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Improving Energy Efficiency using Modern Window Technology

Guest Post | Feb 5, 2021 “An average Canadian spends approximately $130-$150 per month on gas and $125 - $160 on electricity, which makes it on average a total of $3,000 - $3,700 utility bills per year. This means utility bills, which cover a large part of your home or office heating and cooling, would


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Pivoting Effectively

When faced with crisis, startups can respond by considering a pivot in business model, product or service offering, and even how it raises capital. Continue reading

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Half of all Americans will bet on Sunday's Super Bowl

Online gambling got a major boost from the Covid crisis, yet overall, Americans will wager $4.3 billion on this year's Super Bowl, a 37% decline from 2020.

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Crazy Rich Bitcoin Gold Rush: Rise (and Fall) of BTC Billionaire Arthur Hayes

Vanity Fair | Adam Ciralsky | Feb 4, 2021 The BitMEX cofounder created a cryptocurrency exchange that has traded trillions. Now he’s wanted by U.S. authorities, and insiders wonder whether he and his partners are villains—or victims of a two-tiered justice system that favors big banks over brash outsiders. Crazy Rich Arthur Hayes lives large.


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Latino-owned businesses are achieving record growth, but big banks still won't fund them

Latino businesses are growing sales across industries faster that any other group of entrepreneurs, but national banks are still denying them loans.

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A $15 federal minimum wage is out of the latest stimulus package for now

Senate Democrats on Friday advanced President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package, without a key part that would increase the minimum wage to $15.

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President Biden pledges to fix the racial wealth gap. Here are his plans

The median wealth for a white family was $188,200, compared to $24,100 for Black families and $36,100 for Hispanic families, according to the Federal Reserve.

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Consumer watchdog sees surge in Robinhood complaints, some clients claim they can’t leave the app

FTC complaints show widespread frustration with Robinhood's customer service with some clients claiming they were unable to liquidate their accounts.

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Op-ed: Cannabis investors are about to ride a legislative tailwind in Washington

With Democrats in both chambers of Congress and a Biden White House, federal legalization may be close to reality.

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How this child tax credit proposal could give some families monthly $300 checks

President Joe Biden wants a one-year child tax credit expansion to help give families emergency relief. Some lawmakers plan to advocate for a long-term change.

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Long-term unemployment is close to a Great Recession record

Almost 40% of unemployed workers have been out of a job for at least six months. That means many have entered a particularly risky period of joblessness.

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Millions of Americans could miss out on free tax help due to Covid

Millions of low-income Americans could miss out on free help filing their taxes this year due to Covid.

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First Major DeFi Hack of the Year Explained

The Defiant | Owen Fernau | Feb 5, 2021 The latest on the Yearn Finance exploit below. Yearn Finance, the yield aggregation protocol founded by Andre Cronje, has been hacked. One of the platform’s so-called vaults lost $11M, and the attacker got away with $2.8M. It’s the first DeFi hack of the year, after $100M


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Biden says next stimulus checks will be $1,400. How they could be targeted

President Joe Biden isn't backing down from sending $1,400 checks to Americans. But he says those payments could be targeted at people who need them most.

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Fiscal stimulus prospects and strong earnings tailwind may propel stocks in the week ahead

Stocks head into the week ahead with a tailwind, as investors focus on a hefty fiscal stimulus package and the solid earnings season.

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