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Ultimate Resource For Obamacare Health Law (ACA) (#GotBitcoin)
Recent and pending GOP efforts to chip away at Affordable Care Act cause new uncertainty as open enrollment begins. Ultimate Resource For Obamacare Health Law (ACA) (#GotBitcoin) The Affordable Care Act’s sixth open-enrollment season begins Thursday, marking a test of the health law’s stability following a series of Republican…
NRA Loses Midterm Muscle After Cash Crunch From Big Bet On Trump (#GotBitcoin?)
The National Rifle Association, facing a cash crunch after pouring money into Donald Trump’s presidential bid, cut spending for the midterm elections that threaten the Republican hold on Congress. NRA Loses Midterm Muscle After Cash Crunch From Big Bet On Trump. After devoting record sums to help elect President Trump…
The Man Who Bet It All On Bitcoin, And Still Believes (#GotBitcoin?)
Join us as we take a journey with a man who bet all he owned on a decentralized cryptocurrency future. The Man Who Bet It All On Bitcoin, And Still Believes In 2017, bitcoin seemed almost unstoppable as investors and consumers poured money into the cryptocurrency. For one Dutch businessman and…
Healthcare Provider Rewards Patients For Finding A Cheaper Procedure
Compare Hospital Procedure Costs. Healthcare Provider Rewards Patients For Finding A Cheaper Procedure There are several tools available to compare hospital procedure costs, such as the Healthcare Price Tool, which allows users to compare prices and quality of over 580,000 physicians. Additionally, the Procedure Price Lookup tool from CMS helps…
On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer Score (#GotBitcoin?)
Retailers, wireless carriers and others crunch data to determine what shoppers are worth for the long term—and how well to treat them. Two people call customer service at the same time to complain about the same thing. One waits a few seconds before a representative gets on the line. The…
What Will Banks Do With Cash Freed Up by Rule Changes? No One Knows (#GotBitcoin?)
Fed proposal to ease short-term cash requirements for big banks heads into uncertain territory. Regulators plan to pare back requirements that banks keep billions of dollars of cash on hand to pay short-term bills. No one knows for sure what will happen next. The liquidity coverage ratio rule was invented…
China Supersizes Detention Camps In Xinjiang Despite International Criticism (#GotBitcoin)
Satellite Imagery Shows Footprint Of 28 Internment Centers Has Increased Significantly Since 2016: Report. China Supersizes Detention Camps In Xinjiang Despite International Criticism (#GotBitcoin) Chinese authorities aggressively expanded the scale of internment camps in Xinjiang this year, according to a new study, even as China’s program of mass detentions of…
Americans Find Consequences Of Having Been Arrested (Charges Dropped or Not) Can Last a Lifetime (#GotBitcoin?)
America Has A Rap Sheet Even If Charges Were Dropped, A Lingering Arrest Record Can Ruin Chances of A Job Over the past 20 years, authorities have made more than a quarter of a billion arrests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates. As a result, the FBI currently has 77.7…
U.S. Market-Manipulation Cases Reach Record (#GotBitcoin)
CFTC and Justice Department target spoofing and other illegal tactics, helped by data-sharing deal with key exchange. U.S. Market-Manipulation Cases Reach Record (#GotBitcoin) Federal regulators have ramped up their pursuit of traders who use a bluffing tactic known as spoofing to manipulate market prices, enforcement officials said, leading to a…
US Charges Chinese Agents In Hacking Scheme, More Cases Expected (#GotBitcoin)
Prosecutors targeting hacking group previously linked to Beijing. US Charges Chinese Agents In Hacking Scheme, More Cases Expected (#GotBitcoin) Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and other individuals Tuesday, accusing them of engaging in a persistent campaign to hack into U.S. aviation companies in Arizona, Massachusetts, Oregon…
October’s Market Rout Leaves Stock, Bond And Real Estate Investors With No Place To Hide (#GotBitcoin?)
Triple breakdown in stock, real estate and bond prices has upended investors’ traditional safety tool kit, leaving many with losses. October’s Market Rout Leaves Stock, Bond And Real Estate Investors With No Place To Hide A brutal October selloff across stocks and bonds has tested investors’ resolve in a way not…
Home Prices Continue To Lose Momentum (#GotBitcoin?)
Gains fell below 6% in August as slowdown in housing market becomes more widespread. Annual home-price gains fell below 6% for the first time in a year in August, another sign that the slowdown in the housing market is becoming widespread and is likely to persist in the months to…