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Company's New Corporate HQ Is Already for Sale

Recreational Equipment Inc. needs the cash

(Newser) - Recreational Equipment Inc. has a newly completed corporate headquarters in Seattle—and lo and behold, it's already for sale. The Wall Street Journal calls it yet another instance of a company selling off central offices to raise cash during the coronavirus pandemic. But REI, which sells outdoorsy stuff like...

Company Cuts Gambling, Strippers From Perk List
Company Email: Strippers
Are No Longer Free
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Company Email: Strippers Are No Longer Free

Under Armour adapts to the #MeToo world

(Newser) - Note to Under Armour employees: Your strip-club bills will no longer be reimbursed. That's among the changes at the Baltimore-based sports apparel company amid reports of top execs' chauvinistic behavior—including parties with go-go dancers and strip-club outings with athletes and co-workers, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Our...

Better Business Bureau Warns About LaVar Ball's Company

Nonprofit organization gives Ball's apparel company an 'F'

(Newser) - The father of one of the UCLA students who was arrested and detained for shoplifting in China last year now has his own issues to deal with stateside. TMZ Sports reports the Better Business Bureau has slammed Big Baller Brand, an apparel company launched by LaVar Ball, with an "...

Want a 'Unique' Baby Name? That'll Be $32K

Company promises personal touch in helping parents

(Newser) - What's in a name? About $32,000 apparently, if you want one that's unique. A new Swiss company called Erfolgswelle offers to create a list of globally unique baby names and pare them down with clients until they pick one, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "We follow...

Corporate Archivists' Job: Hunt Down Odd Treasures

Anyone remember the McDonald's 'Onion Nugget' from the 1970s?

(Newser) - Just what keeps a corporate archivist busy? Browsing eBay, tracking down former employees, hunting through warehouses, and searching far and wide for artifacts that define a company's past. The McDonald's archivist, for example, particularly loves a deep-fried chunk of onion that's stored in a climate-controlled room in...

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