Congress Finally Agrees on a Follow-Up Stimulus Package

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Northern Michigan real estate booms as builders struggle to meet demand
Michigan builders are prioritizing the construction of higher value homes to gain more profit, a market driven in part by the pandemic
Dating Apps See Increased Engagement But Struggle to Convert it to Dollars
FedEx profit leaps on rate hikes, e-commerce shipments
U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp on Thursday said quarterly profit almost doubled after rate hikes and spiking volume helped lower the cost of delivering pandemic-fueled e-commerce purchases to residential addresses.
Google sued by DOJ in antitrust case over search dominance
The lawsuit marks the first major antitrust litigation against a technology company since the DOJ's case against Microsoft in the late '90s.
Texas hits Google with antitrust suit over ad tech practices - Axios
The lawsuit is yet another legal battle for Google, embroiled in state and federal antitrust scrutiny.
U.S. Labels Vietnam, Switzerland Currency Manipulators
US brands Vietnam, Switzerland as currency manipulators
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list in an annual report...
Second Stimulus Measure is Reportedly Back on the Table. Could it Finally Happen?
Michigan officials: Feds cutting COVID vaccine shipments next week
Michigan public health officials expect to receive 29 percent fewer doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine next week, an unexplained drop in supplies on just the second full week of the state's mass inoculation of health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic. Lynn Sutfin, a…
One Thing We Should Copy From Canada - Stossel in the Classroom
John Stossel and David Henderson discuss how Canada fixed its debt problem.
Diving into Disney: A Virtual Tour Field Trip | The Walt Disney Family Museum
Benefitting from embedded digital media content, this walk-through the museum brings Walt’s inspirational message to life. Classes learn about his early failures, the art of animation, storytelling principles, and the technological innovations that made classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) possible.
Fed keeps rate near zero but sees brighter economy in 2021
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying government bonds until the economy makes “substantial” progress
Financial inTuition Podcast | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Learn tips and strategies on how to make more informed financial decisions around managing money, saving and paying for higher education, and repaying student loan debt.
Colleen Allen and Mark McWilliams: Why $2-an-hour wage boost for caregivers matters to other workforce sectors
For many Michigan families, mental illness and developmental disabilities are a fact of life. Their daily activities include providing high levels of personal care for a loved one and, very often, they find they can't do it all on their own.That is where our state's direct care workers come in…
Warren Buffett, David Solomon Urge Congress to Extend PPP for Small Businesses
The Fed could disappoint markets Wednesday, even if it keeps a super dovish tone
The Fed could disappoint at least some market pros who are expecting immediate changes in its bond buying program.
Delays in USPS letters and packages for the holidays
The U.S. Postal Service predicts this week will be the busiest time of the season for mailing, shipping and delivery. It’s also turning out to be a season
Question of the Day: $750 Playstation 5 Bundle on credit...If you make the minimum payments, how long before this credit card bill is paid off? - Blog
Answer: 5 Years and 9 Months Questions: Considering the cost of this Playstation 5 Bundle, do you think this is a good idea? Explain your answer. What big-ticket items or once-in-a-lifetime experiences do you think are worth spending money on? How could you reduce the amount of time required to pay off this credit card bill?
Fed to weigh further options for aiding U.S. economy in peril
The Federal Reserve’s policymakers face an unusual conundrum as they meet this week
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Kate Pew Wolters: As the country ages, the market demand for direct care workers will only intensify
Imagine for a moment that your alarm goes off at 6 a.m. and it's time to go to work. But somehow you can't get out of bed. You wait. You pick up your phone and see that the person that was supposed to be your arms and your legs to get you out of bed, cleaned up and dressed and ready to make a…
The PNC Christmas Price Index | PNC
Adidas exploring strategic options, including sale, for Reebok
German sportswear maker Adidas AG said on Monday it is considering strategic options, including a potential sale, for Reebok, 15 years after it bought the U.S.-focused brand to take on archrival Nike Inc on its home turf.
Apple's iPhone 12 comes with EarPods in France because of radiation laws | Engadget
Apple announced on Tuesday that it won’t be shipping the four new iPhone 12 models with EarPods or a power adapter, as a way to prevent them from ending up in landfills. In France, however, the new devices will have earphones in the coffret, likely thanks to a quirk of local laws, as spotted by MacRumors.
Substitute Pay Incentive Approved For Fulton Schools | Alpharetta, GA Patch
Fulton County Schools is providing a temporary pay incentive to substitutes through the end of the school year.
Low wages, long hours contribute to a critical shortage of health care's unsung heroes
Doctors and nurses are lauded as front-line heroes in the battle against COVID-19, but direct care workers who help people at home are a less visible and relatively unheralded part of the health care ecosystem. The pandemic magnifies their long-simmering undervaluation.Direct care workers —…
Elon Musk is leaving Silicon Valley for Texas. These millionaires and companies are joining him
Silicon Valley has been the epicenter of the tech industry for decades, starting in 1938 when Bill Hewlett and David Packard started tinkering in a Palo Alto garage.
Mapped: The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 50 U.S. Metro Areas
The annual salary needed to buy a home in the U.S. ranges from $38k to $255k, depending on the metropolitan area you are looking in.