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TL/DR - White Castle has announced plans to open a new outlet in Goodyear, Arizona, by the end of 2024. This will be the fast-food chain's third location in Arizona and the first in the West Valley. The new restaurant will be a 3,220-square-foot building, featuring a double-lane drive-thru, with seating for 52 in the dining room and 14 on the…

TL/DR - Private equity firms have significantly increased their acquisition of physician practices, hospitals, laboratories, and nursing homes, spending hundreds of billions of dollars. Such acquisitions often lead to more aggressive billing, stricter requirements for patient tests, reduced access, increased costs, and can even threaten patient…

TL/DR - Anne Dahlman, with 27 years of experience in higher education as a teacher, faculty scholar, and administrator, will become Northern Michigan University’s next provost and vice president for Academic Affairs from April 1. Dahlman most recently served as interim associate provost at Minnesota State University Mankato, holding various…

TL/DR - The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen anticipates robust economic growth in 2023, despite predictions otherwise, expecting new business startups to continue at record pace, unemployment rates to fall below 4%, and improvements in middle-income households' wealth and purchasing power. Four economic measures - the American Rescue Plan, the…