According to Calif. Governor (and former San Francisco Mayor) Gavin Newsom, the “vast majority” of San Francisco’s homeless people “also come in from… Texas.” To him, that’s “just an interesting fact;” to PolitiFact, it’s “Pants on Fire” inaccurate. PolitiFact goes as far as calling it “ridiculous.” Source: Forbes – Business – Chuck DeVore, Contributor
A group of states may launch investigations into big tech companies like Facebook and Google possibly next month, report says
Associated Press/Francois Mori Representatives from as many as a dozen states met with DoJ officials to discuss a multi-state effort to investigate big tech companies like Facebook and Google. The states may announce their own, but coordinated, investigations as early as next month, the Wall Street Journal reports. Calls for investigations into big tech is […]
We did a blind taste-test of KFC and Popeyes fried chicken — here’s the verdict
In the ultimate fried-chicken blind taste test, we compared the original recipe from Popeyes and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). It was almost too close to call, but our staff came away with a clear winner. Although one person said the KFC chicken was too salty, most people prefered the taste and breading to Popeyes’ chicken. Visit Business […]
‘Women for Trump’ is hosting ‘an evening to empower’ event featuring Kellyanne Conway as a special guest
AP Photo/Susan Wals The Trump campaign will be hosting a Women for Trump event titled "An Evening to Empower", featuring White House counselor Kellyanne Conway as a "special guest" this week in Tampa, Florida. The August 22 event will commemorate the 99th anniversary of the 19th amendment in 1920, and will also be attended by […]
Apple’s wearables business is now the size of a Fortune 200 company (AAPL)
REUTERS/Robert Galbraith In the face of slowing iPhone sales, Apple is quickly improving and expanding its other hardware products such as the Apple Watch and AirPods. According to UBS, Apple’s wearables segment is now the size of a Fortune 200 company on a trailing 12-month basis. The segment also contributed more revenue growth in the […]
My credit history vanished when I moved to the US, so I took 4 steps to start building up my credit all over again
martin-dm/Getty Images When I moved to the US from Canada in 2016, I assumed my credit history would move with me — but it didn’t. After years of establishing credit in Canada, I had to start from scratch in the US. To build credit in my name, I became an authorized user on my husband’s […]