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GameStop closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday deals offered early

GRAPEVINE, Tex. -- If you were planning to huddle outside of your nearest GameStop store, save yourself the trip this year. This is assuming your closest store hasn't already closed or gone out of business due to the company's ongoing restructuring plan. GameStop is following the lead of other major retailers by being closed on Thanksgiving Day. Walmart and Target made similar announcements earlier this year. Normally, the video game retail giant has been opening up to Black Friday shoppers […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 35

Life & Style

Five tips for thanking your heroes this holiday season

(StatePoint) Those who go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of others are rarely in it for recognition. However, in this especially challenging year, the holiday season is a perfect time to not just show these selfless people your appreciation, but also take inspiration from their kindness. Here are five simple ways to thank the everyday heroes in your life. Send a unique holiday care package Even if you can’t share your appreciation in person, you […]

todayOctober 26, 2020 45

Business & Lifestyle

Report supports calls for national paid sick-leave policy, impacting Illinois

SPRINGFIELD -- New research suggests access to emergency paid leave could help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Supporters of a broader paid-time-off proposal say it's needed in states like Illinois, where there's no such requirement. The study says states with access to emergency paid leave during the crisis have seen 400 fewer COVID cases per day. It was led by Cornell University and the Swiss Economic Institute. Paid-leave group demands Senate vote on House relief bill Dawn Huckelbridge is […]

todayOctober 23, 2020 94

Business News

Pritzker issues serious threat yet to Illinois bars, restaurants that defy orders

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday even stricter rules for one region of the state and said state officials would be tracking down businesses throughout Illinois that don’t follow the added restrictions. The governor is tightening restrictions in Region 1 in northwest Illinois where the COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 11.2 percent on Thursday. Region 1, which has been under Tier 1 restrictions since Oct. 3, is the first region in the state to be moved […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 10

Business & Lifestyle

After nearly seven months, Quibi to cease operations

LOS ANGELES -- Quibi, a short-form entertainment content streaming service, announced Wednesday that they will be shutting down some seven months after its public launch. A Wall Street Journal report states that amid mounting problems, the service has opted to shut itself down. Thus ends a year full of high-flying expectations for the entertainment start-up that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, issued a public statement that the […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 69

Business & Lifestyle

Conservative media group, associates implicated as part of pink-slime journalism scheme

CHICAGO -- A Chicagoland "pink slime" journalism group may have likely been exposed by a university journalism organization. A recent study from Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center for Digital Journalism reveals that a West Central Illinois news source is a "pink slime" journalism source. This source is among 27 online and seven print publications in the state. However, it's part of a much larger media machine. An expose which was published over the weekend in the New York Times would […]

todayOctober 20, 2020 77

Business & Lifestyle

Starting a new business from scratch in New Mexico

New Mexico is quickly becoming a famous state for incorporating a business. Forbes mentions that the average job growth in 2018 was 1.9% within the state, partially due to more companies seeing it as an excellent place to set up. New business owners want to benefit from a readily available workforce. This, along with a friendly tax rate, can help both them and their company prosper. If you're going to put together a New Mexico company, this is how you […]

todayOctober 20, 2020 21

Business & Lifestyle

Not just hospitalization: the financial impacts of a COVID-19 diagnosis

You made it. You fought the good fight and you won. Maybe there were times when you thought you wouldn’t. But now you are recovering, regaining your strength, and looking forward to the future. In those days, weeks, and perhaps even months when you were fighting to survive, you undoubtedly dreamed of the day when you would be well again.  Yet you probably never imagined that you’d be starting your post-COVID return to life like this: Saddled with medical debt […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 18

Breaking News

CCN forced to suspend news operations due to blatant Google censorship

ASKER, Norway -- A Norwegian media outlet that actively covers news on cryptocurrency is being forced to suspend their operations due to censorship from Big Tech. Capital & Celeb News, better known as CCN, would release a blog post on Wednesday night alerting loyal readers of their situation. The announcement would come from founder and director Jonas Borchgrevink. "We are in a difficult period," states Borchgrevink. "Not due to Coronavirus, but due to Google and Google's power over us as […]

todayOctober 7, 2020 103

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