This Girl Scout knows her customers well. The young entrepreneur set up shop outside of Urbn Leaf, a recreational and medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego. According to local news outlet Fox 4, the girl sold more than 300 boxes in about six hours. Urbn Leaf posted this photo on Instagram, encouraging its clientele to […]
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Stock Market plunges again, Dow Jones record fall
Wall Street continued a broad selloff Monday, as the Dow plunged a record 1,175 points amid growing inflation fears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 24,345, down 4.6%. The S&P 500 fell 113 points, or 4.1%, to 2,648. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 273 points, or 3.78%, to 6,967. The Dow fell as much as […]
Dow Jones Falls More Than 600 Points Falling Memo Release
The stock market closed sharply lower, extending a weeklong slide, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 600 points. Stocks ended their worst week in two years Friday, and the Dow’s drop was its biggest in percentage terms since June 2016. Several giant U.S. companies dropped after reporting weak earnings, including Exxon Mobil […]
Economy Strong As Trump Prepares For State Of The Union Address
The U.S economy is humming, and President Trump will undoubtedly take credit when he delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. “The stock market is shattering one record after another,” Trump told his Cabinet earlier this month. “Unemployment is at a 17-year low.” In a recent ABC/Washington Post poll, nearly 6 out […]
Trump Looks To Rescind Frank-Dodd Bank Rules Further
Trump said during White House event Tuesday that he want to give banks the freedom to loan to customers deemed too risky under Dodd-Frank, the sweeping post-crisis financial rules enacted in 2010. “We’re looking now at Dodd-Frank because we have to free up so that the banks can loan money to great people because they […]
MegaMillions And PowerBall Have $1 Billion Jackpots Combined
NEW YORK (WPVI) — It’s a billion dollar weekend for lottery players. $450 million will be up for grabs in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing and Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is worth another $570 million. No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since October 13, 2017, while Powerball has not had a jackpot winner since October […]
Iceland Makes It Illegal To Pay Men More Than Women
Employers in the Nordic country now have to prove that they pay men and women in the same jobs equally. If they fail to do so, they risk being fined. Discrimination based on gender is already illegal in many countries — but research shows the legislation is far from effective. Women are paid less than […]
PowerBall And MegaMillions near over $800 Million To Start New Year
Nearly $800 million is up for grabs between the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, meaning 2018 could be a very rewarding year for someone lucky enough to have a winning ticket for one of the nation’s two largest lottery jackpots. There was no winner in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, which pushed the prize on Wednesday to […]
Trump Celebrates Huge Tax Breaks For Rich With His Cabinet
President Trump began his Cabinet meeting at the White House Wednesday morning by calling it a “celebration,” in reference to the passage of a sweeping tax overhaul bill. The Senate had passed the bill in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and the House revoted to pass it with technical fixes later Wednesday. “We have […]
North Korea Now Targeting Individuals Credit Cards Via Hacking
North Korea may be doubling down on its efforts to make money by hacking, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. “From a tradecraft perspective, the Lazarus Group now looks more like a criminal enterprise than a nation-state,” Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s senior vice president of cybersecurity strategy, told The Hill. The Lazarus Group, an industry name for […]
House Passes Trump’s Tax Bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan makes remarks ahead of House vote on Republican tax reform bill. The House on Tuesday approved a massive tax overhaul that would usher in steep rate cuts for American companies, double the deduction millions of families claim on their annual returns and make a host of other changes as part of […]
The Dow Jones Continues To Set New Records
The Dow Jones industrial average just did something it has never done in its 121-year history. The 30-stock average is now up more than 5,000 points in a year, marking its biggest annual-points gain ever. This following a 140-point rally Monday which sent it to an all-time high. The Dow also notched a record close […]