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Cancer Treatment Centers of America chairman and founder Richard J. Stephenson was recently recognized by The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans for his entrepreneurial spirit and passionate commitment to the wellbeing of others. For the last 70 years, the Horatio Alger Award has been bestowed upon leaders who are committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their local communities.
A Fayetteville judge ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon to answer questions in a shareholders lawsuit accusing the retailer of defrauding investors by covering up a Mexican bribery scheme. U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey denied Wal-Mart's motion Thursday seeking a protective order prohibiting the CEO's deposition in the class-action case.
Chicken sausage products that might contain bits of plastic are being recalled by Perdue Foods, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Saturday. Three consumers have complained of finding blue plastic in sausage links, the USDA said.
It seems not a week goes by without some Rite Aid merger news. Late Friday came word from the New York Post , citing sources that Walgreens Boots Alliance is expected to certify compliance within days.
Parents of students in the 19 "critical focus" schools in the Shelby County Schools system and those who live in the communities around those schools will hear more about the plan to improve the low-enrollment, low-student achievement schools Monday, March 27, at the Salvation Army Kroc Center, 800 East Parkway S. at 6 p.m. SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson is proposing funding to turn around the schools that would otherwise be proposed for closing and consolidation with other schools. The school district will provide bus transportation to the meeting from four central locations Hamilton Middle School, Hawkins Mill Elementary, Knight Road Elementary and Westwood High.
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Can employees record conversations at the workplace without the consent of the speakers? Or, can an employer enforce a policy that prohibits employees from recording conversations at work unless they have the consent of all the parties being recorded? Employers are up in the air over this issue. The reality of the modern workplace is that nearly every employee owns and carries a smartphone that is capable of producing high quality audio and video recordings.
The reported earnings per share topped the analyst's consensus by $0.02 with the percentage difference between estimated and actual earnings arriving at 2.10%. The brokerage now has a "neutral" rating on the retailer's stock.
Day laborers Rumaldo Gonzalez, right, and Carlos Garcia wait for work at The Home Depot parking lot in Riverside on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Day laborers Rumaldo Gonzalez, right, and Carlos Garcia is approached for work by a potential client at The Home Depot parking lot in Riverside on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.
In this Nov. 11, 2016 file photo, Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, arrives at Trump Tower in New York. Nordstrom shares sunk after President Trump tweeted that the department store chain had treated his daughter "so unfairly" when it announced last week that it would stop selling Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory line.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over a proposed U.S. tax on imports, setting up a battle across industries that could be one of the most fractious in recent corporate history. American Made Coalition ," a group representing makers of domestic goods that will promote efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code.
A woman and three children are injured and six more children in the family are unaccounted for after an early morning house fire in northeast Baltimore, a fire official said Thursday. Six children were presumed dead and their mother and three siblings were injured after an early morning house fire in northeast Baltimore, a fire official said Thursday.
A pro-Trump PAC linked to L.L. Bean heiress Linda Bean is now reporting donations it never disclosed to the federal government last year. The amended filings by Making Maine Great Again LLC say Bean donated $30,000, not $60,000 as the political action committee originally reported.
L.L. Bean heiress Linda Bean made excessive contributions to a political action committee she bankrolled to support Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the Federal Election Commission said. Making America Great Again LLC was limited to individual contributions of $5,000, according to a Wednesday letter from federal regulators obtained by The Associated Press.
Support Migdal Ohr by purchasing letters in the Torah Scroll that will be written in honor of Rabbi Grossman's 70th Birthday. Future senior Trump administration officials are discussing which unseen documents about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal they will make public after the inauguration, The Daily Beast reported Monday.
As of December 2, the stock is down 6% year-to-date as growth has slowed and the stock's valuation has increased. Between 2009 and 2015, the stock more than tripled, but the bullish streak seems to be coming to an end as the retail landscape changes.
In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's announced Monday that it had purchased a forensics firm whose founder once helped the auction house belatedly identify a $10 million painting as a fake. Sotheby's said that Orion Analytical, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, will be folded into the company and its founder, the artist, conservator and forensic scientist James Martin, will lead a new scientific research department charged with making sure the works the auction house deals with are authentic.
President-elect Donald Trump is establishing a Strategic and Policy Forum, which will meet with him for the first time at the White House in February, to share ideas with Trump as he "implements his plan to bring back jobs," according to Trump's transition team. The Forum will be comprised of many business leaders, but at least three of the 16 members have a history of supporting the importation of foreign workers.
Major U.S. stock indexes slipped Friday as drug companies dragged the market lower. Small-company stocks bucked the downward trend and continued to climb, and bond yields rose to their highest level in a year.
"Economic pain is real and not going anywhere-four decades of corporate, neoliberal policies and privatization, deregulation, free trade, and austerity have made sure of that," said Naomi Klein upon accepting the Sydney Peace Prize. Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein accepted the 2016 Sydney Peace Prize in Australia on Friday, delivering a searing speech that reflected on Donald Trump's presidential victory in the United States and the factors that allowed it to happen.