Here are some of the biggest news highlights from last week.
In the case of Star Wars, the news is CASH.
Loads and loads of CASH.
- new Star Wars movie passes $1 BILLION at the global box office
- U.S. existing home sales plunge
- Ford recalling 313,000 vehicles
- and not to be outdone..... Fiat Chrysler recalling 570,000 SUVs
- Kentucky to stop printing names of county clerks on marriage licenses
- Oregon woman plows car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip
- judge upholds Seattle's new tax on firearms and ammunition sales
- U.S. retailers are struggling to meet even modest forecasts for the holiday shopping season
- jobless claims in the U.S. near a 42-year low
- meanwhile.... unemployment rates rise in all Illinois metro areas except Chicago
- Bridgestone submits higher offer than Carl Icahn to purchase Pep Boys
- Illinois Attorney General says that fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling
- President of the American Medical Association wants the government to back-off doctors
- richest man in Illinois (Ken Griffin) donates $40 MILLION to New York's Museum of Modern Art
- McDonalds begins testing of mac and cheese menu item
- Caterpillar stock rallies
- Hillary and Donald maintain their commanding leads
- Denny Hastert recovering from stroke
- no Chicago Bears chosen for the NFL All-Pro Team
ZERO.
NIL.
NADA.
After the disappointing season that they've had, I guess it makes sense.
Out for now.......
Matt
- U.S. existing home sales plunge
- Ford recalling 313,000 vehicles
- and not to be outdone..... Fiat Chrysler recalling 570,000 SUVs
- Kentucky to stop printing names of county clerks on marriage licenses
- Oregon woman plows car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip
- judge upholds Seattle's new tax on firearms and ammunition sales
- U.S. retailers are struggling to meet even modest forecasts for the holiday shopping season
- jobless claims in the U.S. near a 42-year low
- meanwhile.... unemployment rates rise in all Illinois metro areas except Chicago
- Bridgestone submits higher offer than Carl Icahn to purchase Pep Boys
- Illinois Attorney General says that fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling
- President of the American Medical Association wants the government to back-off doctors
- richest man in Illinois (Ken Griffin) donates $40 MILLION to New York's Museum of Modern Art
- McDonalds begins testing of mac and cheese menu item
- Caterpillar stock rallies
- Hillary and Donald maintain their commanding leads
- Denny Hastert recovering from stroke
- no Chicago Bears chosen for the NFL All-Pro Team
ZERO.
NIL.
NADA.
After the disappointing season that they've had, I guess it makes sense.
Out for now.......
Matt