In the scare-of-the-week news story we learn that Bed, Bath & Beyond may have distributed radioactive tissue holders across the country. It allegedly started when just four metal tissue box covers buried in a transport truck set off radiation detectors installed after 911 to protect us from a terrorist threat. Who knew truck-stop Geiger counters …
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A Not-So-Unlimited Talk, Text & Web Plan by AT&T
If you haven't been in the market for a cell phone recently, perhaps you missed it: AT&T's Unlimited Talk, Text & Web GoPhone Plan, ushered in by a June 21, 2011 press release. The FCC, FTC or state attorneys general really ought to look into AT&T for the marketing of their "unlimited web" mobile phone …
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The Price of Cheap: The Hidden Cost of E-Commerce
Oil companies say that demand will never be the same and that refinery cutbacks are necessary to boost sagging profits. Meanwhile, more cash-strapped shoppers are looking to save money and time shopping online. What do these seemingly separate trends have to do with one another? A lot more than you might think. Learn why e-commerce may contribute to increasing fuel prices, inflation and a retail landscape of tomorrow that hardly resembles anything we know today.