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☆ Millions of people are traveling to see the total eclipse. Hotels, motels, and skydiving operators are making bank on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAs millions of Americans get ready to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday — an event NASA has described as rare and "spectacular" — the phenomenon stands to lift local economies. According to NASA, this year's eclipse is set to last three to four minutes, longer than the last solar eclipse, in 2017. Former President Donald Trump looked up at the solar eclipse without glasses during the last eclipse. The glasses sold for $1.50 to $2 apiece. "We've shipped already about 70 million glasses, and I suspect I'm going to approach right at 75 million by the time next week comes," Jerit said.

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☆ Supreme Court abortion case brings 19th century chastity law to the forefront
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Comstock Act, as the law is known, is not central to the current Supreme Court case. Their interest in the law’s relevance to Tuesday’s case speaks to how the Comstock Act has taken a more prominent role in the efforts to further limit abortion. Among other arguments, the case’s plaintiffs, anti-abortion doctors and medical associations, have invoked the Comstock Act to argue the FDA acted unlawfully by not considering the 19th century criminal prohibition on mailing abortion drugs. But much attention will be paid to any commentary about the statute, even if just in a dissent, when the Supreme Court issues its ruling in the case in the coming months. The political ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ultimate decision in the current FDA case is also at the forefront of how they approach the subject.

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It will be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous U.S. until 2044. When Is the Total Solar Eclipse? What Time Will the Total Solar Eclipse Begin and How Long Will It Last? The total solar eclipse provides an opportunity to study the sun’s corona, or the outermost part of its atmosphere. Is the Total Solar Eclipse Expected to Boost the Economy?

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Stroud became the youngest quarterback to win a playoff game after throwing for 274 yards and three touchdowns, and the Houston Texans returned two interceptions by Joe Flacco for scores in a 45-14 rout of the Cleveland Browns in a wild-card matchup Saturday. Stroud, the second overall pick in the draft last April, is also the highest-drafted rookie QB to win in the postseason. Stroud threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns before halftime as the Texans built a 24-14 lead. With the Texans up 45-14 with nine minutes to go, Stroud’s work was done, and he was replaced by Davis Mills. Two plays later, Stroud connected on a short pass with Collins for a 15-yard score to put the Texans on top 10-7.

Persons: Stroud, Joe Flacco, Nico Collins, Brevin Jordan, Dalton Schultz, Michael Vick, Steven Nelson, Christian Harris, Davis Mills, DeMeco Ryans, Kevin Stefanski, Flacco couldn’t, Mark Sanchez, Cleveland’s Deshaun Watson, Collins, Devin Singletary, Kareem Hunt, Hunt, Singletary, Houston’s, John Metchie III, Flacco, Harrison Bryant, Jordan, Stroud’s, Schultz, Derek Barnett, Nelson, Harris, LG Joel Bitonio, Noah Brown, LB Denzel Perryman, ___ Organizations: HOUSTON, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, Stroud, Falcons, Packers, Texans, NFL laughingstock, AFC South, Flacco, Browns, New York Jets, Houston, Seahawks, LB Locations: Stroud, Cleveland

☆ SEC charges ex-CEO of medical device company with fraud, says some devices were 'just a piece of plastic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-19 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. The complaint alleges that Perryman misrepresented a Stimwave device that was supposedly able to treat chronic nerve pain by using electrical signals. She was arrested in Delray Beach, Florida, and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, and one count of health care fraud, according to a release. The SDNY on Tuesday filed a superseding indictment against Perryman that added criminal securities fraud charges, the SEC said. Stimwave voluntarily recalled the PNS devices, but Curonix still offers a PNS system called Freedom PNS, according to the Curonix website.

Persons: Laura Tyler Perryman, Perryman, Monique C, Winkler, Stimwave, Curonix Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, Technologies, Exchange, SEC, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, San, CNBC, U.S, Attorney's, Southern, of Locations: Washington ,, San Francisco, of New York, Delray Beach , Florida

About 8,000 trailers carrying an estimated $1 billion worth of goods have been stranded on the Mexican side over the past week, said Manuel Sotelo, president of the transport association of Ciudad Juarez, a major manufacturing hub across from El Paso, Texas. The delays forced a Canadian snowmobile and off-road vehicle manufacturer to suspend production on Monday and Tuesday at three factories in Ciudad Juarez that employ some 9,000 people. "Due to the waiting times on the international bridges in Ciudad Juarez, we have had a significant reduction in the volume of units that we can export daily," the Quebec-based company, BRP, said in a statement. Jesus Salayandía, a representative of the Mexican industry association Canacintra, said he expected other companies in Ciudad Juarez would announce temporary work stoppages if the long wait times at the border continue. U.S. border authorities suspended cargo processing at one of El Paso's international bridges last week to shift officers to process more migrant arrivals.

Persons: Manuel Sotelo, Sotelo, Jesus Salayandía, Ferromex, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Laura Gottesdiener, Isabel Woodford, Sonali Paul Organizations: . Customs, Border Protection, Patrol, U.S ., Ciudad, Reuters, BRP, El, U.S . Customs, Protection, Union Pacific, Wednesday . Union Pacific, Thomson Locations: Zaragoza, Ysleta, U.S, Cordova, Americas, CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, El Paso , Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Canadian, Quebec, Mexican, United States, Eagle Pass , Texas, Monterrey, Mexico City

☆ Texans are staying inside during record heat — and the state's economy could take a $9.5 billion hit from reduced business
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Eliza Relman | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In Texas, that could mean a $9.5 billion hit to the state's GDP if the extreme heat continues. As extreme heat grips much of the US this summer and the Earth records its hottest month on record, people are staying inside. Pardue told Insider he was surprised at the magnitude of the decline in hours worked as a result of extreme heat. "And then we're seeing, long term, this opposite shift, where during the summer, there's all this extreme heat." Are you staying home or working fewer hours because of extreme heat?

Persons: —, Luke Pardue, Pardue, we've, Ray Perryman, Jonathan Horowitz, Andreas Flouris Organizations: Service, Workers, Wall Street, Buffalo Bayou Brewing, Nationwide, The National Energy Assistance, Association, Research, University of Thessaly, New York Times, Nature Conservancy, Phoenix, Louisiana Department of Health, erelman Locations: Texas, Houston, Greece, Arizona, New Orleans

☆ Fake plastic medical devices were implanted into people with chronic pain. It was part of a medical company CEO's scheme to charge $16,000 for each one, feds allege.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A medical device company sold devices that were implanted into patients with chronic pain, according to prosecutors. But, the DOJ alleges that the devices were plastic and didn't do anything. The company made millions of dollars off the devices, and its CEO is being charged with fraud. Perryman sold the phony device to doctors for $16,000 anyway, racking up millions in profits for her company and defrauding federal healthcare programs in the process, the DOJ alleges. Court documents allege that Perryman instructed her employees to vouch for the phony devices, despite knowing that they were useless.

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