The San Francisco-based luxury coach bus company Leap set itself apart from the country’s competing 3,400 motor coach companies when it started offering luxury amenities, like cold-pressed juice and USB ports, to its passengers for their daily commute. The company has been offering its $6-per-ride tickets for less than a month, but according to the […]
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Over 85% of certified public accountants recommend that small businesses use independent payroll providers for the best payroll management. As a recent federal court case has shown, however, there is one U.S. senator who doesn’t trust his payroll service: the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The LA Times reports that on Tuesday, the U.S. […]
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More than 78 million people in the United States are obese. Daniel Finney, a writer for the Des Moines Register, is one of them, and he’s looking to change that by making his weight loss journey public. In a video released by the newspaper, Finney explained his rationale behind his decision to lose weight. The […]
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Sleeping in a dumpster is a dangerous thing to do, but sometimes it’s the only thing that can be done. Just ask Kyle Gardner and his girlfriend Kelsey McMurdo. The homeless 23-year-olds had a recent brush with death after lying down in a dumpster. On April 12, Gardner and McMurdo needed some place to sleep, […]
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A historical architectural feature in Richmond, Virginia is undergoing extensive renovations. Richmondbizsense.com reports that a block of seven 19th Century rowhouses and a former general store is being restored to its former glory by developer Deanna Lewis. Since last summer, when construction began, the brick rowhouses on North Church Hill are starting to resemble what […]
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UberFacts, a fun Twitter account that posits quirky factoids to its followers, has finally passed Gizmodo’s fact check. The leading tech blog fact-checked UberFacts on three different occasions last year, and failed it three times. In March of 2014, only 59% of its tweets were found to be true. In June, 62% were true. Then […]
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