Archive for July, 2014:

House Votes to Extend Moratorium on Internet Taxes

Date: Jul 15 2014
Filed under: Personal Finance, Internet, Public Utilities, Sales Tax, Financial Education Getty Images By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON -- The House has voted to make permanent a moratorium that prevents state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet. Under current law, the moratorium ...Read More »

15 Easy Ways to Cut Health Care Costs Without Cutting Quality

Date: Jul 15 2014
Filed under: Health Care, Personal Finance, How to Save Money, SavingHealth care is a hot topic these days, and there have been plenty of changes in how it works in this country in recent years. But one fact remains a ...Read More »

Women Truck Leasing Executives No Longer a Rarity

Date: Jul 14 2014
1888PressRelease - Sandy Hakes, President and Owner of Williams NationaLease, says business and leadership skills are what make a successful trucking executive - not his or her gender. Things have come a long way since Sandy Hakes first sat in meetings ...Read More »

foodtweeks(TM) Supports Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to Prompt Donations to Food Insecure

Date: Jul 14 2014
1888PressRelease - Free App Assists Food Banks By Providing Weight Management Skills and Feeding Hungry Families. STAMFORD, CT - foodtweeks™ announced that the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in San Jose, CA has joined the ...Read More »

TCG Hamilton Group President Rajiv Gupta wins the prestigious Thought Leaders’ Entrepreneur of the Year Award in India

Date: Jul 14 2014
1888PressRelease - Rajiv Gupta, Group President TCG Hamilton, is the proud winner of the Thought Leaders' Entrepreneur of the Year Award. TCG Hamilton, the world's first and largest business services provider for the certification and capability recognition industry won yet another ...Read More »

Citi to pay $7 billion in Justice settlement

Date: Jul 14 2014
The settlement is tied to the bank's sales of fraudulent mortgage-backed securities.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/69086608/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Citi-to-pay-billion-in-Justice-settlement/ Read More »

VW to add 2,000 jobs in Tennessee for new SUV

Date: Jul 14 2014
New model to seat seven, fill hole in VW's U.S. lineup         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/69103904/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~VW-to-add-jobs-in-Tennessee-for-new-SUV/ Read More »

$53B deal: Drug giants AbbVie, Shire talk merger

Date: Jul 14 2014
Drugmaker Shire's board said Monday it will recommend $53B takeover offer from AbbVie.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/69088553/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~B-deal-Drug-giants-AbbVie-Shire-talk-merger/ Read More »

It May Not Be Lights Out for Crumbs Bake Shop After All

Date: Jul 14 2014
Filed under: Bankruptcy, Retail, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, This Built America Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images NEW YORK -- An investor group that includes investor and reality TV star Marcus Lemonis said it plans to acquire Crumbs Bake Shop out of ...Read More »

Rent-a-Center and GameStop’s Bad Call: Copying RadioShack

Date: Jul 14 2014
Filed under: Earnings, Retail, Telecommunications, Upgrades and Downgrades, Investing Tim Boyle/Getty Images Rent-a-Center (RCII) is developing a new product line to get it out of its slump. "We are not satisfied with our second quarter results and hold ourselves accountable for improving our ...Read More »