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Dollar General

Dollar General

Dollar General sees second-quarter profit

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $787.6 million. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $3.12 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations.
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

OESC names Zumwalt executive director

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission on Tuesday announced that interim director Shelley Zumwalt has been named executive director of the agency.
Inside Flix Brewhouse, 8590 Broadway Extension in Oklahoma City. Ledger photo by Andrew Griffin

Inside Flix Brewhouse, 8590 Broadway Extension in Oklahoma City. Ledger photo by Andrew Griffin

Flix Brewhouse, America’s cinema brewery, arrives in OKC

OKLAHOMA CITY – As clips from Marty McFly’s adventures in futuristic Back To The Future Pt. II played, president and chief “enthusiasm officer” Allan L. Reagan explained Monday that the Flix Brewhouse chain is unique with its theater/microbrewery/eatery concept.
Rent

Rent

Rental concessions more popular

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rental concessions on Zillow listings are now nearly twice as common as they were in February, as landlords strive to attract new tenants in a rental market that has softened considerably since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
SandRidge Energy

SandRidge Energy

SandRidge sells itsHQ

SandRidge Energy has closed the sale of its corporate headquarters, a 30-story office tower and annex with parking and ancillary uses located at 123 Robert S. Kerr in Oklahoma City, for net proceeds of approximately $35.4 million.
Zoom rides pandemic to another quarter of explosive growth

Zoom rides pandemic to another quarter of explosive growth

Zoom rides pandemic to another quarter of explosive growth

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) – Zoom’s videoconferencing service is deepening its integral role in life during the pandemic as thousands more businesses and other users pay for subscriptions to get more control over their virtual meetings.
Panhandler

Panhandler

Appeals court rejects OKC anti-panhandling measure

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma City law that places restrictions on panhandling on street medians is an unconstitutional violation of free speech, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. The decision by the U.S.
Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Regional manufacturing, services activity expand

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The latest services survey performed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City revealed a modest increase in services activity last month in a seven-state region that includes Oklahoma, but the level was still much lower than a year ago.
House panel warns of fraud and abuse in business aid program

House panel warns of fraud and abuse in business aid program

House panel warns of fraud and abuse in business aid program

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional investigators say they have identified lapses pointing to possible fraud and abuse in the Trump administration’s coronavirus relief program, including more than $1 billion awarded to small businesses that received multiple loans.