by Beth Holmes | Apr 4, 2022 | Companies, News
HPM Corp, a contractor at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington, will pay nearly $3 million after a fraud investigation over COVID-19 aid. HPM Corp. is the occupational medicine contractor at Hanford, providing health services to the over 9000 workers at the...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 28, 2022 | Companies, News
Past medical debt won’t hit your credit score anymore, according to all three major credit reporting agencies. Around $88 billion in medical debt was listed on consumer credit reports as of July last year, according to a report by the Consumer Financial...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | Companies, News
McDonald’s closes over eight hundred stores in Russia, leaving the country entirely in response to the Russian war in Ukraine. In 1990, only two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, McDonald’s was the first American restaurant chain to enter the...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 14, 2022 | Companies, News
Shell announced on Tuesday that they will stop buying oil products from Russia after heavy criticism over their purchase last week of a large shipment of Russian crude oil. The only thing that will change immediately for Shell is a full stop on buying Russian oil on...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | News
The ruble is in dire trouble as sanctions hit Russia hard, causing a run on the banks as Western sanctions threaten the international assets of all Russian citizens. Last Tuesday, February 22, the Russian ruble was worth just under 0.013USD, or 1.3 cents, about where...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 28, 2022 | Companies, News
Mark Cuban has launched an online pharmacy meant to drive drug prices down. Billionaire Mark Cuban, investor, entrepreneur, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, opened the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company last Wednesday. It is meant, specifically, to be...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
The Texas AG is suing Meta over facial recognition data being collected without consent from photos and videos. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is claiming that Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc, has been unlawfully collecting and storing biometric data of Texas...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 14, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Spotify says that Joe Rogan’s content is inconsistent with their company values, but they won’t be ‘silencing’ him by removing his podcast from their platform. “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast has made a number of wildly inaccurate claims...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Wordle, the latest fad app game, has sold to the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figures. Wordle was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer from Boston. He made the game to amuse his partner Palak Shah, but was convinced to release it to the general...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 31, 2022 | Companies, News
Victoria’s Secret is partnering with Regina Miracle to solidify their foundation for operations in China, the lingerie company announced on Tuesday. For 44 years, the Ohio-based clothing retailer has sold lingerie and beauty products via high-impact advertising...
