Canadian Deputy Secretary of State Chrystia Freeland attended a news conference as efforts continue on March 23, 2020 to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. Blair Gable | Reuters Canada said Friday it would hit repeat rates at $ 2.7 billion worth of U.S. goods, the latest development in …
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The finances of the law programs have long been troubled. And the crunch of coronavirus-induced layoffs has only deepened the problem by reducing the amount of income tax payments in their trust funds. This is not a distant problem that grandchildren of retirees have to deal with. If this economic …
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Text size Drew Angerer / Getty Images Mulan comes to Disney +, and how we can see movies change forever. That Walt Disney (ticker: DIS) made the decision to bring the much-delayed live-action remake of its 1998 animated feature to its Disney + subscription service should come as no surprise. …
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There have already been calls for an internal inquiry into cost-cutting measures that have led to slower delivery of mail and suggestions that the efforts of Louis DeJoy, the new postmaster general who is a donor to President Donald Trump and Republicans, harming the agency. On Friday, DeJoy announced a …
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies with Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration during the Honors of the First Chamber of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, on the implementation of Title I of the CARES Act on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2020 in Washington, DC to investigate. …
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