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Finances
St. Louis named among nation’s worst ‘judicial hellholes’ for 7th straight year
Missouri’s largest metro continues grappling with its reputation as a challenging business jurisdiction. St. Louis lands at No. 7 on…
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Travel
Today’s News Briefs: China & foreign adoptions; Volvo drops EV goal; Frequent flyer scrutiny
Today’s news briefs include China banning foreign adoptions; Volvo abandoning electric car goal; and US airlines srutinized over their frequent…
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Culture Watch
Tractor Supply Co. ends DEI after customer complaints
Tractor Supply Co. has joined a growing list of businesses that are abandoning racially charged business practices because of customer…
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Culture Watch
Entertainment consumers say media pushes stereotypes of religion
A staggaring 80% of entertainment consumers would like to see fewer religious stereotypes and more faith-based movies, according to a…
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Finances
Business bankruptcies highest in 13 years
Corporate bankruptcies in the United States this spring, based on the latest reports, with the first five months of 2023…
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Entertainment
The coming death of cable news
For more than a quarter-century, we’ve been hearing predictions about the demise of cable—and with it, cable news. A Pew…
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Technology pressures consumers to tip at self-checkout
Families squeezed by high inflation now are being asked to leave a tip even at many self-checkout kiosks. Many companies,…
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Big banks and likely their customers will pay billions for bank failures
American consumers will likely bear the burden of billions in additional banking fees as the federal government charges banks to…
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Heating costs to soar this winter
Families already dealing with record inflation likely will face soaring heating costs as well this winter. The news comes as…
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Germans panic buying electric heaters as winter gas shortage looms
Typically stoic Germans are rushing stores in an attempt to purchase electric heaters ahead of winter. The panic buying comes…
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