The global pandemic hit the gambling industry especially hard. Casinos were forced to shutter, sporting events to bet on were temporarily halted, and the industry suffered immensely as a result. Companies like Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN) and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) were not spared from this trend. Still, Penn National […]

NEW YORK — As SoftBank Group shed assets ranging from Alibaba to T-Mobile this year, the Japanese tech investor created an $80 billion cash pile that CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son says was built with the “worst-case scenario” of COVID-19 in mind. “I saw the possibility of a lot of economic crisis,” Son said Tuesday as he kicked off […]

Soon-to-be the youngest member of Congress, North Carolina Republican Madison Cawthorn has already faced a media onslaught that dishonestly cast a 2017 Instagram post, which showed his visit to Adolf Hitler’s World War II retreat, as neo-Nazi propaganda. Members of the elite press rekindled their misguided outrage on Monday in […]

Over six years on from its initial launch, Pure Pool is finally coming to Nintendo Switch. This 8 ball adventure is all about chilling out, lining up, and taking on your opponent across a variety of different modes. This version also comes bundled with all the released DLC so far […]

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – One state was added to Connecticut’s travel advisory list on Tuesday.  Vermont was added to the impacted locations, and no states or territories were removed.  The governor’s office continues to say that New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island meet the criteria for the travel advisory, […]

CLOSE The FIRC Group Inc., based in Asheville, plans to build a 148-room hotel, 180 multi-family condominiums and 10,300 square feet of retail space on a 27-acre site in Enka. These renderings show the hotel and condo buildings. (Photo: Studio Z Architecture) ENKA – An Asheville hotel company plans to build […]

In brief Identify your core values. Get advice from the people you admire. Understand your skill set and how to articulate it. Whether you are looking for a job for the first time or seeking to make a move in the middle of your career, having a plan is the […]

CLOSE If you can’t visit family due to the COVID-19 pandemic, host a virtual Thanksgiving dinner instead. USA TODAY The pandemic forced you to cancel Thanksgiving dinner with the extended family and you don’t want to make a 16-pound turkey for yourself. What to do? Central Iowa restaurants are offering to-go […]

LGBTQ candidates once again made history in terms of the overall number elected to Congress and state legislatures across the country. However, many of them had to contend with homophobic and transphobic attack ads this election cycle. “There is little doubt that millions of dollars in homophobic and transphobic attacks […]

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By Marcia Mantell, RMA® For some 42 million younger baby boomers (those born between 1955 and 1965), the last 8 months of COVID-19 have been a different kind of unusual. In fact, for those of us closing in on retirement, this unplanned time in quarantine has delivered an unexpected silver […]

At the end of each school year, Bay View’s Korinthia Klein and Ian Weisser sit down with their children, Aden, Mona and Quinn, and identify something they would like to do before the end of the summer. In 2013, Klein said she wanted to collect all 13 figures available from the Mold-A-Rama machines at […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales in the U.S. grew a sluggish 0.3% in October, even as retailers offered early holiday discounts online and in stores. A surge in coronavirus infections nationwide and the expiration of a $600 weekly boost to unemployment checks over the summer has slowed spending by […]

We might be a couple of weeks past Halloween, but that doesn’t mean the spooky season has to end. For those looking to get their scares a little more interactively than watching a horror movie (and with something that doesn’t require getting COVID or needing to leave the house), the […]