June 18, 2013

A former McDonald's worker is suing her old employer for paying her with plastic instead of paper.

Natalie Gunshannon had been working at a McDonald's in Shavertown, Penn., just under a month when she was told she and the other employees would be paid with payroll cards.

June 11, 2013

A Florida woman went a tad overboard when she walked into a local Dunkin’ Donuts and went nuts on employees. Why? Well, because they didn’t give her a receipt.

June 9, 2013

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson teamed up to play washed-up watch salesmen looking for a fresh start. The two enter into Google’s highly competitive internship program, and the film sheds light into the technology gap among generations.

June 5, 2013

As of Tuesday, the now 83-year-old Boston mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is officially on trial — with a rap sheet that includes more than 14 years on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list and alleged participation in more than a dozen murders.

So who exactly is James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and what can we expect in his trial? Well, here are five things to bring you up to speed.

June 4, 2013

Game developer Zynga is downsizing. The company announced it’s laying off 520 employees, a cut equal to about 18 percent of its labor force.

Zynga will also be closing its offices in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. The goal is to save about $70 million to $80 million in pretax expenses annually. 

But why such a large cut for the maker of popular games like Farmville and Words and Friends? The answer is simple — Zynga wasn’t ready for the rapid rise of the mobile platform.