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Self-care 'queen' shares brilliant way to reuse empty prescription bottles: 'That's a genius idea'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 6, 2025
"Epic." by Brianne NemiroffJune 6, 2025 Like many beauty tools, plastic hair curlers have a relatively short lifespan. It can be as short as a year, depending on the care, heat exposure, and water damage. For beauty enthusiasts trying to remove...
On Has Tons of 'Cloud' Running Shoes for 40% Off This Weekend — Perfect for Last-Minute Father’s Day Shopping
SheKnows - New York
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June 6, 2025
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re still scrambling to find the perfect Father’s Day gift, look no further than On. Their super...
Consumer Choice Center Advocates for Significant Revisions to WHO Governance and Operations Amidst Approval of Increased Mandatory Membership
The Hans India
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June 6, 2025
India: The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing intense scrutiny following the approval of a 20% increase in mandatory membership dues, amounting to an additional $120 million per year extracted directly from taxpayers worldwide.The Consumer...
Senate tries to quietly gut popular fuel economy program without consumers noticing
Consumer Reports
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June 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday released its text for the budget reconciliation bill that is racing its way through Congress. Hidden in the details was a little-noticed provision that...
Sydney Sweeney defends selling her bathwater soap, plus 5 other bizarre celebrity products
KRNV - Nevada
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Sydney Sweeney is defending her partnership with a soap company to sell products infused with her bathwater. Yes, you read that correctly, she is selling products with her very own bathwater in them. On the red carpet for her new film, “Echo...
Google’s monopoly ruling reveals a deeper threat to innovation
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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June 6, 2025
Randall R. Rader A recent federal court ruling found that Google violated antitrust laws to maintain an illegal search engine monopoly. While a landmark decision, it is just the tip of the iceberg, exposing a deeper, underlying issue plaguing...
Man Charged With 14 Counts of Retail Theft
Silicon Valley Daily - California
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June 6, 2025
San Francisco, CA – The District Attorney’s Office announced that Neil Peck (51), has been charged in connection to burglary and attempted grand theft incident at a retail store on the 700-block of Mission Street from October 7, 2024, to May 22,...
CNET's Tariff Price Tracker: Watching 11 Key Products Daily, Here's What I've Seen
CNET
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June 6, 2025
A trade court has ruled Trump's tariff barrage illegal but the possibility that prices could climb remains real. James Martin/CNET I've been keeping tabs on several popular products on a daily basis for CNET's tariff impact tracker, watching for...
Will Milk Money Usher in a New Indie Retail Era of Newbury Street?
Boston Magazine
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June 6, 2025
Does the glam clothing and gift boutique's arrival represent a shift in Boston's main shopping drag? From the newly opened second location of Milk Money, a fashion and accessories shop at 172 Newbury Street, owner Nash Yacoub can see the building...
Laboratory? A Big Seed Treatment Innovation Came from a Winnipeg Garage
Seed World
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June 6, 2025
As EcoTea hits one million Canadian acres this year, it can be hard to believe the microbial seed treatment making waves across Western Canada started in a garage back in 2007. Winnipeg’s Dale Overton, a trained ecologist with a master’s in...
Manufacturer invests in automation to boost sustainability and innovation
Andover Advertiser
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The third-generation British manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units, VES Andover Ltd, has made a major investment in smart automation to boost sustainability and innovation. The company, which operates across more...
Power returns for Three Rivers Electric customers
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 6, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 500 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Friday afternoon. The Co-op serves parts of seven counties, including Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Moniteau and Osage. Its outage...
Utilities charging consumers to fund data centers
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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June 6, 2025
The Blueprint Tech firms like Google and Meta seek cheap electricity for data centers. Utilities offer secretive discounts, shifting costs to regular users. Louisiana project could cost $3B, with unclear public liability. States consider laws to...
Innovative tech snow gear brand spotlights growing gap in snow sport industry market
Australian Leisure
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Nobody’s Princess – an innovative technical snow gear brand for women – is disrupting the snow sports industry by spotlighting a growing gap in the market, which has long overlooked the needs of female athletes and enthusiasts. Maria Baker...
Farmers and The Warehouse give body cameras to staff after concerns of ‘abusive’ customer behaviour
The New Zealand Herald
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June 6, 2025
“The cameras will only be activated when an event occurs in a store where the safety of our staff and/or customers may be at risk,” the policy states. It says the information may be shared with “our employees, contractors and service providers”,...
Xiaomi Introduces Redmi Pad 2 with special deals – I honestly had no idea you could get so much tablet for so little
Digital Camera World
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June 6, 2025
Xiaomi has launched a new Redmi Pad 2 generation of its accessibly priced tablet series with three different memory options, three different colors, and the option of 4G connectivity. The 11-inch tablet with 90Hz 2560 x 1600 (2.5K) display (that's...
FCA could lift ban on crypto ETNs for UK retail investors
MoneyWeek
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June 6, 2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to consult on lifting the ban on selling cryptocurrency Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail investors in the UK. ETNs are similar to an exchange-traded fund (ETF), but they are technically debt...
Matalan implements Toshiba’s next-gen retail software solution
Retail Insight Network
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June 6, 2025
UK’s fashion and homeware value retailer Matalan is implementing the VisualStore commerce platform, developed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, for faster, smoother and connected shopping across multiple channels. The collaboration is set to...
Ideas & Opinions — Mike Vasser: Importance of research to local communities
The Union - California
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The economic vitality of Hamilton, Montana, is significantly intertwined with the presence of the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), a crucial federal research center. Recent layoffs and budget reductions at RML are generating considerable concern...
Ideas & Opinions — Daryl Grigsby: America the beautiful
The Union - California
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I attended Mass on Memorial Day during a family visit in Los Angeles. As often happens during Memorial Day, the congregation was led in the singing of “America The Beautiful.” This is one of my favorite national songs. Yet, I was unaware of an...