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Visualizing the Economic Cost of COVID-19 in the U.S. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/putting-the-cost-of-covid-19-in-perspective/

Special Virtual Issue on Developments in Financial Literacy https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-pension-economics-and-finance/virtual-special-issue-2021?fbclid=IwAR1GPLlaWWMIS6-RUK3NAAaqcV-pLLONP94Z0FjCY2dMbIMWtAgHXGKoJQU

Why Are Some Mutual Funds Changing Into E.T.F.s? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/why-are-some-mutual-funds-changing-into-etfs.html?smid=tw-share

What if the web looked more like Wikipedia? https://ti.me/39BRscA

With Vaccines Arriving, Value Investors Try for a Comeback https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/mutfund/mutual-funds-vaccine-investment-value-growth.html?smid=tw-share

Biden to begin presidency pushing emergency relief, other ambitious economic plans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/14/biden-economic-agenda/

Opinion | Joe Biden’s plan can build a bridge to a better economy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-bidens-plan-can-build-a-bridge-to-a-better-economy/2021/01/15/cb4b09de-574e-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Digital divide holding back business in Maryland, leaders say https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/01/14/digital-divide-is-big-issue-for-businesses.html?ana=RSS

Black-owned real estate group opens crowdfunding push for Walbrook Junction Shopping Center https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/01/14/walbrook-junction-crowd-funding-chicago-trend.html

The Biden Administration can take administrative actions to reduce the uninsured rate, begin to address disparities in health coverage, and improve the affordability and quality of coverage,Administration Should Act to Expand and Improve Health Coverage https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/administration-should-act-to-expand-and-improve-health-coverage

Workaholics at a greater risk of depression, study finds https://www.foxnews.com/health/workaholics-likely-depressed-study  

Amazon to face first U.S. unionization vote in seven years next month https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/amazon-union-alabama-vote/?tid=ss_tw

Analysis | The Technology 202: Tech giants are teaming up to build digital vaccine records https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/15/technology-202-tech-giants-are-teaming-up-build-digital-vaccine-records/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Don’t file a paper 2020 federal tax return if you don’t have to, IRS watchdog warns https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/15/irs-watchdog-file-electronically/?tid=ss_tw

Tesla Might Finally Have Some Competition. From Ford. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/ford-mustang-ev-tesla.html?smid=tw-share

WhatsApp Delays Privacy Changes Amid User Backlash https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/technology/whatsapp-privacy-changes-delayed.html?smid=tw-share

TSA weighs barring hundreds from flights, steps up security before inauguration https://cnb.cx/3p1ecZK

Going for a new PPP loan? SBA revises rules on employee and owner salaries, bonuses https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/01/14/sba-ppp-loan-bonuses-salary-pay-bonuses-new-rules.html?ana=e_wash_bn_editorschoice_editorschoice

Tom Vilsack’s nomination as agriculture secretary reopens old wounds for Black farmers https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/vilsack-usda-black-farmers/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Trump’s most enduring legacy could be the historic rise in the national debt https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/trump-legacy-national-debt-increasee/?tid=ss_tw

United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/01/12/climate-solutions-united-airlines/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Employers are taking a hard line against workers who support pro-Trump mob attack on U.S. Capitol https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/workplace-firing-trump-mob/?tid=ss_tw

How Twitter, on the front lines of history, finally decided to ban Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/how-twitter-banned-trump/?tid=ss_tw

Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/?tid=ss_tw

Ten months into the pandemic, transit systems in the Washington suburbs have a long way to normal https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/washington-transit-systems/2021/01/15/39f8ff16-5039-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Opinion | Montgomery schools are failing minority students https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/montgomery-schools-are-failing-minority-students/2021/01/14/4e6c7306-550c-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Opinion | Housing justice is a basic human right https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/housing-justice-is-a-basic-human-right/2021/01/07/74e6db4c-4086-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | We’re better off without Trump on Twitter. And worse off with Twitter in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-ban-big-tech-monopoly-private/?tid=ss_tw

Review | Advice for keeping your brain at its best https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/advice-for-keeping-your-brain-at-its-best/2021/01/13/34a84816-451f-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn't Gotten To Needy Families https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/953963243/why-billions-in-food-aid-hasnt-gotten-to-needy-families?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html?smid=tw-share

The ‘whitewashing’ of Black Wall Street https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/17/tulsa-massacre-greenwood-black-wall-street-gentrification/

Purges force extremists off social media sites. That can complicate investigators’ work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/far-right-investigations-encrypted-fbi/2021/01/17/bd7a71ac-580a-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Massive blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming bitcoin mining. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/16/massive-blackouts-have-hit-iran-government-is-blaming-bitcoin/?tid=ss_tw

Stocks drive higher, brushing aside worries about U.S. stability https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/stocks-capitol-riot/?tid=ss_tw

Biden’s policies on the economy http://wapo.st/biden-economy?tid=ss_tw

Lidar tech on the rise at CES to power future smart cities, autonomous cars https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/lidar-smart-cities-autonomous-cars/?tid=ss_tw

Ford is researching safety tech allowing bikes, e-scooters to ‘talk’ to cars https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/13/ford-bikes-escooters-safety/?tid=ss_tw

Virgin Orbit rocket reaches Earth orbit, adding an entrant to the commercial space race https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/17/richard-branson-virgin-orbit-launch-success/?tid=ss_tw

Apple sued by group insisting it curb Telegram after Capitol attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/17/apple-capitol-siege-telegram/?tid=ss_tw

  

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