A recap of the news for today, October 13, including a move by GovRaunner that has shocked some in Chicago ::
- Governor Rauner looking to vacate/sell the aging Thompson Center in Chicago Loop
- Soybean futures blow past $9/bu. to a two-month high
- AB InBev and SABMiller have agreed in principle on merger
- 5 Democrats ready to debate in Las Vegas
- Pepsi is making an android phone called the Pepsi P1 to be available in China only
- Twitter announces layoffs of 8% of workforce in bid to revive growth
- Cubs smash baseball playoffs home run record (last night)
- Playboy to no longer feature fully-nude females
- Georgia indicts Confederate flag backers under state terrorism law
- Wildfires in Wyoming and Idaho prompt evacuations
- Women hold 36% of executive roles in the legal pot industry
- All sorts of violence in Jerusalem
- Emilia Clarke named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive for 2015
- Iranian parliament approves nuclear agreement
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down by detonation of a warhead
Some good. Some bad.
Some happy. Some sad.
Some revolting.
As usual.
Out for now......
Matt