HAMMOND — The parent company of Hammond's Horseshoe casino is being purchased in a $17.3 billion deal that will create the nation's largest casino operator, and bring five of Indiana's 13 state-regulated gaming facilities under the control of a single owner.Eldorado Resorts Inc. announced Monday it is acquiring Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a cash-and-stock transaction…
Facebook The U.S. House has scheduled its hearing for Facebook’s Libra; David Marcus reportedly set to attend June 24, 2019, 6:38PM EDT Just one day after the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to discuss Facebook’s Libra, the House will follow-up. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, Chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, announced her committee…
Congressional and Public Affairs Felicia Thompson (202) 720-9113 [email protected] WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 – San Giuseppe Salami Co. by Giacomo, an Elon, N.C., establishment, is recalling approximately 832 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE), frozen andouille sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service…
And how Verizon apparently made it much worse. Please be careful. YANN SCHREIBER/Getty Images Outages may be a fact of life on the internet, but the past few days have been especially rough for some of us. Last Tuesday, Google Calendar went down for hours. Later in the week, Netflix, Hulu, and Xbox Live had…
Business Asian shares were off to a cautious start on Monday as investors pinned their hopes on any signs of a thaw in Sino-U.S. trade negotiations while oil prices firmed on worries over heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. A passerby walks past in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage…
June 23, 2019 | 8:29pm The MTA’s next stop will be the poorhouse at this rate. More and more riders are boarding city buses without paying the fare, according to new MTA data for the first quarter of 2019. The cheapskates run most rampant on local bus routes, where one in every four riders skirts…
Hint: It's something that puts them at risk of serious debt. Many working Americans struggle to manage their money on an ongoing basis, especially when unplanned bills pop up out of the blue. But most U.S. employees have the benefit of knowing how much money they'll be collecting in their paychecks on a regular basis.…
Most people are expected to outlive their retirement savings, a new study from the World Economic Forum found.That should come as no surprise, as the median amount baby boomers have saved for retirement is just $152,000, according to a report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. That may sound like a lot of money,…
The ShiftThe goal of automation has always been efficiency. What if artificial intelligence sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized? ImageConor Sprouls at a MetLife call center where software using artificial intelligence gives workers feedback.CreditCreditTony Luong for The New York TimesJune 23, 2019When Conor Sprouls, a customer service representative in the call center…
US politics have always been a bi-partisan affair. Two blocks fighting each other without taking into account possible repercussions of their decisions on global geopolitics and markets.The current decisions made by the US Senate put Washington now in the same league as the UK, which finds itself in a political stalemate due to Brexit crisis.…
