Photo by OPOLJA / Shutterstock.com Consumer Reports is criticizing a new federal regulation that it says could leave travelers “more vulnerable to unreasonable flight delays, misleading fare information, and other frustrating industry practices.” On Nov. 27, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a new rule that officially defines two terms …
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A private jet, the crimson “A” of the University of Alabama painted on its tail, lifted off from Tuscaloosa, Ala., around daybreak Saturday with extraordinary cargo: cellular debris collected from the nose of Nick Saban, the football coach. Three days earlier, Saban had announced that he had tested positive for …
Read More »One Mask Rule Most New Yorkers Ignore
In the early weeks of the pandemic, when we had to make our own masks or go without, a friend sewed pleats into a soothing blue-and-white rectangle of cotton with ties at the corners and gave them away. I still wear mine, even though many New Yorkers have moved on …
Read More »New rule allows U.S. companies and Huawei to work together on 5G
(Reuters) — (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cutting-edge technologies, despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker. Reuters reported on Monday that the rule …
Read More »New Rule Change Makes Savings Accounts More Attractive
Photo by Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com A new Federal Reserve ruling will make it easier for many people to pull money out of their savings accounts each month. The nation’s central bank temporarily has suspended a rule that normally limits certain types of withdrawals of money from savings accounts to …
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