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Despite Years Of Effort From Activists, Chick-Fil-A Poised To Become Third Biggest Fast Food Joint
Despite heavy criticism from activists, fast food chain Chick-fil-A is projected to become the third largest restaurant chain in the…
Read More »One Of The World’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Splits In Two
GlaxoSmithKline, of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, announced that it will split in two Wednesday as part of a new…
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Introduces Legislation To Create A Government-Run Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation on Tuesday that would establish a government-run pharmaceutical manufacturer to effectively compete with the…
Read More »Environmentalists Go To Court To Kill Arctic Oil Drilling Plans
Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday attempting to prevent oil companies from drilling in Arctic waters…
Read More »New Report Suggests Anti-Oil Activism Have Eliminated Nearly 800K Jobs Opportunities
Anti-fossil fuel activists have sucked tens of billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy and seriously crippled manufacturing jobs,…
Read More »Report: Amazon.com Toy Sales Jump 30% in Third Quarter – and the deals aren’t over yet
A report out Monday finds that the Toys product group on Amazon.com sold an estimated $510M for Q3 2018, up 30% from last…
Read More »Survey: Half of Americans Plan Holiday Spending Around Their Anticipated Tax Refunds
Millennials and Gen Xers are most focused on upcoming tax refund A new study reveals that many Americans, especially Millennials…
Read More »ConocoPhillips Putting Millions Behind Carbon Tax Push
In a major sign of how the industry is changing its response to the climate change debate, ConocoPhillips is joining…
Read More »Millennial Home Buyers Most Likely to Put Less Than 20% Down
The largest generation of home buyers also gets the most money from friends or family to make it work and…
Read More »IRS Will Stop Handing Out Subsidies Tesla Buyers In 2020
The Treasury Department announced it would phase out electric vehicle subsidies for Tesla buyers at the beginning of next year.…
Read More »Johnson And Johnson Stock Suffers After Report That Company Knew Baby Powder Contained Asbestos
Documents dating back to the 1970s were made available after Johnson & Johnson was compelled to share them with 11,700 plaintiffs…
Read More »New Trend: Blue-Collar Workers are Now Scarcer than White-Collar Workers
Reversing a decades-long trend in the U.S. jobs market, companies are now having a more difficult time finding blue-collar workers…
Read More »How a 1911 Supreme Court Ruling Led to an Investment Opportunity Today
A new trend in the life insurance industry has investors from all levels excited: viatical settlements. What is a viatical…
Read More »California Debating Tax On Text Messages
California regulators are currently contemplating whether residents would have to pay a fee on text messages from their cell phones.…
Read More »Study Shows Trump’s Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Are Working
Today, in a presentation at the National Press Club of Washington, the American Primary Aluminum Association (APAA) in conjunction with Economic…
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