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Mom-and-Pop Retailers Gear Up for Small Business Saturday, as Towns Try to Stoke Excitement
Independent retailers are gearing up for Small Business Saturday, a day used to promote mom-and-pop retailers, and many towns are doing their best to support the effort. In 2018, an estimated 104 million consumers shopped at independent retailers and restaurants on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They spent $17.8 billion, the most since the shopping event was created by American Express...
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24 Hartford Businesses, Restaurants Offer Deals for Small Business Saturday
Two dozen Hartford businesses and restaurants are offering deals for Small Business Saturday today.
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Local Retailers Greet Shoppers for Small Business Saturday
Local retailers are welcoming shoppers with bargains for the decade-long tradition of Small Business Saturday.
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Cuba Restrictions Hit Cruise Lines at the Start of Summer
The Trump administration’s new restrictions on travel to Cuba will hit hardest at the cruise industry, taking away a new and increasingly popular destination at the start of the critical summer vacation season.
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Virginia Woman Accused of Embezzling $93K From Company for Wedding
A Virginia woman is accused of embezzling more than $93,000, which she allegedly funneled toward her wedding and buttocks lift, among other expenses.
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Apple Tries to Take a Bite Out of Credit Card Industry
Apple is rolling out a credit card that it says is designed to do things no other card can. So how does it actually stack up? It looks different from a traditional credit card — there’s no number on the front and the users’ name is etched in metal. The card expands the company’s digital Apple Pay services, marrying the...
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Gap, Lyft, Barbie and Bud: Here's What Brands Are Doing For International Women's Day
International Women’s Day is a chance for firms to highlight the gender equality work they’re doing and this year many are pushing staff initiatives and charitable work as well as launching advertising campaigns. CNBC takes a look at what some businesses are doing.
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Small Business Saturday by the Numbers: 67M Expected to Shop
Almost before the leftover turkey is put away into Tupperware, the holiday shopping season is fully underway. But now, popular shopping day Black Friday has to share the spotlight with its relatively new sidekick: Small Business Saturday. This year, the shopping day, when consumers are urged to shop at independently owned stores to support those business owners, falls on Nov....
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Manafort Chooses Not to Testify as Defense Rests Its Case
Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify. The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The arguments are...
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Prosecution Rests in Manafort Tax Evasion and Fraud Trial
Prosecutors on Monday rested their tax evasion and bank fraud case against Paul Manafort, a longtime Washington operator and President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. The case now goes to Manafort’s defense team, which is expected to lay the blame for wrongdoing with Rick Gates, the former Manafort protege who says the two committed crimes together. Defense attorneys have called...
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Manafort Trial: Rick Gates Wraps Up Testimony
In the last day of testimony from Rick Gates in the trial of his former boss Paul Manafort, AP reporter Chad Day says Gates admitted regret in his actions. Day says later that two witnesses provided some “very damning” testimony against Manafort.
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Banking by Smart Speaker Is Here, Along With Security Issues
Hey Alexa, what’s my bank account balance? Big banks and financial companies have started to offer banking through virtual assistants — Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Assistant — in a way that will allow customers to check their balances, pay bills and, in the near future, send money just with their voice. And with the rapid adoption of Zelle,...
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Congress Passes Bill Rolling Back Key Post-Crisis Bank Rules
Congress moved to dismantle a chunk of the rules framework for banks, installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that brought millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House voted 258-159 on Tuesday to approve legislation rolling back the Dodd-Frank law, notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a...
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American Express to End Its Plenti Frequent Shopper Program
American Express is ending its frequent-shopper program Plenti, despite years of marketing and high-profile partners like RiteAid, ExxonMobil and Macy’s. The Plenti program will end on July 10, the company announced in a tweet Monday. All Plenti points will expire on that date.
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Should You Pay Your Taxes With a Credit Card?
It is hard to beat the convenience of a credit card for purchases, but does that same convenience make it worth paying your taxes by credit card? It might, but that depends on several factors involving money and time. “Your credit card is usually a high-interest option, but it is an option,” opines Betterment head of tax Eric Bronnenkant. Before...
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What to Do When You Owe Taxes But Can't Pay the Bill
Instead of enjoying a tax refund this year, you are surprised to find that you owe Uncle Sam. Even worse, you do not have the money to pay these surprise taxes. What can you do? One thing you definitely do not want to do is ignore the tax bill. That will only make your situation worse in the long run...
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ICE Lawyer in Seattle Charged With Stealing Immigrant IDs
The chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle has been charged with stealing immigrants’ identities. Raphael A. Sanchez, who resigned from the agency effective Monday, faces one count of aggravated identity theft and another of wire fraud in a charging document filed Monday in U.S. District Court.
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Reaping Their Rewards: Somers Couple Regains Lost Credit Card Points
A Somers couple with thousands of dollars in American Express reward points almost lost it all before reaching out to NBC Connecticut Responds.
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Justin Timberlake Super Bowl Bash Outrages Some Prince Fans
At least one Prince superfan hopes the late superstar’s Paisley Park jacked up the price to rent out his former home and studio outside Minneapolis for a Justin Timberlake party ahead of the Super Bowl.
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Timberlake Previews Album in Forest-Like Space, Bugs and All
If the latest photos from Justin Timberlake’s new album campaign don’t relay the message that he’s into nature and the woods, his first listening for the project drove the point home. Tuesday’s event in New York City to debut “Man of the Woods” was decorated with bushes and trees, while ants coated in black garlic and rose oil and grasshoppers...