LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Humana will exit Obamacare exchanges entirely for 2018, the insurance giant announced Tuesday. The pool of customers on Obamacare exchanges has too few healthy patients to balance out the influx of sick and costly customers, the company said in a statement, calling the health care law’s market…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Disney has cut ties with Felix Kjellberg, a YouTube superstar from Sweden, after he posted a series of videos with anti-Semitic references. The 27-year-old viral sensation who goes by the name “PewDiePie” posted nine videos since August that feature anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery, according to The Wall…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Ian Tartt Ross Perot, a wealthy Texas businessman, was an independent candidate for president in the 1992 election. He is often considered to have had a spoiler effect by taking support away from incumbent president George H.W. Bush and thus handing the victory to Bill Clinton. Is that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A dozen airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees were arrested in February for allegedly operating a massive cocaine smuggling ring. “During the course of the conspiracy, the defendants smuggled suitcases, each containing at least 8 to 15 kilograms of cocaine, through the TSA security system at the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker told his reporters Monday the paper would not abandon objectivity in its coverage of President Donald Trump, and directed them to find work somewhere else if they want to adopt a more oppositional tone. “It’s a little irritating when…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky American businessman Kevin O’Leary is the most likely candidate to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a Monday poll released by Mainstreet Research. O’Leary is known for his fiscally conservative views, and actually toyed with the idea of running as early as last January, when…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump has embarked on the largest regulatory rollback effort since the Reagan-era, delaying or withdrawing hundreds of rules and working with Congress to repeal dozens more. The Trump administration withdrew 24 economically significant rules –those costing more than $100 million — in his first week,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise An Oregon insurer got a leg up in a court ruling in an ongoing battle over whether the federal government owes billions to insurers who volunteered to participate in Obamacare exchanges and lost money. A U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled Thursday evening that the federal government…
iGaming has been something of a thorn in the side for consecutive US administrations. On the one hand they want States that have embraced gambling in general to keep on making those taxable Dollars, whilst at the same time semi-monopolise it to gambling companies licensed in each US State. However, due to the fact that…
If you’ve been exchanging currency often, either by transferring online or in person, you’re probably aware of how high the exchange fees can be. This is especially true when you’re transferring money for business or travelling. Exchanging currency at the airport – at home or abroad can burn a hole in your pocket. That’s probably…