Massive inferno tears through historic New York psychiatric center

A massive fire tore through multiple buildings of an historic psychiatric facility in the Hudson Valley, wild footage shows. The blaze erupted Wednesday at the abandoned Hudson River Psychiatric Center in Poughkeepsie, which was established in 1867 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 after closing…

Domino’s Pizza fights battle of the bulge with possible menu changes

One of America’s largest pizza chains may introduce a protein-boosted pizza. The news came from a recent call with Sandeep Reddy, Domino’s chief financial officer, according to Yahoo Finance’s executive editor Brian Sozzi. The idea was floated by analysts from Bernstein, a New York-based investment research firm, after discussions with the CFO, who did not disclose any specific product innovations. “Once again, for competitive reasons, management did not share the type of innovation, but we appreciated that…

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CFTC Scraps ‘No-Deny’ Rule in Legal Settlements

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has rescinded a long-standing policy that prevented it from accepting a lawsuit settlement if the defendant denied the agency’s allegations.The CFTC said on Wednesday that it scrapped the policy, first adopted in 1998, because it “may have created an incorrect impression that the Commission…

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Costco customers are splurging in surprising ways — with a 50% jump in sales on self-care and luxury goods

Costco shoppers aren’t sweating high prices. They’re sweating in home saunas.  Inflation, international warfare and sociopolitical in-fighting across the US, apparently, cannot hold a candle to self-indulgence as sales on personal care products such as perfume, jewelry, saunas, makeup and massage chairs recently skyrocketed amid the economic crisis, per Costco…