Polly Mosendz

Construction workers labor at the construction site off South Dixie Highway and SW 37th Avenue in Coral Gables, Fla., on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

Bosses stretch the definition of who is ‘essential’ — and workers take the risk

April 10, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

"The bearer of this letter," the document says, "is providing life-sustaining and essential services." That depends, of course, on how you define essential, a word some businesses are trying to...

Bosses snap up surveillance software to spy on remote workers

April 2, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

The email came from the boss. We're watching you, it told Axos Financial Inc. employees working from home. We're capturing your keystrokes. We're logging the websites you visit. Every 10...

A company that makes banana costumes has sued Kmart Corp. and Sears on Wednesday, alleging copyright infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair competition. Pictured are runners at the starting line at the 2013 Hot Chocolate Chicago 15/5K.

Halloween is here with a copyright lawsuit over banana costumes

June 2, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

This Halloween, you'll probably see someone in a banana suit. Yes, he or she will be outfitted in a bright yellow costume, their face filling a hole in the middle...

Consumers struggle to get answers from Equifax after massive hack

August 22, 2019 at 5:48 a.m.

After announcing millions of people were impacted by an unprecedented hack on its systems, Equifax faced a customer service nightmare as panicked masses turned to a website and customer service...

Company behind disastrous Fyre Festival claimed to be worth $90 million, as details emerge in court

June 5, 2018 at 3:30 a.m.

Before the now-infamous Fyre Festival collapsed a few weeks back, the company behind it — maker of a mobile phone app you can use to hire entertainers for your club,...

Flowering marijuana plants grow at the Smokey Point Productions facility in Arlington, Washington, on Jan. 12, 2017.

Marijuana industry angered by White House reversal

June 6, 2018 at 12:19 a.m.

The cannabis industry was rattled Thursday after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he expects the Department of Justice to increase enforcement of federal laws prohibiting recreational pot, even...

This Sept. 15, 2015 file photo shows marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals at a medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill.

Lacing dog treats with cannabis is a growing business

June 8, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

Even for a puppy, Kat Donatello's black Labrador, Austin, was hyperactive. After experimenting with natural supplements on her older dog, Donatello slipped a special biscuit to Austin. "It just kind...

Selling a $5 million, seven-story basket is no picnic

June 12, 2018 at 12:43 p.m.

"You might see it three or four miles off before you come around the bend, and then you say, 'That is a basket. That is unquestionably a basket,'" said Tom...

Headset Inc., a cannabis intelligence firm, reviewed about 40,000 legal marijuana purchases made in Washington state from September 2014 to July 2016. The Seattle-based company determined that the average recreational weed consumer is a 37-year-old man. The median spend by this customer was $647 annually.

Average legal user spends $647 a year on marijuana

June 12, 2018 at 2:21 a.m.

Increasingly lax marijuana legislation may be cheered loudest in college dorms, but it's the professor-aged ganja enthusiasts who are the average consumers of the legal stuff. Headset Inc., a cannabis...

Young Americans drink more, eat worse and stay skinnier than everyone else

June 10, 2018 at 7:49 p.m.

One of the greatest joys of youth is being able to eat and drink irresponsibly as your metabolism works overtime to keep you svelte. Indeed, millennials have an obesity rate...

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