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Chinese Firms Snap Up U.S. Sites To Process Scrap (#GotBitcoin?)
Pellet, box makers buy and build plants to reconfigure waste too dirty for export to China. Chinese Firms Snap Up U.S. Sites To Process Scrap (#GotBitcoin?) Chinese companies are setting up shop in the U.S. to obtain the scrap paper and plastic their government has deemed too dirty to import.…
There Have Been 47,220 Gun Incidents In The U.S. In 2018 And Only 3.1% Involve The Defensive Use of Weapons (#GotBitcoin?)
As rich, advanced and accomplished as the country might be, the U.S. has somehow not been up to the task of coping with the plague of gun violence. There Have Been 47,220 Gun Incidents In The U.S. In 2018 And Only 3.1% Involve The Defensive Use of Weapons But as the…
401(k) Rule Change Would Ease Small Companies’ Path To Joint Plans (#GotBitcoin?)
Labor Department’s proposal is latest effort to address a retirement savings deficit. 401(k) Rule Change Would Ease Small Companies’ Path To Joint Plans A new Labor Department rule would make it easier for small businesses to offer 401(k) plans, part of an effort to close a retirement-plan coverage gap that affects…
Trump Offers Test Plan To Lower Medicare Drug Costs (#GotBitcoin?)
Under proposal, some drugs would shift to prices closer to those in other countries. Trump Offers Test Plan To Lower Medicare Drug Costs President Trump on Thursday offered a plan to drive down the price Medicare pays for some drugs, a move that could save taxpayers billions of dollars but also…
Bull Market’s Latest Hurdle: Slowing Sales Growth (#GotBitcoin?)
Many S&P 500 companies point to cautious customers, rising costs and a stronger dollar as reasons for weaker quarterly performance. Bull Market’s Latest Hurdle: Slowing Sales Growth Revenue growth at U.S. companies (including Amazon and Google) is slowing, stirring concern that a corporate-profit boom that has driven the Dow Jones Industrial…
Mobile Justice App. (#GotBitcoin?)
Cell phones are making it easier for the public to document arrests and other police actions, as seen in the police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina, and the arrest of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Mobile Justice App. [caption id="attachment_4628" align="alignnone" width="960"] American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma spokesperson…
FICO Plans Big Shift In Credit-Score Calculations, Potentially Boosting Millions of Borrowers (#GotBitcoin?)
Consumers with a low FICO could get a higher UltraFICO, a new score that factors in bank-account activity as well as loan payments. FICO Plans Big Shift In Credit-Score Calculations, Potentially Boosting Millions of Borrowers Credit scores for decades have been based mostly on borrowers’ payment histories. That is about to…
SpotCrime.com Provides Crime Maps At The Neighborhood Level And Sends Alerts To Facebook,Twitter, Etc
SpotCrime.com is a Baltimore-based company founded in October 2007 and privately owned by ReportSee, Inc. SpotCrime.com Provides Crime Maps At The Neighborhood Level And Sends Alerts To Facebook,Twitter, Etc It provides nationwide crime information about arrests, arsons, assaults, burglaries, robberies, shootings, thefts and vandalisms, on a Google map. SpotCrime will…
Banks’ Golden Deposits Are Heading Out The Door (#GotBitcoin)
After years of rate increases from the Federal Reserve, customers are pulling money out of accounts that don’t earn interest and putting it into higher-yielding alternatives. Banks’ Golden Deposits Are Heading Out The Door (#GotBitcoin) There’s less free money to go around for banks. Related: Banks Lose Hundreds Of Billions…
A Billionaire Pledges To Fight High Drug Prices, And The Industry Is Rattled (#GotBitcoin?)
Ex-energy trader John Arnold has put $100 million behind efforts to curb prices. A Billionaire Pledges To Fight High Drug Prices, And The Industry Is Rattled Billionaire John D. Arnold is spending a chunk of his fortune to campaign against America’s high drug prices. The drug industry is spending a chunk…
Spy Gadgets For Grow Facilities / Weed Dispensaries (#GotBitcoin)
Now legal in several states, medical marijuana dispensaries represent a rapidly expanding industry. Spy Gadgets For Grow Facilities / Weed Dispensaries (#GotBitcoin) Now legal in several states, medical marijuana dispensaries represent a rapidly expanding industry. Spy Gadgets For Grow Facilities / Weed Dispensaries Depending on the location and size of the…
Foreign Buying of U.S. Treasurys Softens, Unsettling Financial Markets (#GotBitcoin)
Investor pullback has fueled a bond selloff and shaken a nine-year-long rally in stocks. Foreign Buying of U.S. Treasurys Softens, Unsettling Financial Markets (#GotBitcoin) Overseas investors, traders and central bankers are buying fewer Treasurys, a potential turning point for a $15 trillion market at the center of global finance and…