A Portland hotel fired 2 employees after they called the police on a black guest

Instagram/Jermaine Massey An Oregon hotel announced Saturday it fired two employees who called the police on a black guest, after spotting him in the lobby and demanding to know his room number. Jermaine Massey said that even though he showed the guard his hotel key, the guard told him to leave and a manager called […]

Matt Lauer has reportedly given up on a ‘comeback’ a year after being fired from ‘Today’ for alleged sexual harassment

Ben Gabbe/Getty Images) Matt Lauer has given up on a “comeback,” according to People. Lauer was fired from NBC’s “Today” show in November 2017 after alleged sexual misconduct, but was reportedly planning to return to TV after finalizing his divorce. He’s since reportedly given up on those plans and has resigned himself to a relatively […]

Barbara Corcoran explains why she secretly ‘couldn’t wait’ for Fridays — the day she fired people

Barbara Corcoran was a real estate mogul before she became a judge on “Shark Tank.” As the head of The Corcoran Group, which she sold in 2001 for $ 66 million, Corcoran ran a “mean and lean” business by not being scared to fire underperformers. She explained at IGNITION why she relished firing 25% of her sales […]

’South Sydney choked’: Broncos great says CEO should be fired if Seibold fails

LIVID Brisbane great Chris Johns has slammed Paul White’s handling of the NRL club’s coaching transition, saying the Broncos CEO should be “marched” if new mentor Anthony Seibold is not a success. Seibold is set to be officially confirmed as Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett’s successor from 2020 at a Broncos board meeting on Tuesday night […]

Trump fired a new warning shot at the Fed over rising interest rates

President Donald Trump accused Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell of getting joy out of raising interest rates in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Tuesday. Trump has made clear he sees rising interest rates as a threat to the broader US economy. When asked whether he regrets nominating Powell to chair the […]

Star Wars writer FIRED by Disney over tweets: Fan backlash gets really nasty

Wendig wrote the best-selling Star Wars; Aftermath trilogy, which fills in the gaps that lead up to the events of The Force Awakens. He also wrote a novelisation of that movie. He was currently mid-way through a five-part miniseries Shadow of Vader when he was summarily fired. He revealed the news on Twitter is a […]

Here’s who could replace Rod Rosenstein if he’s fired

Cliff Owen/AP If President Donald Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department’s rules of succession dictate that Solicitor General Noel Francisco would assume the post. Francisco’s track record as a lawyer mirrors Trump’s rhetoric against intelligence authorities, with cases that include rebukes of the FBI and a defense of executive authority. Speculation […]

Shots were reportedly fired at the US embassy in Turkey

Burhan Ozbilici/AP Shots were reportedly fired from a passing vehicle at the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Police are searching for the assailants, who were said to have fled in a white car.  The incident comes as tension between Turkey and the US continues to boil. Shots were fired from a passing vehicle at the […]

Mark Zuckerberg loses $17bn in a day & some investors want him fired as Facebook chairman

Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is having a very bad day. On Thursday, he lost $ 17 billion of his fortune, Facebook shares dipped almost 20 percent, and now, some shareholders want his influence on the company reduced. Read more The money the Facebook CEO lost is only one-fifth of his net worth, which […]

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ director Rian Johnson explained why he deleted 20,000 tweets after Disney fired James Gunn

Lucasfilm “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson recently deleted 20,000 tweets soon after Disney fired James Gunn from “Guardians of the Galaxy 3.” Johnson explained that it was a preemptive measure and a decision he made himself. “This seems like a ‘why not?’ move,” he tweeted.   “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” director […]