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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...
Stephen King Struggled To Finish The Book That Inspired One Of His Best Movies
/FILM - Indiana
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August 3, 2025
Stephen King has been honest over the years about the difficulties of being a writer, sharing his thoughts on the craft in his book "On Writing" and dropping plenty of anecdotes in interviews and online. There are lots of things that King does...
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...
Books borrowed, smiles shared and words exchanged: The new Loon Lake Library opens with an eye towards community and connection
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Visitors to the Loon Lake Library on a summer afternoon might see someone managing a small business from their laptop; a patient attending a telehealth web conference from inside one of the library’s private rooms; or perhaps a student doing...
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...
Ex-Blum Staffers Speak Out On Closure, Ex-Art Basel Boss Slams Art Market “Financialization,” and More: Morning LInks for August 1, 2025
Art in America
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August 1, 2025
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! Tim Blum‘s former employees question galllery’s Art Basel results and accuse him of having “an inflated ego” and making “poor...
India’s manufacturing sector growth hits 16-month high in July on expansion in output, sales
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 1, 2025
India’s manufacturing sector growth strengthened in July to a 16-month high of 59.1, supported by faster increases in new orders and output amid favourable demand conditions, a monthly survey said on Friday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India...
Hometown newspaper hammers Josh Hawley for abandoning core GOP principle with 'shell game'
Raw Story
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August 1, 2025
This article was published in the Missouri Independent. Recently, Missouri’s senior senator introduced the American Worker Rebate Act which promises “at least” $600 per adult and dependent child funded by revenue from President Donald Trump’s new...
A Growing Market With Over $1.7 Trillion in Spending Power | Opinion
Out South Florida
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In nearly two decades as a publisher serving our LGBTQ community, I have never witnessed loyalty as powerful as it is today. Our community stands united — ready to rally behind LGBTQ-owned businesses and true ally brands that show up for us when...
China's game industry sets new records
China Daily
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Visitors gather at a booth where a game show is put on by the organizer during the China Joy, a yearly gaming event, in Shanghai. XU PEIQIN/FOR CHINA DAILY The sales income generated in the Chinese domestic games market surged 14.08 percent...
Florida's back-to-school sales tax holiday underway. Here's what's included
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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TAMPA, Fla. - Florida's month-long sales tax holiday for back-to-school shoppers has officially begun. Throughout August, shoppers will be able to avoid paying sales taxes on clothes, shoes and backpacks that cost $100 or less, school supplies...