Fired for being "too hot," New Jersey woman claims
By Chris Francescani Mon May 21, 2012 7:06pm EDT (Reuters) – A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace. Wearing a form-fitting sequined black dress and [...]
Are sweaty brokers more ethical?
LONDON | Mon May 21, 2012 7:02pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – If you want to know how ethical your broker is, give them a moral dilemma and see how much they sweat before deciding what to do. It’s quite a jump from the laboratory to real-world decisions about asset management but British researchers have found [...]
Ukraine’s topless fighters plot to storm the Euros
By Richard Balmforth KIEV | Mon May 21, 2012 10:51am EDT KIEV (Reuters) – Anna darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kiev’s Independence Square. She is a general showing off her new headquarters. “This is going to be our training room for [...]
Japan train with "rice balls" to sharpen soccer skills
TOKYO | Mon May 21, 2012 1:12am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan have come up with a novel way of preparing themselves for this year’s London Olympic men’s soccer tournament – training with odd-bouncing triangular ‘rice balls.’ The balls, shaped like the traditional Japanese ‘onigiri’ rice ball wrapped in seaweed, were fired at goalkeepers during [...]
Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"
Wed May 16, 2012 12:39pm EDT * Dancers say are asked to work 24 days per month * Cabaret says takes wellbeing of dancers seriously PARIS (Reuters) – Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off [...]
