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Target Just Became The Latest US Retailer To Stop Accepting Payment By Checks. Why Have So Many Stores Given Up On Them?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/23/2024 - 5:00am

Check fraud tied to mail theft is up nationwide, according to a recent alert. The U.S. Postal Service is vulnerable, and thieves who can access your checks can change the amount and ferret those funds right out of your bank account.
(Al Grillo / AP Photo, File)

Can you still use a check to make purchases? In increasing numbers of stores across the U.S., the answer is “no.” The large retailer Target stopped accepting checks on July 15, 2024. It follows decisions a decade earlier by supermarket chains Whole Foods and Aldi to no longer accept this form of payment.

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Will Digital Currencies Become The Norm As The World Moves Towards A Cashless Society?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/23/2024 - 4:00am

More than 90% of the world’s central banks are looking at introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), to complement existing banknotes.

What Is A Central Bank Digital Currency?

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John Deere Ends Support Of 'Social Or Cultural Awareness' Events, Distances From Inclusion Efforts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/23/2024 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, becoming the latest major U.S. company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash.

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A Look At Small Businesses In The U.S.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/23/2024 - 2:00am

Shawna Williams, owner of Free Range Cycles, poses in her shop on May 6, 2024, in Seattle, Wash.
(Manuel Valdes / AP Photo)

Most U.S. adults (86%) say small businesses have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country these days, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Small businesses, in fact, receive by far the most positive reviews of any of the nine U.S. institutions we asked about, outranking even the military and churches.

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Lincoln Skaters Built A Massive Social Media Following. Now They’re Helping Kids Like Them.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 7:00am

From left: Wolow Gatluak, Carmelo, Treyson Russell and Boogie at The Bay in Lincoln on June 29, 2024. Gatluak and Russell have built a massive online following with their videos, mostly of them and their friends skating.
(Naomi Delkamiller / Flatwater Free Press)

LINCOLN – Fast food containers pile up at the top of the skate ramps as competitors trickle into Peter Pan skate park. Some pause at the gate to catch up with friends in the park’s last sliver of shade. Others beeline straight to the half pipe.

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Biden in the Bunker

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 6:00am

He just doesn't get it. And neither do those closest to him.

Asked by George Stephanopoulos how he would feel if he loses, he told the truth and it was the wrong answer. "I'll feel as long as I gave it my all and I did the good as job as I know I can do, that's what this is about."

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NE Labor Court Sides With Gov. Pillen’s Order Calling State Employees Back To The Office

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — A Nebraska labor court has ruled on the side of Gov. Jim Pillen’s order to send remote workers back to their state offices — and went farther to harshly chastise the state’s biggest employee union for the “disingenuous maneuver.”

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Families Of Workers Killed In Idaho Airport Hangar Collapse Sue Construction Company

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 4:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The families of two construction workers killed when an airport hangar in Idaho collapsed are suing several companies that were involved in the building process, alleging the businesses recklessly cut corners and used inappropriate materials for the build.

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The Beastie Boys Sue Chili's Parent Company Over Alleged Misuse Of 'Sabotage' Song In Ad

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — The Beastie Boys are suing the parent company of Chili's in a case that accuses the chain restaurant of running an advertisement that used the hip-hop trio's smash hit “Sabotage” without permission.

The rap group, in a federal case filed Wednesday in New York, alleged Brinker International created a Chili's ad that used significant portions of “Sabotage” and ripped off the song's music video.

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Smaller Family Companies Are The Unexpected Innovation Powerhouses In Many Countries In The World

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 2:00am

Close your eyes and imagine a world where the most innovative companies aren’t big tech giants but family-run businesses. Now open your eyes, because you don’t have to imagine it: It’s reality.

That’s what our team of business experts found in a recent global analysis of research into family-owned and family-run firms.

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Business News

Target Just Became The Latest US Retailer To Stop Accepting Payment By Checks. Why Have So Many Stores Given Up On Them?

Will Digital Currencies Become The Norm As The World Moves Towards A Cashless Society?

John Deere Ends Support Of 'Social Or Cultural Awareness' Events, Distances From Inclusion Efforts

A Look At Small Businesses In The U.S.

Lincoln Skaters Built A Massive Social Media Following. Now They’re Helping Kids Like Them.

Biden in the Bunker

NE Labor Court Sides With Gov. Pillen’s Order Calling State Employees Back To The Office

Families Of Workers Killed In Idaho Airport Hangar Collapse Sue Construction Company

The Beastie Boys Sue Chili's Parent Company Over Alleged Misuse Of 'Sabotage' Song In Ad

Smaller Family Companies Are The Unexpected Innovation Powerhouses In Many Countries In The World

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