With no state income tax and abundant sunshine, Florida has become a destination for many people and businesses. Scott Thuman reports a lot of talent and investment is relocating from California’s Silicon Valley to the emerging tech hub of Miami. These are the brand-new Miami offices of ShiftPixy, a high-tech company that's created an online […]
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(WATCH) Staying open for business in Oklahoma
About two years since the first Covid cases were recognized, there is finally enough space for some hindsight to judge various strategies used to try to shut down the pandemic. Some states like New York imposed strict mask mandates, travel restrictions, shutdowns, and vaccine passport requirements while other states largely remained open, and drew a […]
(POLL) Biden's approval rating on economy, national security worse than Trump, Obama
President Joe Biden earned a poor rating on his job with both national security and economic issues. That's according to a recent Rasmussen Reports survey The survey finds that 34% of likely US voters rated Biden "excellent" or "good" for his handling of national security issues. That number is down from 38% in August 2021, […]
(READ) Vein dr pays $2 million in illegal billing case
The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. New York physician David DiMarco, MD, and his clinics will pay more than $2 million to resolve charges that he illegally billed Medicaid for vein treatments. DiMarco allegedly submitted more than 1,000 claims for procedures to the government insurer without sufficient documentation to show they were actually […]
(POLL) Most passed up shopping at places due to retailers' social activism
About 88% of people say they have "decided not to shop" at a particular company in the past year based on the company's social position. That's according to the latest unscientific poll of 796 people at SharylAttkisson.com. Two (2%) said they chose to shop at a company because of its position on a social issue. […]
Trump on Twitter's removal of Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'A disgrace to democracy'
January 3, 2022 Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America Twitter is a disgrace to democracy. They shouldn’t be allowed to do business in this Country. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a huge constituency of honest, patriotic, hard-working people. They don’t deserve what’s happened to them on places like low-life […]
(POLL) Majority say they do not buy from companies using 'social consciousness' marketing
Ninety-six percent of those polled say when a company uses social consciousness marketing, it makes the people not want to buy the company's products. That's is according to our most recent unscientific poll at SharylAttkisson.com. We asked, "Do you like it when companies market by demonstrating social consciousness?" Four percent said they are indifferent, while […]
(POLL) Economic confidence in US matches early pandemic low
The following is an excerpt from Gallup. With inflation in the US at its highest point since 1982, Americans' confidence in the economy has dropped to where it was in April 2020, when nationwide shutdowns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the nation into a recession. As 2021 comes to a close, morale is […]
