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The operators of the 99 Cents Only stores announced Thursday they will shut down all 371 of the locations throughout four states, with liquidation sales starting Friday.
Customers wanting ESPN channels without a cable subscription will soon have several options to get its programming.
Google’s “incognito mode” does not save browsing history or cookies to your device, but that does not stop your ISP from logging your activities or conceal your IP address.
Adverts for Nationwide featuring actor Dominic West have been banned for misleading consumers into thinking that the bank unlike its rivals would not be closing its branches. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated the TV, radio and press ads, in which West plays the boss of a fictional rival of Nationwide, following 282 complaints. One of those was from Santander, who understood that Nationwide had recently closed or reduced opening hours at a number of branches, and challenged whether the ads were misleading. In the television ad, West, who recently played Prince Charles in The Crown, jokes about a large expenses bill for a company lunch before going on to talk about cutbacks and closing the branch.
A couple who cleared their 380,000 mortgage debt in just seven years have shared their tips to help struggling Britons. Consumer duo Ken and Mary Okaroafor appeared on This Morning to offer advice to living debt free, as interest rates reach their highest in decades. Despite more than one-third of people thinking it is impossible to live mortgage-free, the Okaroafors showed how it can be done, when they appeared on the ITV daytime show on Tuesday (2 April). If someone on a 250,000 mortgage over 25 years with a five percent interest rate, paid an extra 100 a month, they would save 26,000 and wipe three years off the term.
A settlement disclosed Monday in a federal court is primarily designed to ensure that users who use Incognito mode in Chrome get more privacy while surfing the internet than they had been previously.
Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that would raise the state’s sales tax by 1 cent, or 6.5%, on every taxable dollar consumers spend.
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“I want to make sure everyone knows how to identify these scams, so these fraudsters cant scheme their way into your bank account.” – Minnesota AG Keith Ellison
The effects won’t reach the state for over a month, one expert said. But there could be delays in restocking various goods, and consumers may see prices go up.
In 2023, consumer spending on international trips and live entertainment rose by nearly 30 percent, according to The Washington Post.