Foster Fuels Comes to the Rescue After Power Outages in Texas

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFoster Fuels has been delivering fuel to critical infrastructure and crews working to restore power in the aftermath of the 2021 Texas ice storms that left more than four million people without power. The storm devastated access to local fuel reserves within Texas. As a result, Foster has been sourcing fuel from 12 states, some as far away as Utah and Ohio, dispensing around 500,000 gallons of fuel. Senior Vice President Will Rohrig said, “Road travel has been challenging as our trucks move further south, but we have been able to use information from…

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Top Toys and Trends for 2021

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Reading Time: 2 minutesNew year, new toys! Toymakers everywhere are preparing to launch brand-new products that will become the most sought-after toys of 2021. The Toy Insider, the toy industry’s most influential organization, revealed its list of the top trends and toys to watch in 2021. “February is our ‘Christmas morning’ in the toy industry, because we finally get to see what toymakers have planned for the year ahead,” says Ali Mierzejewski, Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Insider. “We’re excited to share our list of the most exciting toys and trends to keep an eye on in 2021. While the pandemic…

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Reserve a Dumpster for Your “Trash” Ex this Valentine’s Day

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDoes Valentine’s Day bring you all those warm, fuzzy feelings, or does it unearth annual flashbacks of the former flame who did you wrong? For travelers with emotional baggage looking for closure and sweet revenge, Hotels.com is listing the only stay suitable for a trash ex –a dumpster. Now through Feb. 12 at 8 a.m. ET, visit hotels.com/vdaydumpsterstay to tell them why your ex deserves a stay in the dumps and where your dreamiest hotel stay would be. You’ll receive a totally fictional yet equally satisfying booking confirmation email for your ex’s V-Day Dumpster Stay,…

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New Report Shows Troubling Link Between Stress, Spending, and the Pandemic

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Reading Time: 2 minutesStress and spending have always been linked, and the coronavirus pandemic has made financial vices more alluring for many Americans. According to the latest MagnifyMoney survey, 70% of consumers have spent money during the pandemic on financial vices, ranging from alcohol and cigarettes to adult entertainment and lottery tickets — spending nearly $950 on average. Plus, nearly 4 in 10 Americans used money from their savings account to cover these vices in 2020. To find out how the pandemic impacted this kind of spending, MagnifyMoney surveyed 1,550 Americans on what vices people were…

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Target and Levi’s Longstanding Partnership Expands

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTarget Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced a limited-edition collection with Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE: LEVI), featuring an assortment of home and lifestyle items and marking Levi’s® first Home partnership. Reinventing what a retailer’s relationship with a national brand can represent, the Levi’s® for Target limited-edition Home collection builds on the decade-long partnership between the two iconic companies, which began with the introduction of the DENIZEN® from Levi’s® value denim brand, and expanded in 2019 with the introduction of Levi’s® Red Tab brand at Target. As part of the Red Tab expansion, Target…

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Civil Rights and MLK Day

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Reading Time: 2 minutes75% of Americans say MLK day (Jan. 18) is an essential holiday for remembering the importance of U.S. civil rights, according to a recent survey by Reputation Leaders. Most see Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy as not just a great speech but also a continuing commitment to civil rights. A survey of 1,007 U.S. adults nationally found that 80% of Americans agree that civil rights are as important in 2021 as at any time in the last 30 years, evidenced by 3 in ten (29%) reporting they were personally and negatively affected by discrimination…

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See Why the Empire State Building Lights are Changing Colors

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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Empire State Building today announced its participation in President-Elect Biden’s plan to memorialize American lives lost from the COVID-19 pandemic with its iconic heartbeat lighting. For several months during New York City’s direst period, the Empire State Building’s heartbeat exhibited solidarity with and support for the millions of people affected by COVID-19, and specifically the emergency workers who addressed the first, great assault of the pandemic. Billions of impressions worldwide proved that the Empire State Building is an international symbol and icon of New York City. Each night at 9 p.m., the Empire State…

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STEM Students Get to Question Astronauts

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents from across the country will have an opportunity this week to ask questions of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 12:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 7, on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins will answer prerecorded questions from students engaged in Million Girls Moonshot, an after-school program launched by the STEM Next Opportunity Fund and aimed at inspiring underrepresented STEM students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The movement aims to engage 1 million school-age girls nationwide over the…

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A Look at the Global Cities 500 of 2020

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat effect has the global COVID-19 had on the brand value of the world’s greatest cities? To discover this, an analytical report of the Global Top 500 Cities was compiled by Global City Lab and released on Dec. 28, 2020 in New York. The report declares New York to be the world’s most valuable city, with a brand value of US$2.03 trillion. Tokyo has surpassed London to rank second with a brand value of US$1.88 trillion. London’s brand value has dropped 8.16% this year, ranking third with a brand value of US$1.85 trillion. Moreover, Paris and Sydney also have brand values surpassing US$1 trillion. Hong…

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What People Prefer Over 2020 is Surprising

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s no secret that 2020 has been an extreme rollercoaster ride, and many are ready to say goodbye to one of the toughest years of the century. TGI Fridays®, the iconic restaurant brand known as the authority on delivering good food and good times, is saying TGI2021 and TGI-F2020 (which everyone wants to say) by introducing the Cluck-It-Bucket. While supplies last, from December 26, 2020 through January 12, 2021, TGI Fridays fans can celebrate the end of a dismal 2020 with fries and their favorite wings with their choice of tasty sauce for just $20.20. The Cluck-It…

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