Gibbs outlines tax and welfare reforms in Medina roundtable
U S Rep Bob Gibbs meets Medina city and county officials at Pat O Brien Chevrolet to push tax reform and welfare reform. He cites lowering corporate rates, deficit concerns, and warns reforms must avoid boosting the deficit while expanding opportunity. local business leaders describe beneficiaries of benefits and the need for a graduated phase-out.
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Gasoline shortages raise East Coast prices as refineries surge
Valero and BP did not comment as the EPA waives clean air rules for several Southeastern states. Sept gasoline futures rose to over 2 dollars a gallon, with the active October contract up 9.3 percent. Shipments from Europe rise. New York demand expected to peak. Florida notes lower off-season demand.
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Houston
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Rogers
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Sunshine State
Florida
Ned Boman
Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Cell networks largely survive Harvey region outages
In Texas and Louisiana hit by Harvey cell-phone networks remained functional despite infrastructure damage. Carriers deployed supplemental equipment and backup power and used drones to diagnose issues. By Thursday only 296 of 7,804 regional towers were down, with Aransas County at 32 percent outages.
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Corpus Christi
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Karen Schulz
Wells Fargo ousts Stumpf and Tolstedt in fraud crackdown
C10 Stumpf and Wells Fargo executive Tolstedt depart amid a sweeping scandal. Sloan replaces Stumpf as Wells Fargo trims pay by over 180 million and dismisses 5300 employees. The bank funds 142 million for customer remediation from 2002 onward. Analysts say progress is underway but not complete.
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Carrie Tolstedt
Wells Fargo Community Banking
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Yoshikami
Stores race to reopen after Harvey storm across Texas
Stores rush to reopen after Harvey hit Texas with floods and outages. H E B flew drivers in by helicopter and brought in workers from other cities while Kroger used buses to mobilize staff. Walmart tapped distant distribution centers to deliver water and nonperishables as closures eased and floodwaters receded.
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H-E-B
Kroger
Houston
Walmart
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New Mexico
Kristal Howard
Ragan Dickens
Dickens
Beaumont
Aransas Pass
Rockport
Stocks rise on global recovery hopes as tech leads gains
Major indices closed higher with the S&P 500 up 0.6 percent to 2,471.65 and the Dow advancing 0.3 percent to 21,948.10. The Nasdaq climbed 1 percent to 6,428.66 as Biogen and Gilead hit multi month highs and Alphabet and Microsoft gained. Campbell Soup fell to a two year low after warning of lower sales and profit. Kraft Heinz Mondelez and Dollar General slipped on weaker results.
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Kraft Heinz
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