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Airbnb Asked to Drop Olympic Ties Over China Rights Issues

Airbnb Inc. is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year’s Beijing’s Winter Olympics by a coalition of 150 human-rights campaigners.

2021 could see strong economy coupled with emergency monetary and fiscal policies

The United States could look like a booming economy by the end of the year but with emergency monetary and fiscal policies. The Federal Reserve...

Unintended consequences: Dems rush to fix mistakes in relief package

President Biden says “the devil is in the details” of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Turns out, there are a lot of details.

Microsoft to Ease Workers Back to the Office Starting Next Week

Microsoft announced Monday that it would begin allowing more workers back into its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., starting on March 29.

March Madness Gamblers Expected To Break $8.5 Billion Record Thanks To Mobile Sports Betting

With online gambling now legal in 25 states, the 2021 NCAA tournament will be a slam dunk for gaming sites—and the friendly office pool may never rebound.

Dogecoin: Elon Musk, Snoop Dogg Tweets Fuel Crypto Price Rally (video)

WSJ looks at why online investors are pouring money into the meme-inspired virtual currency.

Republicans say Democrats’ big climate bill would crush the plastics industry

Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that provisions in the sweeping climate bill from top House Democrats would stifle the plastics industry.

House votes to avert deep spending cuts, including to Medicare, resulting from $1.9T relief package

The Democratic-led House voted Friday to avert deep spending cuts, including an estimated $36 billion in Medicare cuts next year, that would be triggered by President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package absent action from Congress.

Justice Department Investigating Visa Over Debit-Card Practices

New civil antitrust probe follows recent government challenge to Visa’s proposed acquisition of fintech company

Dow Tests New High, But Tech Stocks Sink Again As Treasury Yields Spike Further

The booming technology trade that helped lift the market to new highs during the pandemic continues to unwind Thursday as Treasury yields spike further on dovish comments from the Federal Reserve, which experts believe could be fueling concerns over rising inflation and lower stock-market valuations.

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