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Three of the most prominent businesses in the U.S. are taking steps to change their services to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Google Parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, + 2.60% GOOG, + 2.67% , Facebook Inc. FB, + 0.45% , and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, + 4.08% are the top …
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Americans with 401 (k) plans may think they have saved a lot for retirement, but a new government rule will show them exactly how much money they will see in their old age. The Department of Labor has published its interim final rule whereby managers have plans for defined contributions, …
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Investors familiar with the rapid acceleration of the US dollar could look to Washington for an answer. “The state of political anger clearly knows the dollar as the failure of more fiscal stimulus [and] the clear partisan skirmishing over post-in voting, which threatens to undermine the credibility of the election, …
Read More »Housing begins to rise 22.6% in July as Americans re-enter the housing market in trouble
The numbers: Activities at home build an important turnaround from the decay of the coronavirus. U.S. homebuilders began building homes at an annual adjusted annual rate of $ 1,496 million in July, up 22.6% from the previous month and 23.4% from a year ago, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. …
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