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: Pandemic-related jobless benefits derail $1.9 trillion stimulus debate in Senate

ByadminMarch 6, 2021

2021-03-05 23:22:00 {widget1} An earlier version of this report incorrectly identified Senator Joe Manchin's political party. He is a Democrat. The story has been corrected. On Friday there was drama in the vote of the senate. What Democrats had billed as the last step

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Why the Canadian housing market is soaring in the pandemic

ByadminMarch 6, 2021

2021-03-05 23:42:43 {widget1} This week started with an unusual apology. Evan Siddall, the president and chief executive of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, took to Twitter to acknowledge that last year the federal agency made a mistake when it predicted that the

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ETF Investing: 16 small-cap stocks that could get a boost from ETF buying

ByadminMarch 5, 2021

2021-03-05 21:45:00 {widget1} The Russell family of indexes will add several new publicly traded companies in March, after which exchange-traded funds that track the indexes will have to buy shares in those companies. This buying activity could boost stock prices, according

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German court suspends right to supervision of far-right AfD party

ByadminMarch 5, 2021

2021-03-05 22:08:47 {widget1} For years, Germany saw itself as immune to the nationalist movements driven by far-right rhetoric that disrupted democracies in Hungary and Poland, weakening the judiciary and the independence of the press. Seeing the rise of Donald J. Trump in

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: Did you bet on sports this year? The taxman could be coming for your winnings

ByadminMarch 5, 2021

2021-03-05 20:04:00 {widget1} Attention sports gamblers: The tax authorities may come for your winnings. About $ 42 billion has been legally bet on sports since gambling expanded to more states in 2018, and the industry is still growing. If you have placed bets on sites such