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FUTURES FILES

Retail prices hit 40-year high Gasoline, food, and rent accelerated the consumer price index to the highest level since 1981. Pent-up spending was stimulated by low interest rates, supply chain bottlenecks, government spending, and declining COVID fears. Economists, including some on the ...

Tioga banker recognized by BankBeat

Savanna Hendrickson, President of the Bank of Tioga, has been named a 2022 Rising Star in Banking by BankBeat magazine. According to information provided by the magazine, the program is designed to recognize up-and-coming leaders in the community banking space who are younger than 45. ...

Trinity names chief of medical staff

Dr. Scott Knutson, an emergency physician and frequent member of Trinity Health’s leadership team, has been elected chief of medical staff for Trinity Health. Knutson was selected by his peers and confirmed by the Trinity Board of Directors. Also elected to serve on the Medical Staff ...

Forbes recognizes Town & Country Credit Union

Town & Country Credit Union was recently recognized as one of the Best Credit Unions in the nation by Forbes in its Best-in-State Banks and Credit Union list. The rankings provide a comprehensive look at the elite of America’s smaller financial institutions. Town & Country Credit ...

Futures Files

National down day Nearly every market—domestic and foreign, farm and financial, short term and long term—took a nosedive Tuesday, right after our nation’s birthday celebration. Investors, already reeling from the worst stock market decline in 50 years, harbored little hope of recovery. ...

How a hotel satisfaction promise has led to more discontent

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the “100% Satisfaction Guarantee” was all the rage among many hotels. The gist was simple: Encounter a problem and receive your money back. In theory, this approach addressed fairly serious issues such as early-morning pool renovations that made the ...