MSNBC
Shutting down the government for 35 days may cost the American economy $11 billion - this according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
Visit https://www.msnbc.com/velshi-ruhle/watch/calculating-the-cost-of-the-35-day-government-shutdown-1433209411686 to view the full article online.
Lexology
For years, many small businesses have refused credit card payments entirely or credit card payments for transactions under a certain amount due to high transaction costs. Smaller retailers may also refuse certain brands of credit cards. However, a different trend has emerged in recent years as an increasing number of retailers are refusing to accept cash and instead accepting only credit/debit and smartphone payments.
Visit https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3c72459f-297f-4984-95a2-ea81456af530 to view the full article online.
|
American Banker
The suggestion that banks and payment networks should monitor or refuse to finance consumer purchases of legal firearms is a suggestion that banks take the law into their own hands.
Visit https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/gun-policys-a-job-for-government-not-banks?utm_campaign=bankthink-c-Jan%2028%202019&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042 to view the full article online.
|
CNN
Retail sales in China will reach more than $5.6 trillion this year, about $100 billion more than in the United States, according to a report published by research firm eMarketer.
Visit https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/business/china-retail-sales-us/index.html to view the full article online.
KATU News
Detectives are looking for a jewelry thief that stole thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise at All That Glitters Jewelry and Loan on Lombard Street in Portland, Ore., and then tried to pawn it off less than a day later.
Visit https://katu.com/news/local/thief-steals-ring-then-tries-to-pawn-it-at-same-company-less-than-24-hours-later to view the full article online.
Visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/pawnshops-and-ballot-boxes-virginia-debate-about-identification-highlights-partisan-divide/2019/01/22/5073a2dc-1e7c-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?utm_term=.483ada8131a4 to view the full article online.
Visit https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/albuquerque-pawn-shops-secondhand-stores-could-face-more-regulations/5225810/ to view the full article online.
National Pawnbrokers Association PO Box 508, Keller, TX 76244 P: (817) 337-8830 | info@NationalPawnbrokers.org |