Carl Stier
The Archive
Amazon hired a Twitter army to defend warehouse work
These Amazon warehouse workers don’t take food stamps, they don’t pee into bottles — and they’re getting paid to tweet about it. Looking to deflect mounting reports of brutal working...
Steve Jobs’ daughter rips dad in new memoir — but forgives him anyway
Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ new memoir is already twisting a knife into her father’s legacy. In “Small Fry,” due out Sept. 4, Steve Jobs is depicted repeatedly as neglectful of his daughter...
Papa John's founder to employees: 'I miss you'
The embattled founder of Papa John’s has a message for the pizza chain’s employees: He misses them. John Schnatter — who resigned from the board last month following a report he...
Target posts its strongest sales gains in a decade
You go, shoppers! Target on Wednesday joined a growing list of brick-and-mortar retailers reporting flush second-quarter results — on the backs of a rejuvenated consumer base. The cheap chic retailer’s...
PepsiCo buys SodaStream for $3.2 billion
PepsiCo is buying Israeli seltzer-maker SodaStream in a deal valued at $3.2 billion, the New York beverage and snack maker said Monday. The move may be PepsiCo’s biggest single move...
Google tracks your location even when you tell it not to
Google wants to know your every move — and tracks you on your mobile phone even when you order it not to. Google services used by Android devices and iPhones...
Google tracks you even if you've asked it to stop
Google wants to know your every move — and tracks you on your mobile phone even when you order it not to. Google services used by Android devices and iPhones...
SpaceX successfully launches newest reusable rocket
SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket — powered by an advanced first-stage booster that the company said could be used up to 100 times. The Falcon 9, with its...
Everything's less stressful in Texas, according to survey
Folks in Texas may be among the happiest and stress-free in the country. Sales of books in the “Anxiety” and “Seeking Happiness” categories — among the fasting-growing themes — posted...
Hasbro moving production out of China to avoid trade war
Hasbro, whose toy lineup includes Play-Doh, Furby and My Little Pony, will move the bulk of its China production out of that country to get out from under President Trump’s...
Elon Musk’s bizarre tweets are raising red flags on Wall Street
Tesla’s Elon Musk has been tweeting as if he’s as high as one of his SpaceX rockets. Wall Street analysts, regulators and the media have all been recent victims of...
Lay's to release lobster roll chips and other outlandish flavors
Some of the most outlandish potato chip flavors are about to hit store shelves — including Deep Dish Pizza, Fried Pickles With Ranch, and New England Lobster Roll. The new...
Papa John's founder blames n-word scandal on 'extortion' attempt
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is punching back. The pizza mogul who was accused of using a racial slur during an internal conference call in May is claiming the marketing...
Papa John evicted from office at company's headquarters
Now Papa John Schnatter is getting evicted. The founder of the Papa John’s pizza chain can no longer occupy an office in the company’s sprawling Louisville, Ky., headquarters, a special...
Papa John says he was 'pressured' to use n-word during conference call
Embattled pizza chain Papa John’s on Friday moved to erase the memory of founder John Schnatter — literally. The chain, with 5,212 locations, said it would remove the 56-year-old executive’s...
Top firms change up outings to avoid boozy disasters
Booze is out and ax-throwing is in. At the country’s most prestigious law firms, the wining, dining and over-the-top wooing of summer associates this year includes a lot less alcohol...
Starbucks is ditching plastic straws
Starbucks, bending to growing environmental concerns, will eliminate plastic straws by 2020. The move by the ubiquitous java joint will affect its more than 28,000 stores, it said Monday. “Starbucks,...
Mom critically injured while saving kids from falling tree
A brave Manhattan mom was critically injured trying to shield her infant and two tots from a massive tree that suddenly crashed down on them during a stroll through Central...
Children hit by falling tree in Central Park
A woman and her three children were struck by a massive tree that toppled in Central Park on Tuesday -- leaving her unconscious briefly before she awoke and asked about...
Clueless Amtrak CEO has no idea why Penn Station is a disaster
Amtrak’s chief basically threw his hands up in defeat while addressing state Assembly members on Thursday — lobbing a bunch of “I don’t knows” as he was grilled over the...