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Biden to sign voting-rights executive order in nod to ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Alabama 5½ decades ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps…
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Senate Democrat Joe Manchin to dominate the Sunday shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Below are highlights of the scheduled guest lineups for the Sunday morning news shows, with Senate Democrat…
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Biden, Democrats prevail as Senate approves $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that returns to House
An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies…
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‘It is simply not possible.’ Calls for tax deadline extension mount as accountants say they can’t do everything by April 15
As the April 15 deadline to file and pay taxes closes in, some of the accountants preparing those returns are…
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Trump State Department appointee charged with assault at Capitol
A former State Department aide in President Donald Trump’s administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the…
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After Championing Greener Building Codes, Local Governments Lose Right To Vote
The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for much of the United States and parts of the Caribbean…
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China sets economic-growth target of 6%, aims to be more self-reliant on tech
BEIJING — China’s top economic official announced a healthy growth target for the nation and its plans to become a…
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Budget tax hike threatens plan for City post -Brexit fightback
Imagine you are the European boss of a US financial firm based in Canary Wharf. Post Brexit you are wrestling…
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Democrats push FDA to regulate toxic metals in baby food after investigation finds high levels
Democrats push FDA to regulate toxic metals in baby food after investigation finds high levels. Chris Tobin | DigitalVision |…
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Morgan Stanley raises GE target to $17, a high among Wall Street banks
Morgan Stanley is now the biggest General Electric bull on Wall Street after analyst Josh Pokrzywinski raised his target on…
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Here’s what City firms make of the Budget
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered a budget that he said is designed to “protect jobs and the livelihoods of…
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Pimco adds former White House defence expert to advisory board
Pimco, the US bond giant, has appointed a former White House staffer to its influential advisory board — the second…
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House passes sweeping bill to overhaul policing
WASHINGTON — Cheered on by President Joe Biden, House Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the most ambitious effort in decades…
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House approves massive voting and ethics bill over GOP opposition
WASHINGTON — House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation Wednesday over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what…
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Alamo Drafthouse Files Chapter 11; Maintains Covid Protocols Despite Texas Governor Lifting Restrictions
The Austin-based movie theater chain announces it’s entered bankruptcy proceedings mere hours after defiant tweet concerning public-health measures. Grow Your…
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POLITICS: Things to watch in Democrats’ big climate bill
Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats yesterday rolled out an enhanced version of their climate bill, an ambitious effort to overhaul…
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Wall Street’s 20 favorite infrastructure stocks are expected to climb as much as 34% over the next year
Getting a C-minus grade usually isn’t good news, but it promises to be just that for investors looking to capitalize…
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Police uncover possible militia plot to breach Capitol this week
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the…
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Expert ‘mortified and disgusted’ by Texas reopening plan; it ‘will kill Texans,’ says top Democrat
News that the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, will lift the state’s face mask mandate and allow businesses to…
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Budget 2021: Five key takeaways for the City
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has delivered his Budget for 2021, announcing a raft of changes to ensure…
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Budget 2021: Sunak urges Bank of England to think ‘creatively’ to boost City post Brexit
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has asked the Bank of England to think “creatively” in ensuring the UK’s financial services industry remains…
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Deloitte agrees to pay Malaysia $80m to settle 1MDB claims
Accountancy firm Deloitte PLT has agreed to pay the Malaysian government $80m to settle claims relating to its auditing of…
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Financial services firms move £1.3tn out of UK since Brexit vote
Financial services firms have said they have moved £1.3tn from the UK to the EU since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Data…
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Vernon Jordan, activist and former Clinton adviser, has died at 85
ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil…
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Neera Tanden is out as Biden’s OMB nominee
The White House will withdraw the nomination of Neera Tanden for director of the Office of Management and Budget, in…
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Making the City best for business is more important than trade deals
The dramatic migration of share trading from London to Amsterdam and the foot-dragging by Brussels over granting UK access to…
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Cities Voted For Green Building Codes. Now Developers Want To End Voting.
Kim Havey had a problem. Minneapolis was generating more and more of its electricity from renewables, dropping climate-warming pollution from…
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$1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package set to clear House late tonight
House Democrats hope to clear President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic package late Friday and send it on to the…
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This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of Biblical proportions
This is pure Twitter gold. The 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off in Orlando this week with someone…
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Kalifa Review: All you need to know about the UK’s 106-page fintech report
Greater government oversight, hand-holding by regulators and a £1bn growth capital fund must be considered at pace if the UK…
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EU to roll out digital vaccine passports to restart travel within the bloc
Leaders of the European Union have agreed that a “digital vaccination certificate” is necessary to allow travel within the bloc.…
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Why the Brexit battle over London’s derivatives dominance may drag on for years
The battle for London’s trading and clearing of derivatives is heating up. But it probably won’t be settled any time…
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Biden orders airstrikes against Iran-backed militia in Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed…
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$15 minimum wage won’t make it into Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package — but lawmakers have other options
Democratic lawmakers pushing to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour were elated when President Joe Biden included…
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POLITICS: House Republicans huddle quietly to plot climate strategy
The House’s top energy and environment Republicans met privately in Utah last weekend to try to find ways to “reclaim…
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Why the Bank of England needs a monetary framework review to keep policy at the frontier
The Bank of England has built an enviable reputation as a central bank at the forefront of modern policymaking. This…
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‘We would have to resist very firmly’: BoE’s Bailey braces for €84tn Brexit battle for London’s derivatives crown
The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey issued a warning about how the Brexit battle for London’s financial crown could…
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Here’s why jobless claims are the wrong way to understand unemployment in the U.S.
The number of individuals filing first-time claims for state unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, with a total of 730,000…
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5 Things The Future Of Work Is Not
The shape of the workplace is changing in real-time. getty With a sense of normalcy on the horizon again, many…
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Carlyle’s Rubenstein says biggest economic risk is high unemployment, not stock market speculation
David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group. David A. Grogan | CNBC Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein told CNBC…
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An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic
The Northeast Atlantic mackerel is a small fish with grey or greenish-blue scales and tigerlike black stripes from mouth to…
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Global COVID cases fall for a sixth straight week as hopes for J&J vaccine are bolstered by FDA data
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson appears safe in inoculating against…
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The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out
On a golden day last September, I visited the ruins of the first Greek city on the Iberian Peninsula, a…
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$1.9tn is too much stimulus and it eclipses the economic benefit
The US entered the pandemic with a federal budget that was on an unsustainable trajectory, with spending outstripping revenues as…
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Here’s what to expect from Thursday’s GameStop hearing with Robinhood, Citadel and Reddit CEOs
The chiefs of Robinhood, Reddit, Citadel and Melvin Capital, are headed to Washington for Thursday’s highly anticipated GameStop hearing at…
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Warren presses Citadel CEO Griffin about relationship with Robinhood, payment for order flow
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressuring Citadel CEO…
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