A quickly passed state law in North Carolina (signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, right) that effectively ends local antidiscrimination ordinances affecting the LGBT community has proved hugely controversial with advocacy groups, sports organizations, corporations, and trade groups. Read More
Slowly but surely, retailers are beginning to accept EMV-enabled credit cards, which include built-in computer chips. But some retailers and the industry groups that represent them have raised concerns about the slow certification process for allowing the use of credit cards. So what's taking so long? Read More
It won’t be called the Snack Food Association anymore. The group, once named for potato chips, is undertaking its first major rebranding in decades, eyeing a global audience with its new SNAC International moniker. Read More
Nineteen percent of franchise owners in the United Kingdom are younger than 30, and a new campaign launched by the British Franchising Association aims to attract more to the industry. Read More
The World Psychiatric Association announced that it would discourage the use of gay conversion therapy and recommended that homosexuality be accepted culturally. Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to address an epidemic of opioid abuse, but the American Medical Association has voiced concern about “unintended consequences” of limiting prescriptions. Read More
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