Burning down the mall because you can’t find a shopping cart joins long list of customer overreactions
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist When you’ve been wronged by a business — or believe you have been — there are two ways you can try to resolve the situation: one, you can take a deep breath and calmly…
Here’s why slow-motion video could be more damaging in front of a jury
By Nicole Orttung, Christian Science Monitor From Business Insider With the proliferation of police officers’ body cameras and popularity of citizens live-streaming run-ins with the police, it’s increasingly likely that court testimony isn’t just one memory of how events unfolded…
The power of consumerism in animal welfare and social justice
By Praveen Varanasi From alligator Animal welfare is an issue often overlooked by a vast majority of people. When consuming animal products, individuals often don’t realize the suffering and pain that results from the industry. As a society, it is…
This is exactly how the FBI convinces hedge funders trading on inside information to spill the beans on everyone else
By Julia La Roche From Business Insider When the FBI wants to get a hedge fund portfolio manager to be a cooperating witness in an insider-trading case, they’ll literally follow that person everywhere, according to FBI Special Agent David Chaves. Basically,…