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The smallest businesses are getting extra PPP help. What to know before you apply

President Biden's administration on Monday announced changes for the PPP focused on helping small and minority owned firms as well as sole proprietors.

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Watch the first ever video of NASA landing a rover on Mars

NASA released first-of-its-kind video of its Perseverance rover touching down on the surface of Mars.

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Hedge funds that hunkered down after GameStop are now missing out on market gains

Popular long positions among hedge funds have lagged the S&P 500 partly due to selling in reaction to the GameStop retail trading frenzy.

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Top Wall Street analysts say buy stocks like Denny's and Cloudflare as economy reopens

TipRanks analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street's best-performing stocks, like Shopify & GoDaddy

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During Covid, some working mothers find a silver lining: more time with their children

The coronavirus crisis could benefit some working mothers. For some, it could be a long-awaited opportunity to spend more time with their children.

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Many Americans, especially families, can’t live on a $15 minimum wage

Democrats are pushing to get a $15 federal minimum wage into President Joe Biden's Covid relief package. For many, that pay still wouldn't be enough.

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Here's how Congress could avert another jobless benefits cliff as it moves to pass Covid relief

President Joe Biden called for extra unemployment benefits to phase out based on economic or health metrics. But there's one problem: Which metric to use?

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Tokenizing Assets and Unlocking Value on the Blockchain

Appinventiv | Chirag Bhardwaj | Aug 19, 2020 Blockchain has poised to bring a transformative difference in the finance world. The technology, with its characteristics like decentralization, immutability, transparency, and distributed structure, has added new forms of benefits and applications into the ecosystem.  One of which is asset tokenization on the blockchain surface.  This concept


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Grant Vingoe’s 1 year term ends April 15, what’s next for the OSC?

Investment Executive | Rudy Mezzetta | Feb 16, 2021 Observers aren’t surprised that the Ministry of Finance has yet to name a permanent leader for the OSC The Ontario government has yet to indicate who it will select to lead the Ontario Securities Commission on a permanent basis, even as the end of the acting


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Penrose Report: Power to the People: Stronger Consumer Choice and Competition

UK Government | Feb 16, 2021 An independent report by John Penrose MP on ways to improve consumer protection and promote competition. Digitisation is transforming almost everything for the better, by making things cheaper, faster and more convenient. But there are downsides to these otherwise wonderful changes, caused by firms with enormous new network and


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How Carl Icahn could create value with this health company, which has many valuable businesses

While he is not slowing down at all, Icahn recently reached an agreement with his son, Brett Icahn, to rejoin the firm as the eventual successor.

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Tax season is upon us. Here's what's new for your 2020 return

Due to pandemic-related relief, rule changes and shifting work situations, you may find that preparing your tax return is a bigger challenge than usual.

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Black-owned beauty brands and founders breaking billion-dollar barriers

The beauty and hair care industry for Black consumers is worth billions, and more Black entrepreneurs are succeeding in spite of funding hurdles.

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Ken Griffin rejects the idea that Citadel uses personal information from retail investors

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin spoke to CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk Box" on Friday regarding the House GameStop hearing.

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Citadel billionaire Ken Griffin defends Melvin stake against what he calls an insane conspiracy theory

Besides running hedge fund Citadel, Griffin is the founder of dominant market-maker Citadel Securities, which handles about 40% of U.S. retail stock order flow.

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