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College Students Seek Lower Fall Tuition As Schools Plan To Stick With Digital Classes

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Students at schools from coast to coast — from the University of Houston to Rutgers to The University of Chicago and more — are reportedly seeking tuition discounts , and some are even suing their schools for refunds to cover the spring semester. Some institutions do plan to reduce the cost of attendance. percent for out-of-state ones.

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Mall Parking Lots Now Revenue Streams For Owners

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into outdoor venues in Denver, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis and Woodbridge, New Jersey, with more such venues on the way, CNBC reported. Brookfield Properties , for example, has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn five parking lots across the U.S.

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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

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Harrah’s New Orleans, however, has to stay shuttered with a mandate from Mayor LaToya Cantrell that is more stringent as the city had seen high virus activity. One person cited in the report drove from Houston to Louisiana with her family for the reopening of casinos on Monday. And, even though revenue for its casinos dropped 61.7

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. Payments Innovation. has added to that pressure.

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Instacart Delivery Coming To Half Of Sam’s Club Locations

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All in, the expansion will see the service enter 1,000 new ZIP codes and over 100 new stores. Markets included in Instacart’s larger footprint will include New Jersey, Indianapolis and Houston, among others, according to the company.

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Barneys, Pier 1 And Other Iconic-But-Bankrupt Retailers Are Coming Back To Life 

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chain emerged from bankruptcy in 2019, but only has two stores so far – one in Houston and another in a New Jersey suburb of New York City. The chain eventually closed all U.S. stores and shuttered, sold or licensed away most of its overseas operations. A slimmed-down version of the U.S.

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Hooch App Raises A Glass To Raising $1.5M

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All parties seem to benefit: Bars get new patrons; patrons discover new locales. There are more than 400 bars locked and loaded into the interface that is available in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Austin, San Diego, New Jersey, Phoenix and Hong Kong. But with a total of $2.7

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