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As we have not yet managed to control our unemployment figures while we wait for the country to reopen, Congress is debating another stimulus package. Unlike the first massive round of stimulus spending, there is a chance that our friends in the swamp would actually fix a problem that was …

Damascus begins parliamentary elections on Sunday in areas controlled by the country’s government, as President Bashar al-Assad served 20 years in power amid continued war and deep economic problems. More than 2,000 candidates, including businesspeople under recently imposed sanctions by the United States, will participate in the legislative elections, the …

Image copyright Reuters Boris Johnson has said he does not want to impose a second national shutdown in the event of another Covid-19 outbreak. Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister compared the option of a national closure to a “nuclear deterrent”, adding that he does not believe the …

Are you still feeling good? It is not a trick question. On Friday, the government reported that unemployment in Texas dropped dramatically from 13% in May to 8.6% in June. That is a significant decrease and well below the national rate of 11.1%. Texas added 225,000 jobs last month, according …

A total of 40 businesses in 23 communities covered by the Daily Herald in DuPage County received the highest level of loans through the federal Payroll Protection Program, data from the U.S. Small Business Administration show. Companies are among more than 3,300 in this part of DuPage that received at …