Archive for February, 2019:

Walmart CEO outlines 'specific steps' stores can take to support disabled greeters

Date: Feb 28 2019
Some of the disabled "people greeters" affected by Walmart's shift to "customer hosts" have been offered jobs, the company has announced.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/599065584/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Walmart-CEO-outlines-aposspecific-stepsapos-stores-can-take-to-support-disabled-greeters/ Read More »

Victoria's Secret says it is shuttering 53 more stores

Date: Feb 28 2019
Thursday was a tough day for retail. Victoria's Secret is closing 53 more stores, J.C. Penney 24 stores and Gap is closing about 230 locations.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/599063394/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Victoriaaposs-Secret-says-it-is-shuttering-more-stores/ Read More »

How Bryce Harper landed on the Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Feb 28 2019
Hole up together for long enough, cover the same ground often enough, watch the private jets and the sales pitches come and go, feel your brain go a little bleary, and maybe you just run out of things to talk ...Read More »

‘Jeopardy’ team talks creating first-ever ‘All-Stars Games’

Date: Feb 28 2019
For 35 years “Jeopardy” has thrived in the syndication market as a game show that CBS Television Distribution president of sales Stephen Hackett calls “reliable but never predictable.” Although the technology of the series has evolved over time, the format ...Read More »

NYT catches Trump in apparent lie about Kushner’s clearance

Date: Feb 28 2019
Despite the president’s assurances to the contrary, Donald Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to grant his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a top-level security clearance, the New York Times reported Thursday.Kelly, who was ousted from his White House role in ...Read More »

Metworld DMCC Group find Partnerships, study leadership at Clearwater network Volunteers middle

Date: Feb 27 2019
1888PressRelease - Source: https://www.1888pressrelease.com/metworld-dmcc-group-find-partnerships-study-leadership-at-c-pr-652361.html Read More »

US general says no military threat on southern border

Date: Feb 26 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pointed questioning from senators, the top U.S. general for homeland defense said Tuesday that he sees no military threat coming from the southern border with Mexico, but his focus is on "very real" threats from China ...Read More »

Learn the story of the green book at the center of Best Picture-winner ‘Green Book’ (exclusive)

Date: Feb 26 2019
When the dust settled at this year’s Oscars ceremony, Peter Farrelly’s period drama Green Book emerged as the victor in the eight-film Best Picture race. It’s a choice that proved, shall we say, controversial. Love the movie or hate it, though, few would ...Read More »

Abuse complaints at migrant children shelters pile up

Date: Feb 26 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday.Read more... https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/02/26/abuse-complaints-at-migrant-children-shelters-pile-up/23678818/ Read More »

Justice Department loses appeal to block AT&T-Time Warner merger, won't appeal again

Date: Feb 26 2019
The Justice Department, which lost its latest attempt to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, will not appeal the U.S. District Court of Appeals ruling.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/598964438/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Justice-Department-loses-appeal-to-block-ATTTime-Warner-merger-wonapost-appeal-again/ Read More »