President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the U.S., following the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the U.K., Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. The expulsions will likely be announced on Monday, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg, but the decision is still […]
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San Francisco Fed’s John Williams is front runner for New York Fed President position: Report
San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams is the front runner to become the next President of the New York Fed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The New York Fed board recommended Williams to replace incumbent president William Dudley, who plans to step down next summer, sources familiar […]
You’re probably paying more for your car loan or mortgage than you should
The Federal Reserve makes headlines from New York to Hong Kong anytime it lifts its benchmark interest rate. Rightfully so, as any increase tends to drive up borrowing costs on everything from credit cards to auto loans and mortgages. There’s a more important factor that determines how much you’ll pay […]
Ulta, Gap, Target and more: These retailers are still opening stores in 2018
The retail sector is flush with store closures taking place later this year. Toys R Us marks the latest company to deal a blow to the industry, leaving real estate owners scrambling to find replacements for vacated boxes. There are, meanwhile, some retailers planning meaningful expansions in 2018 and beyond. […]
Musician and entrepreneur Jon Bon Jovi: This is the key to succeeding in business
Over the past three decades, Jon Bon Jovi has sold more than 130 million albums, earned a place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and his his Grammy-winning band, Bon Jovi, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2018. He’s also “a […]
Here’s how a string of March Madness upsets could help fans in search of cheap tickets
Hoping to attend an NCAA college basketball game this year? You might be in luck. A tournament filled with surprising upsets have had the unintended consequences of whipsawing ticket prices, according to ticket sale website TicketIQ, which initially started out at their lowest in 4 years. The “Sweet 16” round […]
One of NFL’s few female owners is changing her team’s formula for identifying talent
Identifying talent and making the right hiring decisions are crucial to any organization. National Football League franchises are no exception. With the rise of computer-driven data analytics, the days of “gut decisions” made by scouts are long gone from the world of professional sports. But for the Indianapolis Colts, a […]
Here’s a map of where rural hospital closures are happening in the US
(Click to see an interactive version of this map.) There has been a total of 83 rural hospital closures in the United States from January 2010 to January 2018, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, a group which tracks rural hospital closures across the country. The majority […]
Meet the man who created Apple’s most iconic sounds: Sosumi, the camera click and the start-up chord
Some engineers at Apple were not happy with the change. “Our excuse was it’s too risky to take it back out at this point because something could crash,” he said. “We just made up some bulls—.” It stuck, and years later Apple even trademarked the start-up sound. It’s one of […]
Rural hospital shutdowns force communities to take care of their own
Crystal Harris was at her Virginia home one winter afternoon when she received a 911 call. As an unpaid volunteer of the Smith River Rescue Squad in Woolwine, a small town located in northern Patrick County, Harris needed to drop what she was doing and head to the nearest ambulance […]