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The most popular gas station in the Cincinnati area will soon be no more. 7-Eleven is buying Speedway stores, and in the coming months, you'll see a lot of changes.

INDIANAPOLIS — Steak ‘n Shake permanently closed 57 of its restaurants nationwide during the first quarter of 2020 as its parent company attributed major financial losses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biglari Holdings Inc. announced in its first quarter report that Steak ‘n Shake’s revenue plunged by $59 million compared to the same time period in 2019 as […]

In the midst of so much racial tension in the country right now, it’s always nice to see some good news involving people of color and much-needed diversity. Online giant eBay just announced that they have hired the first-ever Chief Diversity Officer for the company and the lucky recipient of the job is a Morehouse […]

The Target store located at at 8448 Center Run Drive in Castleton will be one of the many Target stores to close it’s doors for good February 1. The Castleton location will be one of eleven marked for closure next year nationwide. Target announced the planned closures Tuesday. “The decision to close a Target store is […]

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Peyton Manning more or less admitted that Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has been a huge boom for his pizza stores. Weeks before the state legalized usage, the Broncos quarterback began snapping up Papa John’s franchises in the Denver area. The move seems as if Peyton had bought the stores to capitalize on the impending […]

Jet Magazine, The pioneering African-American weekly magazine that many of us grew up on, announced that it will no longer publish a regular print edition.  Its owner, Johnson Publishing Company, will move Jet to a largely digital format starting in June, delivered through its website and a paid subscription app. Last year, to cut costs, Jet reduced the weekly publication schedule of […]

A North Carolina high school is making a ground breaking move to teach financial literacy to it’s students. Woodforest National Bank has partnered with Hillside High School’s Business and Finance Academy in Durham, NC to open a functioning bank branch at the school to be operated and run by students. Students, staff and families will be […]

CVS took a stand on Wednesday, and decided that it would stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 stores by October. This move makes CVS the first U.S. drugstore chain to take cigarettes off the shelf. Public health experts called the decision by the second largest U.S. drugstore chain a precedent-setting step that could pressure other […]

If you’ve given Target your name, email, phone number or address, your information might be at risk. The data breach that Target made public last month stole 40 million customers credit and debit card information, plus broke into Target’s massive database of 70 million customers. While hackers only stole credit and debit card data from shoppers […]

A 56-year-old Ira Curry of Stone Moutain, GA will have the best Christmas ever! Curry won half of the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. history and has taken the cash option, which after taxes, will be about $120 million, Georgia Lottery President Debbie Alford said Wednesday. Curry came to the lottery office with the […]

One of us could wake up Wednesday and be in a different tax bracket. Tuesday night’s  Mega Millions jackpot is a whopping $636 million dollars! We all have a list of things we would love to do with the winnings, but here are some of the most important things to do: 1. Sign the ticket. Sign […]

Fast-food workers across the country are striking for better wages, and Indianapolis workers are joining the protest. 100 cities joined the nationwide protest today (Dec 5), including Boston, Chicago, Denver, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Raleigh and Tampa. Workers targeted major chains like McDonald’s and Burger King among others. Protesters are fighting for […]