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Trump threatens to halt Obamacare insurance subsidies

Eric DuVall, United Press International Writer WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted a threat to stop subsidies to health insurance companies after the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) collapsed this week. Trump's threat, which he has made before, is to halt billions in subsidies paid to insurance companies in order to keep health plans sold on government-run exchanges affordable for individuals required to buy them. The insurance industry has said stopping the payments […]

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Sprint pursuing merger with cable giant Charter, according to reports

Eric DuVall, United Press International Writer OVERLAND PARK, Kan./STAMFORD, Conn. (UPI) -- The owner of wireless company Sprint has proposed a merger with cable giant Charter Communications, though Charter's leaders are reportedly only lukewarm to the idea. The potential merger would create a new publicly traded company controlled by SoftBank, which is also run by Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son, a Japanese billionaire. Charter is not on board with the cash and stock merger proposal yet, but talks continue, The Wall Street Journal […]

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State tax hike means Harrisburg elite couple get richer

HARRISBURG (Heartland Newsfeed) -- School’s out in the summertime. So when Harrisburg School District superintendent Mike Gauch and his wife Angella, a teacher in Carbondale, decided they would drive to Springfield earlier this month, getting out of work wasn’t a concern. Unlike most working adults in Saline County, they are off work in July. This year, they spent part of their summer vacation successfully lobbying for a state income tax hike. When the tax hike passed, Angella Gauch lauded state legislators on […]

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Chevron shares flat after revenue beats estimates, profits rise from a year ago

SAN RAMON, Calif. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Chevron on Friday reported quarterly profits and revenues that beat Wall Street's expectations as the company cut costs and as oil and gas prices and refining margins improved. Shares of Chevron were up more than 1 percent after the announcement. The oil major earned $1.7 billion, or and adjusted 91 cents a share, excluding impairments and gains from asset sales. Analysts had expected Chevron to earn 87 cents a share on $32.09 billion in revenue. The […]

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Some Pokémon Go Fest attendees are suing Niantic

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Pokémon Go Fest was a huge misstep, to say the least. Developer Niantic held the Chicago-based festival in late July and quickly found itself unprepared for the realities of 20,000 people all playing Pokémon Go in one small area. As way of compensation, Niantic refunded everyone's tickets and gave away $ 100 in virtual currency for the mobile game, hoping that was enough. Attendees who flew in from out of town, however, have a larger bone […]

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Starbucks to close all 379 Teavana locations

Ray Downs, United Press International Writer SEATTLE (UPI) -- Starbucks announced it will close all 379 of its Teavana locations after the tea shop showed poor sales and little hope of improving. "Following a strategic review of the Teavana store business, the company concluded that despite efforts to reverse the trend through creative merchandising and new store designs, the underperformance was likely to continue," Starbucks said in a press release disclosing its earnings. The closures are expected to affect more than 3,000 employees […]

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House passes spending bill with $1.6 billion to begin border wall

Ray Downs, United Press International Writer WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The House approved a $788 billion national security bill Thursday that includes $1.6 billion towards a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill, which passed along mostly party lines, 235-192, mostly allocates money for programs other than beginning construction of the wall -- including energy, water, defense, the Army Corps of Engineers, and implementing a 5% raise in veteran's programs. GOP leaders praised the bill as a fulfillment of one of President Donald […]

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Twitter loses users in U.S. as revenue declines

Allen Cone, United Press International Writer SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Twitter, the social media powerhouse, had stagnant worldwide growth of users last quarter and lost users in the United States. Twitter, in an financial filing Thursday, said its monthly user base in the United State declined two million to 68 million from the previous quarter. Globally, the number of users stayed at 328 million. From the same period a year earlier, the company's revenue fell 5 percent to $574 million. Twitter's adjusted […]

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U.S. warns Americans of possible ‘tainted’ alcohol in Mexico

Andrew V. Pestano, United Press International Writer WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of State has warned people traveling to Mexico about possibly tainted or substandard alcohol, and to drink responsibly after the death of a Wisconsin woman. The department on Wednesday updated its alerts and warnings page on Mexico, where travelers can find different information on embassies, local laws and visa requirements. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier reported that 20-year-old Abbey Connor became sick while drinking alcohol during a Mexican vacation in January. She […]

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