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Amid deal talks, TikTok, WeChat turn to lobbyists for US support

21 September 2020 - Ollie Gratzinger

TikTok and WeChat narrowly avoided a ban earlier this week by striking a deal with Oracle and Walmar [...]

Biden outraised Trump 3-1 in August, erasing Trump’s cash advantage

21 September 2020 - Karl Evers-Hillstrom

Joe Biden has erased President Donald Trump’s once-massive financial advantage that he’d been buildi [...]

Senate candidates spend record sums on online ads

16 September 2020 - Ollie Gratzinger

Senate candidates have turned to digital advertising to rack in donors and spread their messages. Th [...]

Tight rematch in Miami-area congressional race draws big money

16 September 2020 - Eliana Miller

Freshman Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) faces off against former TV reporter Maria Elvira Salazar once [...]

Biden, Democratic groups target Latinos with Spanish language ads

15 September 2020 - Eliana Miller

Joe Biden and his allied groups have been running Spanish language ads in swing states such as Flori [...]

Social Security's 2021 increase may be among smallest ever

26 September 2020

Projected 1.3% bump would come after Social Security benefits have lost almost one-third of their bu [...]

As fossil fuel jobs falter, renewables come to the rescue

26 September 2020

"People don't realize it, but there is a 100% renewable revolution going on right undernea [...]

For working moms, coronavirus can take a toll on careers

26 September 2020

Increased childcare duties during the pandemic usually falls on mothers, forcing them to sacrifice j [...]

Twitter users say the platform crops out Black faces

25 September 2020

Social media platform launched probe after users complained that its photo preview tool appears bias [...]

Company to pay $60 million for deceptive pelvic mesh marketing

25 September 2020

C.R. Bard failed to inform women of "serious and life-altering risks" related to permanent [...]

Pasta, Wine and Inflatable Pools: How Amazon Conquered Italy in the Pandemic

26 September 2020 - Adam Satariano and Emma Bubola

The e-commerce giant had struggled to gain a foothold in a society that prefers to shop in person, w [...]

Unemployment Claims Rise as Job Rebound Loses Momentum

24 September 2020 - Ben Casselman

New filings for unemployment benefits rose last week, signaling continued layoffs even before autumn [...]

Britain Introduces a Scaled-Back Wage Support Plan

25 September 2020 - Eshe Nelson

As the country faces a second wave of coronavirus infections, the government doesn’t want to support [...]

Why the U.S. Risks Repeating 2009’s Economic Stimulus Mistakes

24 September 2020 - Ben Casselman and Jeanna Smialek

In the wake of the last recession, government spending dried up, dragging out the recovery. Policyma [...]

Embattled Fed Nominee Celebrates Free Markets, but Not in Her Backyard

22 September 2020 - Jeanna Smialek and Emily Cochrane

Judy Shelton, a longtime Federal Reserve critic and gold standard fan, could soon clinch a job on th [...]