into perspective, only five states earned an A rating. RESOLVE evaluated states’ fertility programs on the following criteria: insurance coverage and mandates, the number of infertility support […]