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In Swing States That Once Went For Trump, Unions Organize To Prevent A Repeat

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/01/2024 - 3:00am

A youngster holds up a pro-union sign during a break between speeches on Labor Day at Laborfest in Milwaukee. Both presidential candidates are trying to appeal to union members.
(Erik Gunn / Wisconsin Examiner)

Wisconsin carpenter Efrain Campos just retired this summer after 30 years, working mostly in commercial multi-story buildings — “from 15 floors and up,” he said. For him the last four years have been a boom period.

On Labor Day, Campos, 68, was among the thousands of union members and their families who turned out for Laborfest on Milwaukee’s festival grounds on the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Department Of Justice Sues Visa, Alleges The Card Issuer Monopolizes Debit Card Markets

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/01/2024 - 2:00am

An Apple credit card is shown with a Visa debit card in a photo taken in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.
(Peter Morgan / AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars.

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Governments Often Struggle With Massive New IT Projects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 7:00am

Idaho’s state government was facing a problem.

In 2018, its 86 state agencies were operating with a mix of outdated, mismatched business systems that ran internal processes like payroll and human resources. Some of the programs dated back to the 1980s, and many were written in programming languages they don’t teach in engineering schools anymore.

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Newly Registered Pennsylvania Voter Motivated By Economic Circumstances

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 6:00am

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania -- Four years ago, Douglas Hohman turned old enough to vote. He had turned 18 years old in May, yet, for a number of reasons, he never got around to voting for either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

The year 2020, Hohman explained, was not the best for him.

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Ed Tech Company AllHere, Once Lauded for Creating L.A. Schools’ $6M AI Chatbot, Files for Bankruptcy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 5:00am

Ed Tech Startup Behind L.A. Schools’ Failed $6M AI Chatbot Files for Bankruptcy

A court hearing in Delaware this week offered new revelations — and questions — about the company’s financial meltdown.

By Mark Keierleber

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Pagers And Walkie-Talkies Over Cellphones – A Security Expert Explains Why Hezbollah Went Low-Tech For Communications

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 3:00am

Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of explosions in the country came from detonating walkie-talkies. The attacks appeared to target members of the militant group Hezbollah.

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What is Franchising and How Does it Work?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 2:00am

As we’ve covered in this column before, there are essentially three different ways you can become a business owner. You can start from scratch, buy an existing business from its current owner, or purchase a franchise - options I like to call “build, buy, or join.” Yet of these three pathways, only franchising offers multiple advantages designed to ensure your success.

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The SBH Review: Delicious New Empire, Built On Dumplings, Rises In Ralston

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 1:00am

The wide variety of Chinese dumplings are all made by hand at Dumpling Empire.
(Joshua Foo / Flatwater Free Press)

I have been waiting years for soup dumplings to come to Omaha.

Twelve years, to be exact.

I’ve been waiting since we returned home from a memorable trip to China, where we ate hand pulled noodles, stinky tofu, egg and tomato, Sichuan peppercorns and, most memorably, xiaolongbao, also known as soup dumplings.

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Study Ranks Nebraska No. 1 In Financial Literacy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/17/2024 - 7:00am

LINCOLN — A new study by Credit Secrets ranks Nebraska as the most financially literate state in the country.

The No. 1 spot in the analysis by the online site that offers resources to boost credit scores was pleasing, though not necessarily shocking, to Richard Baier, president and CEO of the Nebraska Bankers Association.

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Trump Vows To Hold Harris Accountable And Take Country To Better Place

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/17/2024 - 6:00am

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania -- Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that his message to undecided voters in Pennsylvania ahead of November's general election is that his administration would bring prosperity to Pennsylvanians through common-sense approaches to energy, border security and strengthening manufacturing.