Business Groups Sue FTC Over New Noncompete Regulations

thedailyupside.com Corporate America is feeling lackadaisical about competition. Just a day after the Federal Trade Commission issued a measure prohibiting companies from enforcing noncompete…

Emmys: Lead Actor (Limited/TV Movie)

variety.com Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming…

Another illegal power grab from the FTC

reason.com More than 30 million Americans have signed employment contracts that limit their ability to switch jobs to a competing company, and those contracts are regulated by laws in…

FTC votes to ban most employers from using noncompete clauses. But legal challenge is expected

aol.com The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted to ban for-profit US employers from making employees sign agreements with noncompete clauses. Such a ban could affect tens of…

U.S. bans worker ‘noncompete’ agreements as business groups vow to sue

theglobeandmail.com The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday approved a rule to ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses,…

FTC bans noncompete agreements for workers

washingtonpost.com The Federal Trade Commission banned noncompete agreements for most U.S. workers Tuesday with a new rule that will bar employers from enforcing clauses that restrict workers…

States may need to brace for long, hot summer

axios.com A hotter-than-usual summer is likely to occur in the U.S. and many other parts of the globe, according to new forecasts and scientific research. Why it matters: Extreme heat…

Planet Fitness hires new DEI-focused CEO amid controversy over transgender locker room policy

foxnews.com Planet Fitness, which plummeted $400 million in value in March after gym-goers boycotted the franchise over a transgender policy, announced it was hiring a new CEO Tuesday…

Severe weather alert warns people they could lose control of cars

newsweek.com Driving could become difficult on Monday as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued wind advisories for seven states in the northern U.S. The winds are caused by a cold…

Full list of Republicans retiring from the House this year

newsweek.com The House of Representatives has seen a growing number of Republicans heading for the exit. The number so far isn't significantly different to previous election cycles, but…

15 State Officials Warn Bank Of America About 'De-Banking' Of Christians

zerohedge.com 15 State Officials Warn Bank Of America About 'De-Banking' Of Christians Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A group of 15 financial officials from 13 states…

Florida looking at a hotter-than-average summer, NOAA says

wfla.com You may want to clean out the kiddie pool and dust off the patio furniture early this year. We’re in for a hot start to summer, according to a national weather outlook…

Uncrustables are on track to become a billion-dollar business

sherwood.news If growing up you were begrudgingly made to eat your crusts, we’re sorry — you may have just missed the golden age of borderless bread. Smucker’s Uncrustables are the frozen…

Half of US states revolt against EPA crackdown on gas cars with major legal challenge

foxnews.com FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 25 state attorneys general filed a legal challenge Thursday against the Biden administration over recent environmental regulations targeting…

These states and cities have the best—and worst

aol.com By their own admission, Americans’ cognitive well-being is improving. That’s according to a new survey conducted by brain health and wellness platform Muse by Interaxon. For…

4 REITs That Have Beaten The Latest Correction

finance.yahoo.com Recent unexpected strength in the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) and retail sales report shook the bond market this past week, triggering a sell-off in interest-rate…

Court Reaffirms Commentators' Standing to Intervene to Unseal Court Records

reason.com From last week's decision by Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal in N.D. Human Rights Coalition v. Patriot Front (D.N.D.): Plaintiffs, two nonprofit organizations and an…

Analysis-US wheat farmers face bleak crop economics as grain oversupply hits

aol.com Profit is growing further out of reach for U.S. wheat farmers and many do not expect to break even in 2024 as ample global supply keeps prices around their lowest in nearly…

These Are The Top 10 States By Real GDP Growth

zerohedge.com These Are The Top 10 States By Real GDP Growth Fueled by strong consumer spending and a resilient job market, the U.S. economy expanded faster than expected in 2023, with a…

Meridian Energy Group Inc. Announces Engineering Breakthrough

benzinga.com Design of the Davis Refinery has now established GHG emissions from Davis have been reduced to less than 50% of industry average levels, and the remaining GHG emissions are…

Republicans Fan Out to Defend Trump in Hopes He’ll Notice and Pick Them to Be His VP

vanityfair.com As Republicans have proven countless times over the past eight years, they don’t need a reason to go on TV and defend Donald Trump against whatever awful, possibly criminal…

Buy 6 Ultra-Yield MLPs Now As Middle East War Could Explode

247wallst.com Since topping out at $120 in the summer of 2022, the major oil benchmarks had traded down every month until bottoming at the beginning of December that year. The decline…

Elon Musk is not alone in having Delaware in his sights

economist.com AT THE TURN of the 20th century the prime state to register businesses in America was New Jersey, home to America’s biggest trusts such as Standard Oil. Other states,…

Joe Biden sued by multiple states over student loan forgiveness plan

newsweek.com Joe Biden's administration is facing two separate lawsuits from Republicans over plans to reduce student loan debt across the country. The president's major plans to reduce…

The Largest Walleye Ever Caught in the US, Plus Some of the Biggest State Records

247wallst.com Walleye is one of the most common fish in the US. It occurs natively in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage basins and was also introduced to all other…

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender children

pbs.org The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The…

The top 14 cities in the US people are fleeing

businessinsider.com New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, ranked No. 1 among metropolitan statistical areas for its negative net domestic migration rate per 1,000 people. John Coletti/Getty Images…

America’s Corn Belt Bristles at $8 Billion Lifeline

finance.yahoo.com When executives in 2021 announced plans to build the largest carbon capture-and-storage project in the world beneath the heart of the US grain belt, they thought the pitch…

USAF Conducts B-52 Bomber Exercise With 'Unarmed' Nuclear Cruise Missiles

zerohedge.com USAF Conducts B-52 Bomber Exercise With 'Unarmed' Nuclear Cruise Missiles Hans Kristensen, a nuclear weapons expert at the Federation of American Scientists, posted on X…

2 Potentially Explosive Crypto Stocks to Buy in April

finance.yahoo.com The cryptocurrency market cooled off in 2022 as rising interest rates, regulatory challenges, and other macro headwinds drove investors toward more conservative investments.…

These 18 states are suing to keep Americans saddled with student loan debt

msnbc.com A total of 18 states are now suing the Biden administration over its new student debt forgiveness program, hoping to halt $1.2 billion in loan relief for more than 150,000…

Trump Wants a Good-Looking, Election-Denying, Shorter-Than-Him Running Mate Whom He Doesn’t Have to “See Too Much”: Report

vanityfair.com At some point in the next several months, Donald Trump—having parted ways with his veep, whom he almost got killed—is going to have to announce a 2024 running mate. Who is…

Trump-allied governor banned from another Native American reservation

newsweek.com A third Native American tribe has banned South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from visiting its reservation following Noem's accusations that Mexican drug cartels are…

Bitcoin Mining Braces For A Shakeout As Halving Nears

investors.com The approaching bitcoin halving is sending some bitcoin mining companies running for cover. Others, meanwhile, are rushing out to score good deals. "We're really paying…

More women getting tubes tied after Roe v. Wade overturned

newsweek.com Losing the constitutional right to an abortion after Roe v. Wade was overturned has led to many more women resorting to getting their tubes tied. An increasing trend in…

Is California still the world’s 5th largest economy?

ocregister.com Could California lose its bragging rights as the world’s fifth-largest economy? My trusty spreadsheet found that the Golden State could fall one notch in 2024 to…

The State Manufacturing the Most Guns, All 50 Ranked

247wallst.com Unsurprisingly, the United States is a global leader in firearms production. In 2021, over 13.8 million firearms were manufactured in the United States, as reported by the…