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Scooter's Coffee

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Scooter’s Coffee to open six new locations

Scooter's Coffee (also known as Scooter's Coffee Drive-Thru) is opening six new locations, thanks to a Centralia-area franchisee. Those locations are coming to Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Vandalia, Harrisburg, and Olney. Rachel Wallace, a current Subway franchisee that owns many store locations and owner of the Rosati's franchise and the Best Western in Centralia, is opening these new locations. They are in a partnership with long-time employee Marcie Wallace (no relation). Wallace says Scooter's has a great culture that has […]

todayAugust 22, 2022 45

remortgage mortgage

Business & Lifestyle

Is it the right time for a remortgage?

Borrowers have to think about remortgages under certain circumstances. The goal is to save money and to keep on paying the loan at the low fixed interest rate you first secured when you borrowed the money. Whenever your current mortgage deal is about to end, you should shop around for new fixed rates. This will save you time, money, and effort. As a general rule, do this six months before your current contract ends. This will ensure that your loan […]

todayJuly 14, 2021 3

SoFi

Business & Lifestyle

Student loan servicer SoFi settles charges with FTC, agrees to end false claims about loan refinance savings

Online student loan refinancer SoFi has agreed to stop misrepresenting how much money student loan borrowers have saved or will save from refinancing their loans with the company, in order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceptively advertised inflated figures for more than two years. In a complaint against Social Finance, Inc. and subsidiary SoFi Lending Corp., the FTC alleged that since at least April 2016, they made prominent false statements about loan refinancing savings in television, print, […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 3

Dow Jones

Business & Lifestyle

Dow survives early losses to close up 260 points

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones ended with a second consecutive day of gains after a roller coaster session that saw it drop more than 600 points Thursday. At its lowest point of the day, the Dow Jones was down 611 points, before rallying back to close up 260.37, or 1.14 percent, to 23,138.82 at the end of trading. The S&P 500 fell as much as 2.8 percent, while the Nasdaq dropped 3.3 percent, but each closed the day […]

todayDecember 27, 2018 4

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Business & Lifestyle

Dow Jones soars more than 1,000 points in largest single-day increase

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,000 points Wednesday for its largest-ever single-day point increase, as stocks rebounded from a historically poor Christmas Eve. The Dow Jones was up 1,086.25 points, or 4.98 percent, at the end of trading, while the S&P 500 rose 4.96 percent and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.40 percent. Retailers helped lead the charge Wednesday, as shares of Wayfair, Kohl's and Dollar General all rose at more than 7 percent, […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 3

holiday shopping Christmas shopping sales tax taxation

Business & Lifestyle

OP-ED: Holiday shopping and the sales tax Scrooge

The average American will spend around $800 on gifts this Christmas. But making those holiday buys in Illinois will leave many families wishing they could get more bang for their buck. Illinois passed its first state sales tax – 2 percent on all retail goods – all the way back in 1933. It not only replaced revenue that came from the old statewide property tax, but brought in a lot of new money as well. Fast forward to today: Illinois’ […]

todayDecember 16, 2018 3

us1c76

Business & Lifestyle

White Oaks Mall: what’s next as anchor stores close

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The capital city's mall is about to become a bit emptier with the upcoming closure of two of their anchor stores. Bon-Ton Stores, which owns and operates 260 department stores including the Bergner's retail chain, announced in April that that all stores will be closing permanently. Also closing is the Sears location, according to parent company Sears Holdings and their press release in May, citing a history of not turning a profit. The company sold the […]

todayAugust 28, 2018 3

venezuela

Business & Lifestyle

Venezuela testing Petro-based minimum wage hike

CARACAS, Venezuela (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuelans will be paid a minimum of 0.5 Petro (PTR) following the implementation of his monetary reforms this week. Considered to be a 60-time wage increase over the current minimum monthly salary of $1, the government-backed cryptocurrency will be able to be exchanged at the rate of $60 U.S. dollars (USD) with the new "sovereign bolivar" being tied into the digital coin. It is unclear on the reasoning for the […]

todayAugust 19, 2018 5

Business & Lifestyle

Bitcoin hits new market low as price trades below $6,000

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Bitcoin prices sunk below $6,000 in market trading Friday, busting below an already established low for 2018. Based on an average of all major Bitcoin exchanges, the average price of Bitcoin sunk to $5,938.18 at 3:51 PM CDT, surpassing a prior market low of $5,947, which took place in early February. As of publication, prices have recovered to an average of nearly $6,138 since the new low was established, but it shows brief signs of relief as […]

todayJune 22, 2018 3

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