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Automotive News

GasBuddy analyst: gasoline prices unseasonably high, but relief is coming

BOSTON (UPI) -- Retail gasoline prices continue to put a strain on consumer pocket books late in the season, though relief is around the corner, a market report found. Motor club AAA reports a national average retail price for regular unleaded gasoline at $2.56 per gallon early Tuesday, up just a fraction of a percent from Monday but 40 cents per gallon higher than on this date last year. In its retail market report for the week, AAA said consumer demand […]

todayNovember 14, 2017

Decision 2018

New sexual harassment policy at state Capitol ‘puts fox in charge of henhouse’

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Lawmakers passed bills, took classes and made endorsed statements saying the culture of sexual harassment in Springfield was on its way to finally being addressed. But others say it wasn’t near enough to persuade victims to come forward. A week after laws were fast-tracked by House Speaker Michael Madigan to ensure they would address the problem of harassment in the state Capitol, Denise Rotheimer, who in October alleged months of inappropriate behavior by state Sen. Ira […]

todayNovember 14, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois hospitals, doctors getting big payday from state, but ‘unpaid bills’ problem remains

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Hospitals, doctors offices, nursing homes, and pharmacies across Illinois are in line for a huge payday this week. The state of Illinois is finally paying off about $9 billion in old Medicaid and other medical bills. Danny Chun, spokesman for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, says hospitals across the state are grateful for the money even though this payday doesn't bring them all the way back to even. "There are still bills out there that hospitals won't […]

todayNovember 14, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Twitter rolls out double character count after testing

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Twitter announced Tuesday it is doubling the character limit for most users' tweets after two months of testing shows the possibility of expanded content shouldn't "substantially change" the timeline reading experience. The social media company started testing the 280-character limit in September for some users tweeting in languages that tend to have "cramming issues." More "dense" languages like Japanese, Korean and Chinese don't have as many problems keeping posts under the 140-character limit unlike English, Spanish or […]

todayNovember 8, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

BNP to cut links with shale and tar sands groups

PARIS (UPI/Financial Times) -- Paris-based global banker BNP Paribas announced Wednesday it would no longer do business with companies whose primary activity involves oil and gas extracted from shale deposits, tar sands or Arctic campaigns in one of the most aggressive steps so far by an international bank to reduce exposure to fossil fuels. The lender and largest banking firm in France offered a long list of projects it would no longer finance, ranging from an end to the support for projects involved […]

todayOctober 11, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

GRANT: After Equifax breach, blockchain can give control back to consumers

Former Equifax CEO Rick Smith, in testimony to Congress last week, dodged repeated questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren about whether consumers do, or should, own the personal data that makes up their identities. The senator’s line of questioning and Smith’s squishy answers point to a major problem in our systems of financial and personal trust, a problem that many people have begun to take note of in the last few weeks. The recent breach of Equifax, in which over 143 […]

todayOctober 10, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

GAW Miners CEO held liable for $9.8 million judgment in SEC case

WASHINGTON (CoinDesk) -- A US Federal judge has signed off on a final judgment against Homero Josh Garza, the CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency mining firm GAW Miners. The judgment, entered on October 4, comes less than two years after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first filed suit against Garza, GAW Miners and ZenMiner, a related firm. Garza was accused and charged with violating securities laws through the offering of so-called "Hashlets," or "virtual miners" which were sold to […]

todayOctober 10, 2017

Entertainment

Halloween safety tips

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Halloween has been celebrated on October 31 in the U.S. since the early 1800’s and is traditionally a family-oriented holiday when children get to dress up and enjoy candy and other treats. Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to […]

todayOctober 10, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Committee seeking to improve properties in Nokomis with community gardens meeting October 24

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A steering committee called Nokomis Community Gardens will be meeting at Ugly Mugs Coffeehouse on Tuesday, October 24 at 7 p.m. The interim chair of the committee, former chef Harrison "Skip" Graden, is seeking to establish solutions to the eyesores of empty lots around the City of Nokomis as part of a mission to beautify the city, but also give back to the community at the same time. The meeting will discuss the various eyesore properties […]

todayOctober 9, 2017

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