Why this CFP has been especially lucrative for Notre Dame
What’s a first-round College Football Playoff win worth in 2024? Most answers are abstract, hard or even impossible to measure.... Read More
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Indiana decertifies ex-South Bend cop who sexually abused teen
Former South Bend officer Timothy Barber had kept his certification for more than two years, despite pleading guilty in 2022 to child seduction and official misconduct and registering as a sex offender.... Read More
Congress passes Young-backed bill to add more U.S. judges, but veto looms
A bill that would create dozens of new federal judgeships across the country received final approval in Congress\, setting up a likely veto from President Biden even as his administration pushes to confirm his final nominees to fill existing vacancies.... Read More
FTC accuses alcohol distribution giant Southern Glazer’s of ‘unfair pricing’
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, over its pricing and sales strategies, which regulators say violate a price discrimination law that has been dormant for decades.... Read More
Nippon Steel clarifies spending pledge in effort to save U.S. Steel deal
After meeting with United Steelworkers leaders, the Japanese firm released a letter to U.S. Steel staff on Monday. In it, the Japanese firm said it made new commitments with regards to where and when a previously announced $1.4 billion would be spent.... Read More
Nippon Steel still confident it can close widely opposed U.S. Steel deal
The deal can be completed if it passes due process and is approved by the outgoing administration, said Takahiro Mori, vice president of Japan’s Nippon Steel. Mori signaled the same confidence about timing of a potential takeover last month.... Read More
DirecTV to call off Dish takeover after bondholders balk
DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after bondholders failed to consent to a key debt exchange, all but killing a deal to create the largest US pay-TV service.... Read More
Right before the election, inflation rose to 2.6 percent annual rate
The consumer price index increased by 2.6 percent in October from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department, in line with economists’ expectations and hotter than a 2.4 percent rise in September.... Read More
Minority-owned firms face ‘crisis’ as affirmative action programs fall
Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting—and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year.... Read More
Trump victory opens door for historic tariff hikes
President Trump is readying the most extensive tariffs the U.S. has seen in nearly a century, but some of those historic levies will probably be used as bargaining chips in new trade negotiations, according to investors, executives and his Republican allies.... Read More