Liberal View Running America ‘Like A Business’ Is A Road To Ruin nationalmemo.com - Ian Reifowitz The coronavirus pandemic has changed much about American politics and society—but not everything. One constant is that Republicans believe a lot of …
The Wall Street Journal.flipped into OpinionBusiness Taking Care of Small Business The Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardSpeaker Nancy Pelosi has committed to holding a vote this week on a bipartisan bill that would give small businesses receiving Paycheck Protection Program loans more flexibility. Senate Republicans have
Business If the Federal Government Won’t Fund the States’ Emergency Needs, There is Another Solution | The Smirking Chimp smirkingchimp.com - by Marshall Auerback | May 25, 2020 - 6:06am Many states are now experiencing severe budget deficits as they cope with the combined collapse of tax revenues and corresponding expansion of …
Africa US Treasury secretary demands demands independent probe of African Development Bank head fin24.com - Samuel Gebre and Baudelaire Mieu US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi …
CBS Newsflipped into CBS NewsNews Agency that runs Paycheck Protection Program won't name borrowers CBS News A small, overlooked federal agency is shouldering a massive relief effort for the nation's small businesses and their workers left reeling by the …
Yahoo Australiaflipped into Yahoo Finance AustraliaBusiness The $60 billion JobKeeper error: What went wrong? yahoo.com - Stephen Koukoulas On 30 March, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a series of stimulus measures designed to ‘build a bridge’ for the economy. The bridge was …
TheBlazeConservative View Second stimulus check coming 'sooner rather than later,' Trump's economic advisor says TheBlaze - Paul SaccaThe White House economic advisor cautioned that the unemployment rate could be higher than 20% in June before the recovery begins White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said it is "pretty likely" the
New York Magazineflipped into Daily IntelligencerPolitics Will We Get a Second Round of Coronavirus Stimulus Checks? New York Magazine - Ed Kilgore For many Americans who haven’t lost jobs or don’t own businesses, the central feature of the CARES Act passed in March to offset the economic effects …
POLITICOflipped into PoliticsPolitics Trump adviser compares China's handling of coronavirus to Chernobyl POLITICO - By ELEANOR MUELLER“We’ll see an HBO special about 10 or 15 years from now,” Robert O’Brien said China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is akin to the Soviet Union's response to Chernobyl, President Donald Trump's
U.S. Congress COVID-19: US Developments, Implementation and Oversight of CARES Act – May 21, 2020 natlawreview.com - www.natlawreview.com The legislative process in the US Congress is beginning to take on a more familiar look as policymakers work to shape the next steps in the federal …
Seeking AlphaBusiness Discretion Is The Better Part Of Valor Seeking Alpha - Bill Ehrman All states are now in the process of opening and the markets appear to be anticipating smooth sailing ahead despite not having sufficient testing, a …
Reuters Indiaflipped into WorldDonald Trump Months before election, liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts Reuters India - By Trevor HunnicuttNEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for U.S. economic posts ahead of the Nov. 3 election to generate broader support for the presumptive Democratic presidential
BloombergBusiness U.S.-China Tensions Hammerlock Bond Market Hopeful on Reopenings Bloomberg - Liz McCormick The Treasury market is holding in a tenuous calm as traders balance fears that U.S.-China tensions will escalate with hopes that the tepid pace of …
SalonNews The rich are making out like bandits in this pandemic Salon - David Cay JohnstonTens of millions of Americans are cashless, many desperate to feed their children. Meanwhile the richest Americans merrily float on a rapidly rising tide of money thanks mainly to Trump & Co. My analysis
The AtlanticHealth Why Are the States Reopening? The Atlantic - David A. GrahamAs of this week, all 50 states have begun reopening to some degree from counter-pandemic measures. That’s a remarkable milestone, and a big shift in policy in a short period of time. It might be cause
Australian Broadcasting Corporationflipped into Australian Broadcasting CorporationBusiness The Treasurer wants to bank the $60b JobKeeper muck-up, but it won't be that simple abc.net.au With Josh Frydenberg staring down the barrel of the biggest budget deficits in Australian history, getting a call on Thursday night from the Treasury …
Business Why Australia could have 'less robust recovery' than first expected 9news.com.au - AAP The Morrison government's much boasted-about $320 billion stimulus package to steer the economy through the coronavirus pandemic just got that much …
Newsdayflipped into NewsdayBusiness NY likely will get less stimulus aid the longer passage is delayed newsday.com - Tom Brune WASHINGTON — The longer the White House and Senate Republicans keep a new coronavirus aid package on pause, the less money New York State is likely …
The National Interestflipped into The National InterestBusiness Why Congress Can't Legislate the Economy Back Into Shape nationalinterest.org - Milton Ezrati "To pass new legislation now would only add to what is already a large backlog of funds and do so in the absence of valuable insight from the earlier …
Seeking AlphaBusiness The Dollar Index Is Sleepy (NYSEARCA:UUP) Seeking Alpha - Andrew Hecht Watching the US dollar index these days is like watching paint dry. After a wild tide in March that took the index that measures the king of …
Bloombergflipped into Bloomberg TelevisionBusiness Economies That Reopened Sooner Are Not Better Off: Summers Bloomberg Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, looks at Sweden as an example of an economy that did not see any material benefit from keeping …
CBS Newsflipped into CBS NewsNews CEO offers advice for minority business owners struggling with PPP loans CBS News - Elizabeth Elkind African American and Latino small business owners have faced an uphill battle trying to get relief amid the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. …
BloombergBusiness Bloomberg Wall Street Week: Blankfein & Moynihan (Podcast) Bloomberg One of the most iconic brands in financial news returns for today’s issues and today’s world. This week’s Wall Street Week features David Westin’s …
Barron'sBusiness Vaccines and the Return to Normalcy Barron's With more than 100 pharmaceutical companies trying to come up with the technology to produce a vaccine that would eradicate Covid-19 from this …
What Mattered This Week: May 18-22, 2020This EveningOver the last nine weeks, more than 38 million people have filed for unemployment benefits in the U.S. Plus, reported coronavirus cases passed five million globally, and an experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed promising early results in a trial by Moderna. The news sent the biotech company's stock price soaring—then two executives sold off nearly $30 million worth of shares. Read up on these and more of the week's top headlines.
United States GOP Will STOP A Great Depression With One Weird Trick: Cutting Off Unemployment wonkette.com - Doktor Zoom The weekly unemployment report came out Thursday, and as you'd expect, it's terrible again. 2.4 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment …
American Military Newsflipped into American Military NewsMilitary Mnuchin says ‘strong likelihood’ US will need more stimulus americanmilitarynews.com - Saleha Mohsin Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Congress will very likely need to pass more stimulus legislation for the U.S. economy, as the nation struggles …
The New Dailyflipped into NewsBusiness Michael Pascoe: A $60 billion ‘oops’ should’ve been a very happy accident thenewdaily.com.au - Michael Pascoe An email story this week: “I found a $20 note on the street. I asked myself ‘what would Jesus do?’ – so I turned it into wine.”As far as stories go, …
Business Insider Indiaflipped into Latest StoriesU.S. Government Anthony Fauci warns of 'irreparable damage' if lockdowns are kept in place for too long businessinsider.in - Joseph Zeballos-Roig Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, warned that an extended lockdown could cause "irreparable" harm and result in worse health …
Antonio Isaza mobileflipped into VARIOSLatin America US places top Nicaragua officials on sanctions blacklist - France 24 France 24Nicaragua's military chief and finance minister were placed on the US sanctions blacklist Friday as Washington stepped up pressure on the regime of President Daniel Ortega. The US Treasury said it would
