Monthly Archives: August 2015
Selected Economic Indicators for Missouri and the Plains States
Gross domestic product (GDP) means: …total value of goods and services produced during a period not including foreign earned income. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 2014 data on … Continue reading
Federal highway funding law has “other purposes”
President Obama signed H.R. 3236 into law on July 31, 2015. Short title is “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015.” To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other … Continue reading
Magnetic strip to computer chip – EMV credit cards
A majority of cardholders in Europe and Asia have used “smart cards” with embedded EMV chips for over a decade. “EMV” means Europay, Mastercard and VISA, the chip card producers and developers of global standards for the technology. The head … Continue reading
Happy National Watermelon Day!
Holiday Insights.com and many other sources recognize today, August 3rd, as National Watermelon Day. The Gardner’s Network, however, says it falls on August 18. So, if your local community organizers failed to set up a pit spitting contest today, there … Continue reading
Enterprise Extra 