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Ticket Bought in Illinois Wins $1.337 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot
CHICAGO—A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines. The winning numbers were: 13–36–45–57–67, Mega Ball: 14. […]
Federal Watchdog: Unemployment Programs Wasted Billions
A federal watchdog says billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted through unemployment programs in the past year, and that number is likely to rise. The Government Accountability Office released a report examining unemployment benefits during the COVID pandemic that found states and territories had overpaid by $12.9 billion between March 2020 and April 2021. […]
NATO Says Trump’s Criticisms Helped Add $100 Billion to Alliance
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for other countries to increase their financial contributions have made a real impact after member nations agreed to fork out tens of billions of dollars in additional funding to their defense budgets. Stoltenberg, speaking to “Fox News Sunday” on Jan. 27, said Trump has […]
PSA buys Opel from GM, sets recovery goals
PSA Group has agreed to buy Opel from General Motors in a deal valuing the business at 2.2 billion euros ($2.3 billion), the companies said on Monday (March 6), creating a new regional car giant to challenge market leader Volkswagen. The maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars vowed to return Opel and its British Vauxhall […]
Intel announces $7 billion investment in Arizona
President Donald Trump on Wednesday held up Intel’s plan to invest more than $7 billion in an Arizona factory as a win for his economic agenda. Trump was the second president to celebrate the computer chip maker’s attempts to expand its domestic production at the same facility in Chandler, Arizona, outside Phoenix. In 2012, Obama […]