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local retailers marketing

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How local retailers are utilizing marketing to compete and retain relevance

Today, anyone aspiring to enter the retail world with a local business could be forgiven for experiencing some trepidation at the thought of facing off against giants like Amazon. Things were different back when brick-and-mortar stores were all people had — massive brands could be cheaper and better in some ways, but local stores would have convenience and community. The remarkable rise of e-commerce continues to make life harder for local businesses — but does it need to? After all, […]

todayJune 2, 2019 12

Walmart Pana

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Former Walmart property in Pana put on real estate market

PANA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Since the legacy Walmart store closed down for good on October 12, there has been much speculation on what was going to happen to the former property at 10 West Second Street. In the past week, it appears that an answer has been given, as the Bentonville, Ark. corporation will be putting the building and adjacent tracts of land up for sale. The property was listed with O'Fallon-based Kunkel Commercial Group on May 7, according to […]

todayMay 19, 2019 178

Robert Smith Morehouse College

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Robert Smith pledges $40 million to clear debt for Morehouse College graduates

ATLANTA (UPI) -- Billionaire tech investor Robert F. Smith announced Sunday his family was creating a grant to pay off the debt of Morehouse College's entire graduating class. Speaking during the commencement ceremony for the private, all-male, historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Smith made the surprise announcement offering an estimated $40 million to pay off the debt of the nearly 400 graduating seniors. "My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans," Smith said. […]

todayMay 19, 2019 44

Social Security card

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Social Security Administration imposters top IRS in consumer loss reports

Have you received calls about supposed problems with your Social Security number from callers pretending they’re with the Social Security Administration (SSA)? If so, you’re not alone. Our latest Data Spotlight finds that reports about SSA imposters are surging, while reports about IRS imposters have taken a dive. As the Spotlight puts it, “In the shady world of government imposters, the SSA scam may be the new IRS scam.” While reports of SSA imposters have swelled – nearly half of […]

todayMay 19, 2019 55

health insurance

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Getting group health insurance through a membership organization

Many of us benefit from health insurance coverage through our employer. In this, all employees are pooled together as a group to obtain health insurance under lower group rates. Group health insurance is very cost effective and sports lower premiums because the risk is spread among a wide group of members. Generally the employer also contributes to the premium, so that the employees pays less. However, if your workplace doesn't offer group insurance, or if you are self-employed, a freelance […]

todayMay 13, 2019 31

GPS tracking fleet management

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The importance of GPS tracking in transportation fleet management

GPS tracking has its own benefits. Among those getting the most out of those benefits are fleet management and vehicle monitoring services. More importantly, the transport industry is taking benefit through maximizing their vehicle utilization. The GPS software enables the fleet administrator to identify the available vehicles and track the current location of the vehicles on the road. Thus a Garmin Express product -- or any other fleet GPS product -- can enable you to schedule a perfect plan for the optimum […]

todayMay 3, 2019 37

Illinois industrial hemp

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Illinois Department of Agriculture receives over 300 industrial hemp applications in two days

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois has been officially an industrial hemp state for three days and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has no plans on stopping anytime soon in their pursuit of industrial hemp growers and processors in the Land of Lincoln. In less than two days, IDOA received 369 applications -- 295 growers and 74 processors -- which resulted in departmental staff immediately reviewing the applications, which is the first step in the approval process. Applications were opened […]

todayMay 2, 2019 46

Microsoft Outlook

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Microsoft Outlook users had their accounts hacked for months under security breach

Microsoft’s Outlook.com webmail service had been compromised since January 1. The security breach went undiscovered until March 28. Microsoft revealed this breach to its users on April 12, in the form of a notification being sent out. The notification informed the affected subset of users that the hackers could only see the account email addresses, folder names, and subject lines of emails. Microsoft later revealed to The Verge that the breach was worse, for some, than they previously admitted. While […]

todayApril 30, 2019 45

Scottsdale

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TRAVEL GUIDE: Travelling to Scottsdale for business? How your trip can be comfortable

A business trip takes you from a casual traveler to someone who spends most of their time in the air. Go on enough business and you might even get upgraded to your airline's frequent flyer program. If you spend most of your time away from home on business, you might as well try to enjoy it. Depending on the company, you may occasionally take business trips to Scottsdale, Arizona. Here are some tips to get the most of your trip […]

todayApril 29, 2019 70

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