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How Every Asset Class, Currency, and S&P 500 Sector Performed in 2020 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-every-asset-class-currency-and-sp-500-sector-performed-in-2020/

The Economic Impact of COVID-19, According to Business Leaders https://www.visualcapitalist.com/economic-impact-covid-19/

Return of the SPAC: They're Back and Bigger than Ever https://www.visualcapitalist.com/spacs-are-back-and-bigger-than-ever/  

30 Cities Best Positioned for Long-Term Success https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-the-30-cities-best-positioned-for-long-term-success/

Map: The Top Surveillance Cities Worldwide https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-top-surveillance-cities-worldwide/

How Chinese Financing is Fueling Megaprojects Around the World https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-chinese-financing-is-fueling-megaprojects/

How Much Do Countries Spend on Healthcare Compared to the Military? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/what-do-countries-spend-on-healthcare-versus-military/       

Microsoft says Russians hacked its network, viewing source code https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/microsoft-russian-hackers-source-coce/2020/12/31/a9b4f7cc-4b95-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

The stock market is ending 2020 at record highs, even as the virus surges and millions go hungry https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/stock-market-record-2020/?tid=ss_tw   

Analysis | World’s richest men added billions to their fortunes last year as others struggled https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/01/bezos-musk-wealth-pandemic/?tid=ss_tw

Analysis | Politicians say the middle class gets a bad deal from the U.S. tax system. They’re (kind of) wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/10/middle-class-taxes/?tid=ss_tw

Canada’s largest pension fund bought SolarWinds stake days before hacking disclosure, stock plunge https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/solarwinds-canada-pension-board-hack/?tid=ss_tw

Federal pilot program would open long-distance trucking to 18-year-olds https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/trucker-pilot-program/2020/12/30/9ea50a18-4099-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Researchers unveil new method for converting carbon dioxide into jet fuel https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/31/jet-fuel-climate-change-co2/?tid=ss_tw

Fake ads on Facebook and other social media are proliferating during holidays, apparently sending money to China and elsewhere, and costing customers and real small businesses. https://ti.me/3p5Pd7j

Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/brius-nursing-home/?tid=ss_tw

Federal employees to receive 1 percent pay raise under Trump executive order https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-federal-raise/2021/01/01/21228a24-4c52-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html?tid=ss_tw

How Big Cardboard is handling the 2020 box boom https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/30/cardboard-pandemic-online-shipment/?tid=ss_tw

Two Biden aides will recuse on BlackRock issues as past ties pose questions https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/02/blackrock-biden/?tid=ss_tw

In issuing new dietary guidelines, Trump once again spurns science https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-issuing-new-dietary-guidelines-trump-once-again-spurns-science/2021/01/01/d1c81310-4b8c-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html?tid=ss_tw

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