By Rebecca Boone/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed for-profit osteopathic medical school in Idaho may have to delay its opening date a year if a national accreditation agency does not sign off on its plans this month. That could postpone other projects, including a proposed $3 million expansion to Idaho State University’s anatomy
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Category: Business news
Trump convenes panel on empowering women in business
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says that empowering and promoting women in business are priorities in his administration. In a round-table discussion, the president is telling a group of female business owners that his team will work on barriers women face. He says the administration is also trying to make childcare more affordable and
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Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Where’s the line? Theme parks aiming to eliminate them
By Mike Schneider/Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — At Universal Orlando Resort’s new “Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon” ride, waiting in line has been replaced by lounging on couches and listening to a racy barber shop quartet sing until it’s time to enter the ride. Universal is leading the theme-park charge into “virtual
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FDIC Enhances Tool to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation
FDIC Press Release The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced enhancements to its Money Smart for Older Adults curriculum that provide new information and resources to help older adults and their caregivers avoid financial exploitation through fraud and scams. Money Smart for Older Adults identifies common types of elder financial exploitation, such as imposter
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UK Parliament gives government power to begin EU exit
By Jill Lawless/Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain lurched closer to leaving the European Union Monday when Parliament stopped resisting and gave Prime Minister Theresa May the power to file for divorce from the bloc. But in a blow to May’s government, the prospect of Scotland’s exit from the United Kingdom suddenly appeared nearer, too.
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Idaho, again, ranks in Bottom 10 for total tax collections, per capita spending
By Bill Dentzer, The Idaho Statesman Just in time for a possible end-of-session tax debate in the Idaho Legislature, the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation has released its 2017 comparison of state tax data that lists Idaho in the middle to low end in most categories of tax rates and collections. Among leading measures, the tax
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Idaho’s Over-the-Year Job Growth Tops Nation; Unemployment Rate Remains Steady
Press Release Idaho led the nation with a seasonally adjusted over-the-year (January 2016 – January 2017) job growth of 27,500 jobs and a growth rate of 4 percent – the fastest growth rate in the country. Year-over-year, all of Idaho’s major industry sectors experienced job gains. Construction led the way with 4,500 new jobs, up
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