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COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates ...

Japan January machinery orders seen down for first time in four months – Reuters poll

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders likely dropped in January from December’s level, a Reuters poll found on Friday, ...

Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

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BALTIMORE (AP) – To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion ...

Newspaper: China to soon try 2 Canadians on spying charges

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BEIJING (AP) – A Communist Party newspaper says China will soon begin trials for two Canadians, who were arrested two ...

THE GLOBAL SMB NEOBANKS REPORT: How 17 upstarts are tailoring solutions to tap the $850 billion annual opportunity in addressing the unmet needs of SMBs

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Brent crude slips, but stays near $70 as demand recovery hopes lend support

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By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude prices eased on Friday but hovered near $70 a barrel as production ...

Firefighters responding to fire at Tesla’s Fremont factory: KTVU Fox 2

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(Reuters) – Firefighters are responding to a fire at Tesla Inc’s factory in Fremont, California, local media outlet KTVU Fox ...

Biden says relief is on the way in prime-time address, with stimulus checks going out as soon as this weekend and vaccine eligibility for all adults by May 1

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President Joe Biden speaks before signing the American Rescue Plan Act. The president will give a national address urging “hope” ...

Biden expected to announce all adult Americans will be eligible for vaccine by May 1

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President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., Monday, Dec. 21, ...

Web inventor Berners-Lee says ‘fad’ of internet giants will pass

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LONDON (Reuters) – Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has said the dominance of internet giants is ...

The Latest: Biden to deploy more troops to help vaccinations

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package (all times local): 6:40 p.m. President ...

BlackStone to expand headquarters at 345 Park Avenue

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(Reuters) – BlackStone Group Inc has signed a deal to expand its presence at its Park Avenue, Manhattan headquarters, the ...

Exclusive: Database company Couchbase files for IPO – sources

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By Anirban Sen and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Database software firm Couchbase Inc has registered for a stock market debut ...

Full passenger train service to resume in NC for the first time since COVID-19 pandemic

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Amtrak is getting its long-distance trains back to normal, too, including four that pass through North Carolina. Powered by WPeMatico

Full passenger train service to resume in NC for the first time since COVID-19 pandemic

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Amtrak is getting its long-distance trains back to normal, too, including four that pass through North Carolina. Powered by WPeMatico

‘F— Tucker Carlson’: Senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth reams out Fox News host over his comments about women in the military

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Democrats’ news conference Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images US war veteran Sen. ...

3 ways the new COVID-19 relief bill will put money in your pocket

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Maskot/Getty Images The new COVID-19 stimulus package will bring extra cash to many Americans. Americans will start seeing the third ...

US Navy sailors have been battling a bed bug infestation aboard an attack submarine

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The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bed bugs. US Navy One of the Navy’s most powerful attack ...

The buyer of a $69 million art NFT is the same crypto whiz kid who once paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett

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Justin Sun/Twitter Crypto whiz kid Justin Sun is the mystery buyer of the $69 million NFT that sold at Christie’s. ...

All your questions about unemployment and taxes, answered

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Unemployment is generally considered income in the eyes of the IRS. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Unemployment ...

Citing return of business travel, American Airlines adds nonstops from RDU to Texas

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American will have competition from three other airlines. Powered by WPeMatico

Citing return of business travel, American Airlines adds nonstops from RDU to Texas

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American will have competition from three other airlines. Powered by WPeMatico

How to do a mail merge using Microsoft Word and Excel to quickly create personalized templates for imported data

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With Word’s mail merge feature, you can generate personalized documents, like mailing labels, with a mass import from Excel. AleksandarGeorgiev/Getty ...

Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers

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SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) – Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers ousted from their ...

Uber Eats is struggling to keep a US leader as exits mount in the aftermath of Postmates acquisition and layoffs

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The head of Uber Eats’ US division exits. Uber Stephane Ficaja, head of Uber Eats US and Canada, exits after ...

General Electric extends 2-day decline to 14% as JPMorgan’s Stephen Tusa sticks with $5 price target

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Larry Culp, CEO of General Electric. Boston Globe/Getty Images Shares of General Electric have plummeted as much as 14% over ...

[REPORT] CORONAVIRUS AND 5G DEPLOYMENT ROADBLOCKS

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Cary will soon welcome a new grocery store and its quirky ‘Chicken Kitchen’

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When the birds come out of the rotisserie oven, an animated chicken chandelier signals a celebration that includes a special ...

Cary will soon welcome a new grocery store and its quirky ‘Chicken Kitchen’

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When the birds come out of the rotisserie oven, an animated chicken chandelier signals a celebration that includes a special ...

Texas power regulator warns lawmakers against retroactively cutting storm power prices

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(Reuters) – The head of Texas’s power regulator told lawmakers on Thursday that any effort to retroactively reduce the power ...