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Manchester/Nashua named top housing market
Granite Post - New Hampshire
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August 1, 2025
A version of this story appeared in the Granite Post’s newsletter. Subscribe to it here. Realtor.com and The Wall Street Journal just dropped the latest housing market rankings—and guess who’s at the top? Both Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire....
Ohio sales tax holiday begins today, extended to two weeks for back-to-school shopping
FOX28 - Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Ohio families preparing for the upcoming school year can take advantage of an extended sales tax holiday this year. The tax-free period, which begins on Friday, August 1, will run for two full weeks, ending on Thursday,...
5 things to know about Ohio’s sales tax holiday, which starts today
Journal News - Ohio
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Saving money during the sales tax holiday takes more than just circling dates on a calendar and filling your cart. For those seeking to cut costs, here are some important things to keep in mind to make the most of this limited-time opportunity....
The threat of surveillance in the ‘femtech’ market
The Saturday Paper
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August 1, 2025
Among the unwelcome interruptions in her high-school classroom, Jessica* says she’d never expected to be harassed by her phone offering “blow job tips”. Jessica started using Eve by Glow, a cycle tracking app (CTA), at 14 to predict when her next...
Ghana’s electric power outages and blackouts: Ending the persistent electric load shedding “Dum-Sor” problem from the perspective of a seasoned electric power industry practitioner
Business and Financial Times
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August 1, 2025
By Prof. (Dr.) Chris Mensah-Bonsu, Ph.D. MB Energy, California, USA ([email protected]) Ghana’s electric power system and energy delivery infrastructure have been plagued for many years consistently with persistent and widespread power outages and...
Master the SAT with these prep books
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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August 1, 2025
The best SAT prep books in 2025 A determining factor in college admissions, taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test is a crucial and potentially stressful event in the lives of high school students with their eyes on the future. It’s a digital-only...
'Brutal': Unemployment jumps as Trump’s 'sputtering' economy stuns labor market
AlterNet
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August 1, 2025
The newly released June jobs report shows the U.S. labor market is “in trouble,” experts say, as downward revisions to April and May have nearly erased much of the job growth from the past three months. Official unemployment jumped to 4.2%, but...
68-story Journal Squared high-rise secures $225M refinancing
NJBIZ - New Jersey
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August 1, 2025
JLL arranged refinancing for the third and final tower at Journal Squared in Jersey City. The global commercial real estate and investment management company’s Capital Markets group worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture of locally...
Ohio Sales Tax Holiday 2025: Rules, what's included, what's not and more
Hindustan Times
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August 1, 2025
Ohio is bringing back its longer sales tax holiday in 2025. It will run from August 1 through August 14, according to an official release by the state's Department of Taxation. This year marks the second time The Buckeye State has announced a full...
Join 'Literacy Tea' at woman-owned Neighborhood Books in Maine
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center diverse and new authors, connect readers to books in...
Marvel’s Ultimate Books, Ranked
Comicbook
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August 1, 2025
Marvel has been at the top of the sales charts for decades now, but the quality of the books hasn’t actually fit the sales in years. That’s not to say that every Marvel book is bad, but the last few years have seen Marvel’s line getting kind of...
Maryland Bookstore Donates Proceeds From GOP Senator’s Book Sales to Immigrant Charity
Washingtonian
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August 1, 2025
Photograph by Daniella Byck. People’s Book in Takoma Park, Maryland, says it has donated more than $7,000 from sales of US Senator Dave McCormick’s book Who Believed in You to the nonprofit CASA, which advocates for immigrants . “Senator...
Labor Market Is Cracking–And Trump Now Threatens Fed Takeover
Benzinga
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The U.S. labor market just offered the first major reality check on President Donald Trump's tariff-driven economic uncertainty—and it's not the message investors or the White House were hoping for. Friday's official July jobs report revealed a...
VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years
TechCrunch
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August 1, 2025
Women are making strides in the venture capital world, according to a new report published by the nonprofit All Raise and as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC...
Beyond Borders Tourism Coalition urges action as new tariffs and political instability stall recovery for tourism industry
Travel Daily News
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August 1, 2025
The Beyond Borders Tourism Coalition urges U.S.-Canada policy clarity as tariffs, fees, and instability threaten jobs, bookings, and cross-border tourism recovery. The Beyond Borders Tourism Coalition, a unified alliance of US and Canadian...
These books will make you feel smarter: 10 niche nonfiction reads
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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Want to be the most interesting guest at a dinner party? Be the most well-read. There are many earnest, unpretentious reasons to be a regular reader, from stepping into someone else’s shoes to escaping from the stress of day-to-day life. But admit...
Stocks Slide as Weak Job Growth Weighs on Market
Times News Global
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August 1, 2025
New York City, U.S. — Stocks faced significant pressure on Friday at the start of August trading as investors reacted to troubling signals about the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 510 points, or 1.2%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq...
Will the latest round of Trump tariffs hit the Kentucky bourbon industry?
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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The EU and U.S. reached a trade deal involving tariffs and energy purchases, but details remain unclear, particularly regarding the future of tariffs on American spirits. Canada and the U.S. are engaged in an ongoing tariff dispute, with Canada...
ITC Gears Up For Q1 Print: SEBI RA Rohit Mehta Highlights Strong Fundamentals, ₹456 Resistance
Asianet Newsable
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August 1, 2025
ITC is set to report its first-quarter results on Friday, and market participants are eyeing the stock closely for cues on whether it can shake off its recent dip and head higher. SEBI-registered research analyst Rohit Mehta weighed in with a...
Three soybean market fundamentals to monitor during August
High Plains Journal - Kansas
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August 1, 2025
Since mid-June, the November 2025 soybean futures prices have trended lower, losing nearly 70 cents a bushel. For now, keeping the November 2025 futures contract above $10 a bushel technical support is because of lower United States planted acres...