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7-Eleven, Inc. [2] is a convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas.The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas.It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946.
A government unemployment office with job listings, West Berlin, West Germany, 1982. Internationally, some nations' unemployment rates are sometimes muted or appear less severe because of the number of self-employed individuals working in agriculture. [65] Small independent farmers are often considered self-employed and so cannot be unemployed.
Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). It was begun in 1965 under the Social Security Administration and is now administered by the Centers ...
A small number of U.S. states rely entirely on sales taxes for state revenue, as those states do not levy a state income tax. Such states tend to have a moderate to a large amount of tourism or inter-state travel that occurs within their borders, allowing the state to benefit from taxes from people the state would otherwise not tax.
Ronald Wilson Reagan [a] (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent American conservative figures.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, with his wife, Yolanda Hill Robinson, is driven in a golf cart Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at the Fayetteville Motor Speedway in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As Robinson ...
In 2003, Guam had a 14% unemployment rate, and the government suffered a $314 million budget shortfall. [84] As of 2019 the unemployment rate had dropped to 6.1%. By September 2020, the unemployment rate had risen again to 17.9%. [85] As of June 2023 the unemployment rate had fallen to 4.0%. [86]
In particular, the fires on floors 7 through 9 and 11 through 13 continued to burn out of control during the afternoon. [86] At approximately 2:00 pm, firefighters noticed a bulge in the southwest corner of 7 World Trade Center between the 10th and 13th floors, a sign that the building was unstable and might cave to one side or "collapse". [87]