Chevron will take over Noble Energy for $5 billion in the first big deal announced since the coronavirus pandemic shook the energy sector. Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, has been shopping for assets since last year and with crude prices down more than 30% this year, it jumped Monday with it’s all-stock offering. Based […]
COVID-19 putting state lotteries in jeopardy, report says
The coronavirus pandemic has been a rollercoaster for state lotteries across the country, with some getting a boost from the economic downturn and others scrambling to make up for revenue shortfalls. Best Water To Drink In The AM[Sponsored] Since March, Texas, Arkansas and Montana and several other states have seen an increase in sales, in […]
Ex-Air Force man busted stealing $774k gov’t funds
A Maryland man who worked as an Air Force travel coordinator has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $774,000 in government funds. Sponsored: “Forbidden” book now available (claim yours now) Monday’s federal indictment in Maryland charges Eddie Ray Johnson Jr., 59, of Brandywine, with theft of government property and money laundering, prosecutors […]
4 Dem officials arrested in bribery, extortion plot
Four elected Democrats and a private attorney were accused Tuesday of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme that encouraged soliciting and/or accepting cash and other things of value from business owners in exchange for favorable votes on issues before the Toledo City Council, federal prosecutors said. Sponsored: Eerie WW2 Photo Reveals Shocking Secret […]
CNN closing and selling main news office
WarnerMedia said Monday it will sell the iconic CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, but that it doesn’t mean the network will abandon the city. The network will consolidate its Atlanta workforce in a series of offices across town, the same office campus where CNN was first located upon its founding by Ted Turner in the […]
Trump overhauls federal hiring — media ignores
President Donald Trump is preparing to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say. Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday outlining a new direction for the nation’s largest employer during a meeting of the board that advises […]
Dr. Fauci set to testify on coronavirus fight
With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response. The government’s top infectious disease expert will testify before a House committee, along with the heads of the […]
Second wave of “Trump Checks” coming
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a second wave of economic stimulus efforts — the so-called “Trump Checks” that delivered $1,200 in the pockets in every American taxpayer. The sting of the coronavirus shutdown continues to drag down the U.S. economy, and the White House is weighing a second stimulus. Deadliest Drug Ever (are you […]
[Poll] Re-open the economy? You decide
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits because of the coronavirus has soared past 30 million, worsening a crisis unmatched since the 1930s and turning up the pressure on political leaders to lift restrictions that are choking the economy. Government figures released Thursday showed that 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for jobless benefits last […]
Unemployment hits highest since Great Depression
Unemployment in the U.S. has swelled to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the coronavirus. More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, the government said Thursday. In all, roughly 26 million people — more […]
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