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IQ2 debate: 'It's wrong to pay for sex'
Source: Spectator Live

It was back to basics at Intelligence Squared last Tuesday as we debated the morality of prostitution.

Was there something wrong with My Service?
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n the United Sates, the current social norm is that a customer in a restaurant leaves 15 to 20 percent of the bill as gratuity.

Salarpuria Group eyes hotel industry, IT SEZ
Source: thaindian.com

Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Real estate major Salarpuria Group is all set to invest billions in West Bengal with projects ranging from hotels and residential complexes to IT special economic zones (SEZs), a top company official said here Wednesday.

Starbucks ordered to pay 100 million in back tips
Source: CNN

Starbucks policy is that baristas share their tips with supervisors and managers, in violation of CA state law. They have been ordered to pay back millions in tips. Starbucks will appeal, saying it is fundamentally unfair.

Cranky customer wills waitress $50K and car
Source: Yahoo! News

....She made sure his food was as hot as he wanted, even if it meant he burned his mouth. And she smiled through his demands and curses. The 89-year-old Walter "Buck" Swords obviously appreciated it, leaving the waitress $50,000 and a 2000 Buick when he died....

1,000 Sex Offenders Found Working In Central Florida's Service Industry
Source: local6.com

....The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Web site offers the names and addresses of sexual predators and offenders living in the state. But where they work is not listed.

What's up with all those tip jars?
Source: MSN

Tipping has spread to businesses where the customer does a lot of the work.

Newsvine: Should you T.I.P. for take-out? w/Poll

Should you T.I.P. for take-out? My answer: what the heck for? Now don't get me wrong, I'm as economically careful (cheap!) an individual as you may run across, but in no way do I have an issue with tipping those that provide me a service, especially superior service.

Service Sector Not Off the Hook When It Comes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Source: Sciam

The furls of gas that billow from smokestacks on power plants and other heavy industries are a visible source of the greenhouse gas emissions warming our world.

Service Sector Not Off the Hook When It Comes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Source: Sciam

The furls of gas that billow from smokestacks on power plants and other heavy industries are a visible source of the greenhouse gas emissions warming our world.

Chinese 'anger bar' is a big hit
Source: BBC News

China has a new innovative bar idea. This report investigates the widening chasm between the US and Asia in the cold war of cool bars. Has the US lost it's edge in creating cool bars?

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