
The Teamsters Union, representing shuttle bus drivers for tech companies, have kicked up pay for drivers from $18 dollars an hour to $25 after signing contracts with Apple and other Silicon Valley companies, part of a “domino effect” to organize the tech sector.
by Chriss W. Street24 Nov 2015, 5:35 AM PST0

Two Silicon Valley companies that import foreign software engineers for Apple and other firmss were fined and banned from the controversial H-1B visa program for underpaying what are already cheap foreign tech workers.
by Chriss W. Street12 Nov 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Donald Trump’s rallies have proven so popular that now tickets to his events are being scalped like rock concert tickets. A pair of tickets for the upcoming Dallas, Texas, event, for instance, is selling for up to $200 online, a report says.
by Warner Todd Huston11 Sep 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

Hillary Clinton has managed to avoid any questions about the Confederate flag, even as her Republican rivals have faced a media onslaught since the murder of nine black congregants by a racist white gunman in a Charleston church last week. Vintage
by Joel B. Pollak23 Jun 2015, 4:45 AM PST0

Do you have a measly $45,000 that you just can’t wait to be rid of? Have you ever wanted to breathe a small amount of the same air as Kanye West?
by Daniel Nussbaum8 Mar 2015, 6:02 PM PST0

T-shirts featuring Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide note reproduced in full have been pulled from both eBay and Etsy after numerous fan complaints.
by Daniel Nussbaum15 Jan 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

Movie posters of the recently pulled Sony Pictures film The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, are currently hot sellers on eBay. Originals of the movie poster are selling for $1,000, while reproductions of the original poster can cost
by Kerry Picket19 Dec 2014, 12:43 PM PST0

Reports that eBay may lay off three thousand employees in preparation for its spin-off of PayPal should come as no surprise. For the last two years, the hot tech stock market eBay’s has gone went sideways. Despite its PayPal subsidiary
by Chriss W. Street15 Dec 2014, 12:40 PM PST0

Reverend Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH road show flew into Silicon Valley this week to chastise top tech corporations for being overly white and Asian males. Jackson, who was hosted by Intel Corporation at their Santa Clara campus, lectured
by Chriss W. Street11 Dec 2014, 1:46 PM PST0

The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) film school has received a $10 million gift from Former EBay Inc. President Jeff Skoll to launch the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment, “dedicated to promoting social change through entertainment and performing arts.”
by Joel B. Pollak13 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

For the first two years after Meg Whitman became the crisis CEO at Hewlett-Packard (HP) in late 2011, she had tofight off investor pressure constantly to break-up the company by spinning off its consumer-driven personal computer and printer businesses to
by Chriss W. Street6 Oct 2014, 6:58 AM PST0

Pope Francis traded the white skullcap–or “zucchetto”–he was wearing for an identical one offered by one of the hosts of a variety-show who was present for his General Audience on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The Italian program “Le Iene” (The Hyenas)
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.29 Sep 2014, 9:35 AM PST0
Social network newcomer Ello is an invite only service that wants to be the “Facebook Killer” by refusing to engage in any intrusive advertising and data mining. Playing directly to tech hipsters, Ello’s front page states: “Your social network
by Chriss W. Street29 Sep 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown has apparently had a change of heart and has agreed to one–and, thus far, only one–debate of the 10 that have been proposed by his Republican challenger Neel Kashkari. The hour-long September 4 debate is reportedly the
by Adelle Nazarian20 Aug 2014, 5:43 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC–Teddy Roosevelt may have given William Howard Taft the shaft after first giving him his big break. But the baseball team in the nation’s capital, more than a century after Taft’s presidential predecessor exceeded him in the November vote
by Daniel J. Flynn18 Aug 2014, 12:01 AM PST0

What’s a gnome Werth? On eBay, possessors of the one-day-old Jayson Werth garden gnome demand as much as $199.99. But the plastic doodad commands bids at just above the $50 mark. You can ask for anything. People don’t have to
by Daniel J. Flynn6 Aug 2014, 7:51 AM PST0

The Washington Post reports that Sean Labar, 26, and Shelby Myers, 24, who have been selling “Keep-the Name” T-Shirts in Richmond, Virginia, had the biggest supporter of keeping the “Redskins” name stop at their corner to buy T-shirts this weekend:
by William Bigelow4 Aug 2014, 2:13 PM PST0

Time published a story May 27 entitled: “Meg Whitman Has the Hardest Job in Silicon Valley,” that claimed Meg Whitman, in cutting headcount and shrinking the size of Hewlett Packard (HP), is being too aggressive. Virtually every sector of HPs businesses
by Chriss W. Street29 May 2014, 9:01 AM PST0

NEW YORK (AP) — Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week’s revelation that hackers stole consumer data
by Breitbart News23 May 2014, 2:59 PM PST0

The data breach at eBay that allowed hackers to gain access to the private information of 145 million accounts may go down as the second-largest online security breach in history, according to a report from Reuters. In October of last
by Daniel Nussbaum22 May 2014, 1:42 PM PST0

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and there is no evidence
by Breitbart News21 May 2014, 7:04 AM PST0

US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their
by Breitbart News21 May 2014, 7:01 AM PST0
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or
by Breitbart News21 May 2014, 7:00 AM PST0

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who critics say has benefited financially by targeting companies, accusing them of racism, and then collecting their gilt and guilt-edged donations or benefited from contracts given to firms that paid him for referrals, is planning to target
by William Bigelow13 May 2014, 6:52 PM PST0

I won’t defend Los Angeles Clippers’ owner, Donald Sterling, for his racial attitudes and beliefs. But I will defend his right to hold them. One’s thoughts are his own private property. And until a jack-booted squad of Thought Police kick in your door
by Gary Graham5 May 2014, 9:48 AM PST0