McDonalds, Walmart and Subway most visited businesses

A new study by Placed Insights shows that McDonalds is the most visited business, where nearly half (49%)  of Americans over the age of 14 visited a McDonald’s location at some point in March, with Walmart in a distant second  with four out of 10 people visiting. Walmart had nearly 3-times the number of visitors as competitor Target. Following McDonalds More...

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By Robert Herriman On Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
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CNBC commentator, Larry Kudlow says Kevin Warsh ‘is my man to replace Bernanke’

Economist and host of CNBC’s The Kudlow Report, Larry Kudlow spoke on who he’d like to see replace Fed chair Ben Bernanke, who is speculated to retire next year on Monday’s show. “After More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, April 26th, 2013
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Hyundai pulls suicide commerical, apologizes for viral video

Zero emissions from a car may be great, but a recent advertisement for the Hyundai ix35 fuel cell vehicle took the idea a bit too far, depicting a failed suicide attempt in the ix35. Nicknamed the “Hyundai More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, April 25th, 2013
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GE Capital Bank joins Wells Fargo to stop funding and lending to gun shops

General Electric has been informing gun shop owners that the company will no longer be providing lending and financial services to them, the Wall Street Journal reports. GE Capital is noting that the decision comes More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, April 18th, 2013
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Cybersecurity bill passes House and heads to Senate with White House threatening veto, protects companies from lawsuits

Fighting hackers and cyberattacks will allegedly get easy for companies with the legislation which was voted through the  House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Friday, April 5th, 2013
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Target apologizes for ‘manatee’ label on plus sized clothes

Brooklyn shoppers in Target complained and created a national stir over a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as “manatee gray,” saying it was insulting. The label for the same dress in More...

By Kaye Wonderhouse On Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz attacks shareholder over gay marriage stance, says you don’t like it then sell your shares

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is serious about the company’s support of same-sex marriage and a heated exchange at the coffee giant’s annual meeting this week cemented the support. Will the protests effect More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, March 18th, 2013
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Cyprus Government approves deal with EU to tax all bank accounts, seize funds to pay for bailout

Details emerged this weekend of a deal between the Cyprus government and the EU to tax financial transactions as high as 9.9%. The Blaze detailed in a March 17 article that the Cypriot government is positioning More...

By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
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Five Guys franchise owner Mark Ruffer says Obamacare will cause prices to rise

Obamacare wasn’t designed to impede business owners, but poor sales and future Obamacare regulations may be the cause of delayed hirings. Photo by Infrogmation Five Guys franchise holder Mike Ruffer said on More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
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CBO projects record tax revenues for 2013 of $2.7 trillion, focus shifts to spending

Budget negotiations continue in Washington but a new report from teh CBO, Congressional Budget Office, may cause more shifts in talk. donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com The CBO estimates the federal government More...