Consumerist
Shepard Fairey
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Ryanair
RyanAir Mighta Just Been Making Up Toilet Fee Idea
"Maybe O'Leary was just taking the piss this morning... Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and while this has been discussed internally there are no immediate plans to introduce it," said a RyanAir spokesperson in response to the CEO announcing this morning they were thinking about having coin-operated lavatory doors onboard the aircraft.
Sky-high costs to use a toilet? [Reuters] (Thanks to Robert!) (Photo: curly_exp( l)osure)
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salmonella
Tainted Peanut Butter Problems Will Go On For Some While, Says FDA
Our sister blog at ConsumerReports.org notes that "current salmonella outbreak caused by tainted peanuts could drag on for as long as two years," according to the FDA. The Peanut Corp of America may be history, but because peanut butter has such a long shelf life, and because they're still adding products to the recall list, there may be food items lurking in pantries across the U.S. that are loaded with disease-causing peanuty badness. More » -
Funny
Technically, There Is Nothing Wrong With This Display
On the other hand, we think the CVS manager in this D.C. store might want to take a look around and see how other stores are doing it. (Thanks to Rob!)
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Maps
See The Bank Failure And Foreclosure Rates In Your State
CNN Money has put together a couple of quick interactive maps of the U.S. that let you see the bank failure rates and foreclosure rates for each state. According to these two maps, Wyoming is the place to be.
"Where the banks are failing" [CNN Money]
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Bonus backlash
NY AG To Find Out Who Got The Merrill Bonus Money "By Whatever Means Is Necessary"
The NY AG has served Bank of America with a subpoena after they refused to release the names of the individuals who received over $3 billion in bonuses while Merrill Lynch was hemorrhaging money. More » -
Circuit city death watch
Circuit City Liquidation Price VS Reality
Reader Kenneth stopped by his local post-apocalyptic Circuit City for an evening of bargain hunting. Was he successful, you ask? No, sadly Kenneth did not bag his limit of deals and return home happy. Instead, he found a $30 6' USB cable. More » -
Scams
Illinois Couple Swindles Best Buy Out Of $31 Million
The Chicago Tribune says that Russell Cole calls his $2.75 million Deerfield, IL home "the house that Best Buy built," but now investigators are claiming that the Best Buy money was obtained through fraud. More » -
Ryanair
RyanAir Thinking About Charging For Toilets
Ultra low-cost Irish carrier RyanAir is thinking about putting a coin slot on lavatory doors so passengers will have to pay when they empty their loose change from their coin slot.
Ryanair may charge for toilet use on planes [Yahoo News] (Thanks to Barbara!) (Photo: jon gos)
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Ranbaxy
Generic Drug Maker Ranbaxy Found Falsifying Data To FDA
The FDA has suspended all new drug applications from one of Ranbaxy's plants in India—the Paonta Sahib plant—after "determining the facility was falsifying scientific data." You may recall that last September the FDA banned the import of 30 popular generic meds made by Ranbaxy due in part to quality control issues from this very same plant. What do they think they are, a peanut butter factory? More » -
Walmart
Wal-Mart Worker Burns Self To Death Outside Store
Via Chicagobreakingnews:
A 58-year-old Wal-Mart employee who said he "couldn't take it anymore" lit himself on fire outside the Bloomingdale store where he worked late Thursday night and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said this morning.
At least 10 people witnessed the suicide and several attempted to help the man by throwing their coats on top of him in an effort to put out the flames, he said.
"He said he didn't want any help and threw the coats off," Sater said.
I wonder if we'll ever know what it was he couldn't take.
Wal-Mart worker burns self to death in parking lot [Chicagobreakingnews] (Thanks to Jason!) (Photo: kelly zen)
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Sales
Morning Deals
Highlights From Buxr
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- Amazon.com: [Car Audio] Pioneer DEH-P5000UB In-Dash CD/MP3 Car Audio Receiver for $120 + free shipping
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Great idea from reader CumaeanSybil: "One thing I've been doing lately: every time I buy something on sale, I take the difference from regular price and put it in savings. It keeps me motivated to seek out sale prices and coupons, because I like seeing that account grow."
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Consumers
Time's Portrait Of The American Shopper
Time interviewed Paco Underhill, a retail consultant and the author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, to find out how the average American consumer shops and thinks these days. Turns out, according to Underhill, there are three types of "average consumer" out there now, and—you may have noticed this already—the era of the big box retailer is in decline. More » -
Awesome
The "Worst Food Product Ever" May Have Been Found
Pork Brains In Milk Gravy. Could it be the worst food product ever? It does have 1170% of your daily cholesterol per serving. Mmmm. More » -
Videos
What Happens To This Stuff Left In A Foreclosed House?
What happens to all the stuff left inside a foreclosed house when the ex-owners jet? The bank contracts these guys to haul it all away to the dump in what is called a "trash out." Here's a short video following a crew of junk chuckers. It's amazing what people leave behind, including photos and computers. More » -
Arbitration
Mandatory Binding Arbitration Isn't Just Bad For Consumers, It's Bad For Small Businesses
Mother Jones has an excellent writeup of Deborah Williams and Richard Welshans, the Maryland couple whose horrific experience with franchising a Coffee Beanery we've covered before. Inside, MoJo breaks down the arbitration award to show just how much more expensive arbitration is than litigation. More » -
denial of service
Time Warner Cable Getting Slammed By Denial Of Service Attack
Time Warner Cable wants you to know that if you're one of their customers — the slow speeds you've been experiencing are the result of a denial of service attack by nefarious hacker-types. More »
