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NEWS ABOUT: tips

tips stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Tech Tips You
Should Know, But Don't

'Common knowledge isn't the same as universal knowledge,' Pogue writes

Oct 2, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - What people don’t know about basic computer tricks is pretty shocking, David Pogue found while gathering info for his New York Times column. After a call for tips from readers, all involved “soon discovered that what’s common knowledge isn’t the same as universal knowledge.”... More »

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technology • Internet fraud • tips • computers • David Pogue • shortcut

More Tipsters Are Ratting Out Crooks—for a Price

Police attribute rise to sinking economy

May 18, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tipsters are flooding cops with calls these days, but not to fight crime: They just want to bank a few extra bucks. Crime Stoppers hotlines are getting up to 44% more calls, many from tipsters who want their money quick. Gone are the days when people called because they "... More »

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crime • police • tips • Crime Stoppers

Service Sector Sees First-Hand the Economy's Tipping Point

Tough times making for less generous patrons

Apr 29, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurants across the country have been dealing with shrinking dinner rushes as the economy slows, a trend that's hit their waitstaffs flush in the wallet. Though exact figures are tough to come by, anecdotal evidence suggests tips are falling, the Los Angeles Times reports—a big problem for the third-largest... More »

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restaurant • recession • service industry • tips

Starbucks Balks at Paying Back Barista Tips

Firm challenges court ruling, calls it 'unfair beyond reason'

Mar 28, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks is defying a California court ruling, arguing a judge has created a tempest in a tip jar, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The court ruled the coffee shop must pay nearly $100 million to California baristas forced to share tips with their supervisors. Similar suits have been filed in Minnesota... More »

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California • Howard Schultz • Starbucks • lawsuit • class action • barista • labor code • tips

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