Archive for August, 2017:

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin just put Harriet Tubman's role on $20 bill in question

Date: Aug 31 2017
Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday: "Ultimately we will be looking at this issue. It's not something I'm focused on at the moment."         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/454674070/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Treasury-Secretary-Steve-Mnuchin-just-put-Harriet-Tubmanaposs-role-on-bill-in-question/ Read More »

Nation's emergency oil stockpile tapped to try to limit gas price boosts

Date: Aug 31 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy is cracking open the nation's emergency stockpile of oil reserves to help ease the impact of Harvey on gasoline prices.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/454731534/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Nationaposs-emergency-oil-stockpile-tapped-to-try-to-limit-gas-price-boosts/ Read More »

Harvey may have wrecked up to 1M cars and trucks

Date: Aug 31 2017
The hurricane and its aftermath likely destroyed more cars and trucks than any other natural disaster in U.S. history.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/454641292/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Harvey-may-have-wrecked-up-to-M-cars-and-trucks/ Read More »

Where Will They "Go"? Millions of Travelers will be Stuck in Traffic During Labor Day Weekend with No Restroom Access

Date: Aug 29 2017
1888PressRelease - Environmentally-friendly disposable travel toilets by Restop.com offer a practical solution. Escondido, Calif. – Busy roads. Nowhere to pull over. Kids in the car. Labor Day road trips can quickly turn into an unpleasant experience when someone in the car ...Read More »

Lectrifi Limited Advances Wireless Charging Capabilities as Demand for Wearables Grows

Date: Aug 29 2017
1888PressRelease - Lectrifi Limited, the leading developer of wireless power transfer (WPT) solutions, has confirmed its intentions to further enhance its R&D efforts to improve the wireless charging capabilities across a number of electronically wearable devices. Demand for wearable devices such ...Read More »

Warren Buffett is now Bank of America's top shareholder

Date: Aug 29 2017
Warren Buffett has parlayed his $5 billion invested in Bank of America in 2011 into a paper gain of more than $11 billion.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/452425884/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Warren-Buffett-is-now-Bank-of-Americaaposs-top-shareholder/ Read More »

UPS, FedEx halt delivery to major areas of Texas, Louisiana amid storm

Date: Aug 29 2017
Shipping giants UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service have indefinitely ceased delivery to swaths of Texas and Louisiana.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/452264978/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~UPS-FedEx-halt-delivery-to-major-areas-of-Texas-Louisiana-amid-storm/ Read More »

Why Hurricane Harvey could hurt U.S. economy: 'Houston is not just an oil town anymore'

Date: Aug 29 2017
Houston's economy was recovering but has been dealt a blow.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/451191358/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Why-Hurricane-Harvey-could-hurt-US-economy-aposHouston-is-not-just-an-oil-town-anymoreapos/ Read More »

Immelt out of running as Uber CEO; Whitman could land job

Date: Aug 27 2017
Immelt's surprise announcement is the latest drama in a months-long saga that began when major investors ousted then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in June.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/449719176/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Immelt-out-of-running-as-Uber-CEO-Whitman-could-land-job/ Read More »

Harvey expected to trigger modest gas price hike: analyst

Date: Aug 27 2017
Oil analyst expects Hurricane Harvey to result in just a modest increase gasoline prices starting this week.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/449771958/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Harvey-expected-to-trigger-modest-gas-price-hike-analyst/ Read More »