Pizza Hut restaurants brought a new taste treat to the United Kingdom this past week. A hot dog sausage with a mustard condiment is rolled into the crust edge of their cheesy pizza.
This version of Pizza Hut pizza has been popular in Korea for several years. This new choice of ingredient adds additional calories and fat grams to an already high-fat and high-calorie meal. Estimates are that one slice of hot dog stuffed pizza made by Pizza Hut will contain over 400 calories and have over 15 grams of fat.
Pizza Hut representatives say they have made no plans to showcase this menu item in any other locations at this time. However, hot dogs are a popular food item in the United States. No one will be surprised if this Pizza Hut menu item quickly becomes in demand by Americans in the United States.
Research In Motion On Roller Coaster
Research in Motion (RIM) shares have been on a rocky ride amid rumors that the Blackberry manufacturer is a target for a takeover by the British telecommunications company, Vodafone.
Although the takeover rumors are just speculation, RIM shares were on the upswing Wednesday amid the unsubstantiated news. This jump occurred just two days after the company’s share price dipped below $20 to its lowest share price not seen in six years
RIM shares have plummeted about 60 percent this year due to competition from Apple, Samsung and other smartphone providers jumping into the market with gadgets using this next generation of technology. In addition, RIM’s introduction into the tablet computer genre tanked with its version called Playbook generating a dismal performance.
The Playbook’s failure to jump start RIM into the ever-growing tablet market forced a massive layoff of workers and the company lowered its third quarter expectations by over one million units.
Occupy Wall Street started as a small group raging against corporate greed. Seven hundred people affiliated with Occupy Wall Street have organized a protest. Spokesman for the group, Patrick Bruner stated ”
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are being urged to dress in business wear with white faces and blood, and will march while eating monopoly money”. The zombie look is to demonstrate what has become of Wall Street.
The protest was started to help illuminate corporate greed.
Protester’s are entering their third week of speaking out and protesting Wall Street actions.
The demonstrations have set off protests in at least 21 other cities around the country.
A man from Norfolk, VA has decided to sue Starbucks after his daughter found a hidden camera in the restroom stall.
The camera was located underneath the sink and was pointed towards the toilet. William Yockey, the customer, immediately told the store manager about the camera and police were called.
The camera was taken for by police for investigative purposes. Police are currently unsure of who place the camera in the bathroom. Yockey is currently suing Starbucks for 1 million dollars for failure to supervise employees, negligence, failure to inspect facilities in a timely manner and breach of privacy . Starbucks tried, but failed to get the case dropped.
Yockey says that he will no longer be able to use a restroom without inspecting it fully.
 Ricardo Borba was the first Canadian to place an order for Nissan’s LEAF, and on September 23, was also the first Canadian to accept delivery of the all-electric car.
The 44-year old Ottawa resident accepted the keys to his black Nissan LEAF from the president of Nissan Canada, Allen Childs. The Nissan LEAF is the first all-eclectric car brought to the mass market.
“Today we made history,” Childs said. “This represents the freedom to choose a car that has no tailpipe, produces no emissions and will never have to visit a gas station.
An electric engineer at IBM, Borba had begun to search for a new car when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. Borba said that the oil spill prompted him to think about alternatives to gas-powered vehicles.
“We considered several options and the Nissan LEAF was the one that best fits our needs,” Borba said, adding, “it’s fun to drive!”
Hunt Club Nissan of Ottawa hosted the event. The dealership’s president, Jean Malouin, expressed his enthusiasm, saying that the dealership has had many enquiries about the Nissan LEAF. “It’s very exciting to be at the forefront of the sustainable mobility movement,” Malouin said.
Jason Peipert who used the Roche anti-acne cream and ended up contracting a bowel disease, has dropped his suit against the company after reaching a deal out of court. Roche, who already lost six other cases, had already paid $56 million dollars to the former patients. One of the settled suits saw one patient receive $26 million. Peipert has agreed to drop all the accusations against Roche. He will be awarded an undisclosed amount of cash.
Accutane is involved in 1,000 other lawsuits. The drug, although its main purpose is to treat acne, is reported to have a number of side effects aside from the bowel issue. It is said to lead people to commit suicide. It is also reported to cause depression as well as liver damage.
Roche, receiving publicity it does not seek or want, has also received another allegation this year. The drug maker has been accused of illegal organ theft as well as sales, in China. The company is said to supply medical supplies that are used in China in illegal organ theft. The case is extremely serious since it is believed that more than 3,000 Chinese people have been executed in the country. After execution it is reported that their organs are illegally removed.
In Washington on May 8th, the FDA issued a recall on Tylenol. Reportedly, the ingredients were said to be contaminated with bacterial components. These tests were performed on all Tylenol products by McNeil Consumer Healthcare. They recalled forty products including all children’s cold medicines and allergy medicines such as Tylenol Plus, Zyrtec, Motrin, Benadryl, and Tylenol. The Fort Washington plant, which is the base ground where the contaminated products were made, closed down as a result.
Deborah A. Autor, the director of the FDA’s Office of Compliance, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research discussed with the media that there have been talks with both McNeil Consumer Healthcare and Johnson and Johnson. There was discussion of over 46 complaints of the products that were exported to foreign countries.
Though the nature of the bacteria is still unknown, the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, Michael A. Chappell, reported to the media that consumers have been notified and warned against using the products. The decision to shut down the manufacturing plant was also approved by Dr. Margaret A. Hanburg, the FDA Commissioner. The FDA will keep an eye on future lab reports and complaints until the investigation of the bacterial components is resolved.
Corporate giant Wal-Mart has reportedly agreed to give out payments in excess of $27 million to settle the court case regarding their recent dumping of hazardous waste. The corporation was cited as having dumped hazardous materials at around 235 stores throughout the California area.
Wal-Mart’s final decision to settle was announced this past monday by the District Attorney for San Diego County, Bonnie Dumanis. Dumanis hailed the settlement as one of the largest ones ever agreed upon within U.S. courts. The county hardest hit by the dumping, Butte County, is slated to receive $80,000, to be split between the District Attorney’s office and the Department of Environmental Health.
The court case itself arose from an extensive investigation that involved a collection of local, state, and federal prosecuters, as well as health officers and the employees of several environmental agencies. The hazardous materials were first noticed by an off-duty official of the San Diego Department of Environmental Health, who witnessed the pouring of bleach into a general sink drain by a Wal-Mart employee five years ago. The civil suit began last month, with the complaint alleging that the corporate entity regularly mishandled materials such as paints, aerosols, chemicals, acids, and fertilizers.
Starbucks now finds their company in a hot situation, literally. The company is reportedly being sued by a customer who received second-degree burns as a result of drinking their hot tea. The Starbucks store is being accused of serving tea that was too hot for its container. The plaintiff, Zeynep, states that, as a result of the tea, they have suffered severe mental anguish and great physical pain including burns. Zeynep accuses Starbucks of being negligent when preparing their products.
This case is similar to the popular 1994 case involving a McDonald’s customer who received $2.86 million who claimed the coffee was too hot, which she reported to having severe burns as a result. It only takes a temperature of around 113°F to cause severe burn to human skin.
Hot tea, which is similar to coffee in temperature, is steeped at a target temperature of 212°F. With these temperatures, it is presumed that quick consumption or contact with skin will result in a burn.
Knowing the brew temperature, in addition to the “EXTREMELY HOT” warning printed on the Starbucks serving cups should be enough to let the potential consumer know that the liquid inside is extremely hot.
Whether the claims are legitimate or a scam has not yet been determined.
The oil spill that is crippling and threatening the Louisiana coast may have some help.
BP is behind the cleanup that is currently ongoing at the oil well off of Louisiana that erupted and killed workers. Now they have a containment dome that is designed to help remedy the problem.
On April 22, a Deepwater Horizon oil rig owned by British Petroleum exploded and since then has spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and is sending its way towards the Louisiana coast. This would be the first time that a containment and recovery system such as this has been used and there is huge uncertainty as to whether something like this will work.
If it is successful, the containment dome will be able to recover roughly 85 percent of the leaking oil. As of now, the leaking well is spilling out up to 5,000 barrells of oil a day. The leak is said to be about 600 feet down from the well head but the dome has to be attatched to the seabed which will prove to be the biggest task. With winds and currents that are currently in that region, a huge task is in store for the recovery process.
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