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Stamp prices are going up starting Sunday

The US Postal Service will increase prices on first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents.

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GE's $24 billion buyback boondoggle

General Electric is seriously strapped for cash. The conglomerate has laid off workers, slashed its dividend and put long-held businesses up for sale.

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Comcast Celebrates Grand Opening of Xfinity Customer Service Center

Comcast recently unveiled its new Xfinity Store in Houston with a special community celebration at a brand new location.

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Is this as good as it gets for Big Oil?

The highest oil prices in a decade. A renewed government focus on energy security. Huge demand for refining crude so it can be used as fuel.

Trump should be commended for trying to save the US energy industry

For years, the US oil industry has had to compete for space with agriculture goods and other commodities on railways and public roads, raising energy prices and increasing congestion on the highways and smaller roads American travelers depend on every day.

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14 Issues Trump Is Sidelining to Focus On the NFL

President Donald Trump devoted much of the online portion of his weekend to attacking NFL player-protesters and boosting calls for a boycott of the league.

Governor Abbott, HHSC Extend Deadline For Pandemic Food Benefits For Families Affected By COVID-19 School Closures

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is extending the application deadline for the federal Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program (P-EBT) to August 21 to ensure eligible families have more time to apply for this one-time food benefit.

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Cypress Mom Who Fundraised Over $60K To Save Daughter's Life Gets 501 (c)(3) To Help Other Families In A Medical Crisis

The power of a praying mom in Cypress, TX who helped save daughter's life is committed to helping other families in a medical crisis.

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White House says Russia planning to falsify evidence to frame Ukrainian forces for prison attack

US officials believe Russia is preparing to falsify evidence to blame Ukrainian forces for last week's deadly blast at the Olenivka prison ahead of visits to the site by outside parties.

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New Houston Black-Owned Vodka, General Orders No.3, Officially Launches Juneteenth Weekend with Concert Benefitting TSU and Prairie View A&M

Ultra-Premium Vodka Brand Pays Homage to Texas History, Heritage, and Independence, While Paying it Forward to HBCUs

General Orders No.3 (GO3), a new Houston-based, Black owned premium vodka, will officially launch its heritage-rich, ultra-premium vodka Juneteenth Weekend by presenting a big concert to benefit Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M!

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Plate Loss Device Promotes Weight Loss: Want to Make a Big Change? Start Small!

On March 26, Plate Loss launches on the crowd-funding site, KickStarter. With early bird pricing, starting as low as $12.99 for a 2-pack (a significant discount from when the device hits the market), the patent-pending plate can help reduce up to hundreds of calories from each meal, with no diet changes and no exercise required. Little steps lead to big changes.

'Omicron' cryptocurrency soars on new variant

As global markets fell last week on news of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, one cryptocurrency with the same name soared after the Greek letter entered the investor lexicon.

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Inflation hurts. But White House economists find that it’s even worse in every other G7 nation

The United States is recovering faster than its peers from the historic bout of inflation squeezing families and souring the mood of the nation, according to a new analysis from White House economists.

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Meet the woman who wrote the Toys 'R' Us jingle

Linda Kaplan Thaler wasn't entirely sure how her Toys "R" Us jingle would go over at first. It was the early 1980s and she was a junior copywriter at the J. Walter Thompson ad agency, which was tasked with inventing a catchy tune for the toy company. The song that Thaler whipped up used a slogan — "I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid" — co-created by James Patterson, the future crime novelist who at the time was a colleague of hers.

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Amazon Go stores are coming to Chicago and San Francisco

Amazon's cashier-free grocery store of the future is coming to San Francisco and Chicago. The company is expanding its experimental Amazon Go store to the two US cities, but did not say when they would open. It has posted job listings for store managers in the cities on its own site, which were first noticed by the Seattle Times.

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5 Ways to Save at a Time of Higher Gas Prices and Rising Inflation

With higher gas prices and rising inflation putting pressure on finances, drivers are looking for ways to save on the cost of car ownership. On average, it costs between $15,000- $24,000 to own a car over a five-year period, including fuel, maintenance, insurance, repairs, financing and state fees.

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is launching an energy drink

Can you smell what "The Rock" is cooking? The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur is entering the energy drink business with ZOA, a health drink made with natural caffeine and superfoods.

Italian coffee shop fined $1,050 for failing to display price of espresso

An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the cost of a 2 euro ($2.12) espresso.

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Awaken: Meditation for Breaking Free From Social Programming

Awaken Meditation has launched an iPhone app, available for download on the iOS store that combines mindfulness practice, social contemplation, and journaling. The company, started by entrepreneur Ravi Mishra and artist Susan Stainman (both meditation teachers as well), is in the midst of a successful Kickstarter campaign, offering discounted memberships to raise the final funds for a fully featured app for both iOS and Android.

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Hyundai Motor Launches 'Channel Hyundai' for Smart TVs to Provide Enhanced Digital Customer Experience

The smart TV app features multimedia content and digital interface for new customer experience amid pandemic World premiere of the all-new 2021 Tucson will be broadcast on the app on September 15 The app is available on LG and Samsung smart TVs