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Penthouse Slipping Into Something More Comfortable, Going Online-Only

http://ift.tt/1JPwd7b Months after Playboy made the decision to try to stay in print by ditching the bared flesh that made it famous , its r...

Domestic Flights Are Late Less Often, Travelers Complaining More Anyway

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http://ift.tt/1Ons74W Airline performance statistics are out for November 2015, and there’s some promising news: domestic flights arrived a...

Update: United Still Looking For iPad They Shipped Back To Customer

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http://ift.tt/1QbMlBh You might remember Denise, who left her iPad behind on a United plane, getting it back after Consumerist intervened a...

Food Cart That Also Offers Sex Toys Shut Down For Some Reason

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http://ift.tt/1QbKYCz When you’re selling things from a mobile storefront, there are certain rules and regulations that your city will most...

Science Says: You’ll Order More Food & Booze If Your Waiter Isn’t Skinny

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http://ift.tt/1RLr4Af It’s a stereotype of the swanky metropolitan restaurant — only hiring wait staff that looks like they just slinked of...

Mondelez And Denny’s Both Jumping On The Cage-Free Eggs Bandwagon

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http://ift.tt/1J6vGsn Hardly a week goes by without news of a restaurant chain or major food company announcing they’ll be using only cage-...

NBC Exec: Viewers Always Come Back From Binges, Netflix Not A “Consistent” Threat

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http://ift.tt/1qT8WBm There’s obviously some disruption afoot in the TV marketplace of late. Broadcast and cable networks continue to think...

Fiat Chrysler Recalling 389K SUVs (Again) To Fix Wiring Issue That Can Lead To Sun Visors Catching Fire

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http://ift.tt/1fs9fVr In May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into Fiat Chrysler over Jeep and...

Big Tobacco Loses Legal Challenge To FDA Report On Menthol Cigarettes

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http://ift.tt/1Q3nbTj A federal appeals court has stymied the tobacco industry’s attempt to challenge a Food and Drug Administration adviso...

USDA Reports First New Case Of Bird Flu Since June At Commercial Turkey Farm In Indiana

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http://ift.tt/1MAmYWn As U.S. poultry farmers continue to get their flocks back to normal levels and consumers are finally seeing prices dr...

Unsurprising: $145 Prison Mattress Gets Mediocre Consumer Reports Rating

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http://ift.tt/1ZAZXMr Are the low-end mattresses sold in retail stores really “prison mattresses?” That’s what one dealer called them when ...

Here Are The Walmarts That Are Shutting Down, And When They Will Close For Good

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http://ift.tt/1ZAZZ6Y Earlier today, Walmart announced it would be closing 269 stores worldwide, including 154 in the U.S. We now have a s...

American Apparel Rejects Takeover Bid From Former CEO Dov Charney & Pals

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http://ift.tt/1ZfbZe7 Dashing former CEO and founder Dov Charney’s dreams (for now), American Apparel’s board of directors has rejected the...

ID Thieves Also Use Call Centers To Outsource Their Scams

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http://ift.tt/204FD2S We all know that a lot of businesses outsource customer service work to call centers around the world. But what you m...

Amazon Doesn’t Just Want To Send You Stuff, It Wants To Handle Shipping Too

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http://ift.tt/1N0ZkVt Amazon is sitting pretty right now with all the business it does as an online purveyor of merchandise, but it’s not c...

GE Selling Its Appliance Business To China’s Haier For $5.4 Billion

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http://ift.tt/1OmKbfK A month after giving up on the idea of selling its appliance business to Electrolux, GE has found a new buyer willing ...

U.S. Retail Spending Growth Slows Down: Americans Possibly Have Enough Stuff

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http://ift.tt/1Qb4cbD While our economy is supposedly expanding and consumers have more money in our pockets thanks to lower gas prices, ne...

IRS: You’ll Have Until April 18 To File Your Taxes This Year

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http://ift.tt/1Ds0x2p Already stressing over doing your income taxes? You’ll have a few more days of breathing room before they’re due this...

Walmart Closing 154 Stores In U.S., Ending “Walmart Express” Experiment

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http://ift.tt/1UUxOJv Walmart’s five-year dalliance with trying to go small through new “Walmart Express” stores is apparently over. This m...

Hyatt Confirms 250 Hotels Were Infected With Malware Last Year, Possibly Exposing Customer Payment Data

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http://ift.tt/1nnAO6H After announcing late last year that a slew of its hotels had been infected by malware, Hyatt has now identified the ...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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http://ift.tt/1ldLe73 Here are six of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usabil...

Enthralling Televised Car Chase Followed Tractor-Trailer Full Of Cabbage And Lettuce

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http://ift.tt/1E2xhjD Last week, people near Dallas had the rare and terrifying treat of having a car chase right in town, which of course ...

Amazon Invites Berkeley Students In To Pick Up Packages, Maybe Try A Fire Tablet

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http://ift.tt/202WWRQ A new college semester will begin soon, and UC Berkeley has a new January transfer: Amazon is opening yet another staf...