Office Depot Allegedly Diagnosing Computers With Nonexistent Viruses To Meet Sales Goals

Edit Slashdot 17 Nov 2016
According to KIRO-TV in Seattle, employees of the office supply retailer allege that pressure to sell protection plans and other services has led store staffers to misdiagnose computers with viruses ... To fix the issues, the employees attempted to sell ......

Boris Johnson Threatens Italy Over Prosecco Sales In Bizarre Brexit Row

Edit Huffington Post 17 Nov 2016
Calenda, economic development minister, told Bloomberg TV. ... “I said, ‘no way.’ He said, ‘you’ll sell less prosecco.’ I said, ‘OK, you’ll sell less fish and chips, but I’ll sell less prosecco to one country and you’ll sell less to 27 countries.’. “Putting things on this level is a bit insulting.”  ... He said. ... ....

Baseball kicks off owners' meetings in Chicago

Edit Springfield News-Sun 17 Nov 2016
Such is life for Ricketts these days. It has been two weeks since the franchise won its first championship since 1908, and the party is still going strong. "It's great ... 1 ... "They're going to do a great job, and everybody's been working hard ... The Yankees traded slugger Carlos Beltran and relievers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman in a rare pre-deadline sell-off on their way to an 84-78 record and a fourth-place finish in the AL East ... ___....

Police in bid to cut sales of dangerous ‘disposable’ cars

Edit Scotsman 17 Nov 2016
He told councillors in Dundee ... “Although many of the sellers are sincere in their intentions there are those who are selling vehicles to supply local youths and criminals with cheap disposable cars ... Car owners who sell their motor on could be liable for offences committed in the sold car if they fail to inform the DVLA on the change of ownership status ... “When someone sells their vehicle they should inform DVLA immediately ... ....

Reef-A-Palooza happening at OC fairgrounds

Edit Orange County Register 17 Nov 2016
Reef-A-Palooza is coming to the Orange County fairgrounds this weekend. Billed as the world’s largest marine aquarium show, the annual event is an indoor marketplace for marine hobbyists to buy and sell new products in the aquarium industry. At... ....

3 new tenants for Westminster Mall: Elite Mattress, Glitter and Mariskitos

Edit Orange County Register 17 Nov 2016
Elite Mattress, Glitter and Mariskitos are now open at Westminster Mall. Glitter, on the upper level near Target, sells accessories, sunglasses, makeup, body jewelry and more. This is the store’s first location. The average price is $15 for an... ....

How fancy dress shops predicted a Trump victory

Edit BBC News 17 Nov 2016
Timothy Connor, owner of British wig website The Hairdrobe - which was selling 400 Trump wigs around the world per day - says the disparity in sales at his business was even more pronounced ... ....

Jackson's timing as bad as his language

Edit USA Today 17 Nov 2016
With the mood of the country, Jackson should've thought hard about what he was saying.        .   ... ....

Trump mulls Muslim

Edit The Spokesman-Review 17 Nov 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration advisers could recommend a registry ......

Device Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Heart Failure

Edit Topix 17 Nov 2016
A hard-to-treat form of heart failure may be relieved by an experimental device that creates a hole inside the heart muscle, according to new clinical trial results. The InterAtrial Shunt Device opens up and maintains an 8-millimeter hole in the wall of tissue separating the two upper chambers of the heart , said lead researcher Dr. David Kaye ... ....

Skye voted most desirable place to live in Britain

Edit Scotsman 17 Nov 2016
Skye has been voted the most desirable place to live in Britain. The island, famous for its jagged mountains, has topped a survey of nearly 24,000 people by website Rightmove to discover where they would most like to live in Britain ... Rightmove research manager Abiola Oni said ... He said. “Many people are looking to move away from busy urban life, and a lot of our properties sell to English people ... 1. Isle of Skye, Scotland, £230,952. 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5....

Reducing carbon emissions: Responsibility of key nations

Edit The Himalayan 17 Nov 2016
US President-elect Donald Trump has expressed doubts over climate science, signifying it as a hoax ... The amount of GHGs emitted by Nepal annually hardly equals the daily emission, if not hourly, by, for example, China alone ... We hardly hear the discussions about how carbon trading benefits the environment actually, as the objective of REDD is to reduce the emissions and ultimately limit the rise in temperature ... ....
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