Over the Thanksgiving weekend, American shoppers spent more than $1.5 billion on holiday shopping! Your Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec talk about what the rest of the holiday shopping season looks like, and how you can benefit from those credit card rewards.
Shoppers are expected to spend over $107 billion just online this holiday season, which would be an increase of 14% from last year. Additionally, 64% of shoppers use their smartphones to research those purchases.
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. Russell Vought is the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought directed the CFPB in a Saturday night email to stop work on proposed rules, to suspend the effective dates on any rules that were finalized but not yet effective, and to stop investigative work and not begin any new investigations. The agency has been a target of conservatives since President Barack Obama created it following the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Jeff Benedict, author of 'The Dynasty,' weighs in on the Kansas City Chiefs being the next big dynasty, who he thinks will win Super Bowl LIX and more. Watch!
Susan Bourgeois, Louisiana Economic Development Secretary, talks preparations for Super Bowl LIX, plus Meta’s $10B data center coming soon to North Louisiana.
