Counterfeit hundred-dollar bills are being caught in some states. Be aware! In New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Illinois police and media have reported the seizure of fake $100 bills. These bills are hard but...
Stock
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are giving away 99% of their Facebook stock to charity. That stock is currently worth $45 billion. This may seem like an amazing gesture of philanthropy, but all...
texas businesses open carry
On January 1, 2016, men and women around the state of Texas will be free to go to the supermarket like they're in the wild west. They will be free to tube down the Guadalupe...
We've been stuck at home a lot this year. Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list. Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+. Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about going out in public have been boons to streaming media companies. So...
“Our national crisis of faith in government boils down to this simple fact: People don’t trust their government to do the right thing because they think government works for the rich, the powerful and the...
Way back in 1988, the business mogul Leonard Stern commissioned a TV documentary about Donald Trump. However, the film never aired because Trump managed to prevent its circulation. The film's producer Libby Handros recalled: “He did everything he...
Breaking: Law Trump Called In By Judge To Testify About Racist Comments (Video)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R-N.Y.) spent two hours at a Washington law firm today, for a deposition in his lawsuit against celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian. The deposition was ordered by the judge in the...
Iceland
A new airline is making waves among travelers this season by offering $99 flights from Los Angeles to Iceland, one way. WOW Airlines has offered this deal for a limited time and the trip back tends...
It's more bad news for single-parent and low-income families: child care is crazy expensive. Wages have stagnated for years, while the costs of child care service have skyrocketed. The Economic Policy Institute has released a study...
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war. While the other republicans–Jeb Bush,...
While Donald Trump is serving as the 45th President of the United States, his business holdings will be placed in a blind trust, yet at the same time his three oldest children--Donald Trump Jr., Eric...
How much more than you does your boss make? That all depends, of course, on many factors: whether your job is unionized, the industry you're in, whether you work in the public or the private sector. Chances...
It is unknown what post-COVID education will look like in America. Yet in a month colleges and universities are expected to begin their fall semesters. Harvard University has already decided to move all classes online. Yale is doing...
As it turns out, Ivanka Trump is more like her daddy when it comes to business than we could have ever imagined. An audit of a factory in China--owned by the G-III Apparel Group--which holds the...
It should come as no surprise to learn that Jared Kushner, the baby faced son-in-law of President Donald Trump, got his start in real estate by renting out low end apartments. The Boston Globe reports that when he...
Although April 15th is known as "Tax Day" to the millions of Americans who pay taxes, USA TODAY is reporting over two-dozen corporations that didn't pay any taxes. Though you shouldn't be concerned if you're thinking...
In August 1981, President Ronald Reagan threatened to fire 13,000 air traffic controllers who participated in the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike for raises, shorter workweeks, and better working conditions. This is not surprising coming from...
A telemarketing call popping up on Caller ID (image courtesy Chris Pirillo, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)
One of the most important trials in recent history wound up last month--and it happened right under our noses. A Utah jury found that a film producer had engaged in massive violations of federal telemarketing rules, including...
Last month, Donald Trump was dealt a significant blow when New York Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla ordered he pay two million dollars to settle a claim he used his theoretically eleemosynary Donald J. Trump Foundation as a...
Frijoles & Frescas is a taco shop in Las Vegas. They do a nice business, and their food looks delicious. But despite their success, the restaurant was robbed a few days ago. Sure, most businesses would...