It's like the new "It Girl" work perk: Take as much time off as you want, as long as you get your job done. But it may not be quite as cool as it seems. Pioneered by tech start-ups and other small, niche businesses, these so-called "unlimited" vacation policies are now being tried out by a few bigger fish. Tribune Publishing, which owns the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, is the latest company to switch from giving employees ...
1D's Zayn And Louis Monkey Around On Set Of 'Steal My Girl' Music Video As if we weren't already excited enough for the unveiling of One Direction's new video for Steal My Girl tomorrow, the boys have gone and shared these cheeky pics of them playing with a monkey on set. Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik can be seen ...
The British agency that regulates advertisements banned American Apparel's "School Days" campaign because "the focus was on [the model's] buttocks and groin rather than on the skirt being modeled," according to a sternly worded reprimand. The ruling this week marks the sixth time in two-and-a-half years that the Advertising Standards Agency has prohibited an American Apparel ad. The campaign has the tagline, "Your first assignment is to dress appropriately." One ad ...
Apple has created an iPhone 5 battery replacement program after it released a statement saying that it had discovered a “very small percentage” of units “may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently.” This iPhone 5 battery replacement program is the second to arrive. Late last year, Apple had a replacement program for iPhone 5s units with battery life issues. Apple says the affected iPhone ...
Harry Reid apologizes for cracking jokes about Asians Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., apologized Friday after cracking several jokes about Asian-Americans during a speech on Thursday before the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce. "My comments were in extremely poor taste and I apologize," Reid said in a statement emailed to CBS News. "Sometimes I say the wrong thing." In his speech on Thursday, Reid ...