Dwain Hebda

4 days ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, May 12, putting pharmaceutical companies on notice that they have 30 days to reduce prices on prescription drugs, particularly those purchased through the nation’s entitlement Medicare and Medicaid health programs. “The principle is simple ― whatever the lowest price paid for a drug in other developed countries, that is the price that Americans will pay,” Trump said in his remarks announcing the action.

4 days ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailArkansas-based Tyson Foods has become the latest food giant to announce it will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food products. The northwest Arkansas company said it would eliminate such dyes in its products by the end of May. The announcement comes shortly after PepsiCo, one of the largest manufacturers of snack foods and beverages, announced a similar initiative, which would eliminate such dyes by year’s end.

4 days ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailIn a move that fulfilled another campaign promise, as well as bested decades of his predecessors in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has orchestrated a major win for U.S. trade with China. The president’s team of negotiators bartered a deal that dropped the reciprocal tariff on both countries’ goods, cooling the budding trade war that had stymied trade between the two superpowers.

2 weeks ago | aymag.com | Dwain Hebda

The video begins with a slight, graying man standing behind a kitchen island. Stacked before him is a pyramid of six silver upside-down cups, the top one crowned with an egg. The man looks studious as he stares down the cups, his right hand unsteadily tugging at the bill of his baseball cap. A voice from outside the frame intones, “OK, Parkinson’s Egg Cup Challenge.”The man takes hold of the top cup, his hand visibly wobbling.

2 weeks ago | aymag.com | Dwain Hebda

Photos by Lori SparkmanOf all the experiences and stories that can be gleaned from seven decades of life, the one that arguably defines Evette Brady quickest and best comes out in how she sees herself. Sitting down to talk with someone for the first time, she holds her hand up to stop the conversation after about the second time of being called “Chef.”“You may address me as a chef, but I’m a cook,” she said politely. The visitor need not push back on that assessment — Brady ain’t having it.