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Bottom Line: Mastercard signs former House Financial Services Committee counsel

Banking master Card Hired 9th Avenue Strategy To Lobby on financial issues Relating to services, interchange and payments: The bipartisan, bicameral bill, the Credit Card Competition Act, threatens to dismantle Mastercard and Visa’s combined 80% dominance of the U.S. credit card interchange market by requiring major financial institutions to offer at least two options for […]

Pontins booted to bottom of UK holiday park table again | Travel & leisure

Well-established Pontins has been ranked the UK’s worst holiday park brand in a survey by consumer group Which?, with smaller, more independent resorts taking top honours. Topping the list was Potters Resorts, which has bases in the Essex countryside and the Norfolk coast. Which? surveyed more than 1,700 people about their experiences at UK holiday […]

Bottom Line: PBMs plus up

PBM (Personal Business Manager) of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA, a trade association representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Hired New Strategy To Lobby on the issue Issues related to the industry. PBMs are under immense pressure from lawmakers, pharmaceutical trade groups and others who want to raise prescription drug prices and provide more transparency into […]

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Bottom Out As US Government Wallet Sends $240M BTC To Coinbase – Benzinga

Cryptocurrency markets are falling on Wednesday as major governments liquidate their Bitcoin holdings. Cryptocurrency price Profit +/- Bitcoin BTC/USD $60,979.32 -1.7% Ethereum ETH/USD $3,410.19 -0.1% Solana Sol/USD $137.84 -0.7% Dogecoin DOGE/USD $0.1241 -2.9% Shiba Inu SHIB/USD $0.00001737 -3.3% Notable statistics: The Bitcoin Spot ETF reported its first total net inflows in a week, totalling $31 […]

Bottom Line: Northwestern lobbied up ahead of House antisemitism hearing

Higher Education Northwestern University Hired Harbinger Strategy To Lobby on the issue The case, which comes two weeks before University President Michael Schill is due to appear before a House committee for a hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses, concerns “Congressional oversight of higher education.” John Leganski, who until recently served as chief of staff […]

Has the American Culture Hit Bottom?

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s difficult to see it getting any lower than the Brazilian Butt Lift This might not be news to many Americans, but being an oddball disconnected from the pop culture and trends du jour, it was news to me—and shocking and distressing news at that. I’m speaking of the Brazilian Butt […]

Hiker found dead at the bottom of the Grand Canyon after camping: officials

A hiker has been found dead after camping overnight at the base of the Grand Canyon, park officials said. The 41-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, was found “unresponsive” Sunday morning along Bright Angel Trail, just east of Pipe Creek River Resthouse, according to the National Park Service (NPS). “All attempts to resuscitate […]

Bottom Line: Oil magnate accused of OPEC collusion brings on top lobbying shop

Oil and Gas Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Registered Lobby on the issue Related to the Federal Trade Commission Scott SheffieldFormer CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources. Regulators last month accused Sheffield of conspiring with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to jack up prices, but the company said its actions “reflect a fundamental misunderstanding […]