Tuesday was National Equal Pay Day, a date chosen to symbolize how far into the year the average woman must work to equalize with the average man’s pay from the previous year.
Like electricity, successful businesses take the path of least resistance. For Tesla Motors, the premium electric car company, this means bypassing dealerships and selling their vehicles directly to consumers.
Conflict between Ukraine and Russia continued to escalate Tuesday. Although both sides have stated they don’t want war, neither has shown any sign of acquiescing. Statements released by a Ukrainian parliamentarian have also shown little hope of a peaceful solution or even negotiation.
Many consider the War on Drugs a vicious feedback loop, but we can’t count on it ending anytime soon.
Old-school corporate tactics stifle progress
Grad school and professional career hopefuls, you may want to set all your social media to private. Now more than ever, admission officers, headhunters and recruiters of all sorts are utilizing social media to get the scoop on their candidate’s qualities. A recent New York Times article told the tale of a Bowdoin College applicant who foolishly broadcasted some disparaging tweets during a college information session.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, otherwise known as CISPA, is back in the Senate. Last we heard, the bill was dead on arrival in the Senate, after it was effectively grounded by Edward Snowden’s PRISM revelation.
If USC wants to step up its game and jump in college rankings, it needs to ditch any and all classes driven by recorded lectures.
It’s Florida law that the state foots the bill of any acquitted defendant’s legal expenses, and guess who wants to cash in on that?
We all ought to completely forget the Tsarnaev brothers are from Chechnya until they’re linked to a broader terrorist movement, if that ever happens.