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Which Financial Assets Do Americans Own? https://advisor.visualcapitalist.com/which-financial-assets-do-americans-own/

MarketWatch Mastering Your Money Event Series 2/3,10,17 RD, , https://events.marketwatch.com/masteringmoney/home?mod=djem_b_20210121_MarketWatch_Mastering_Your_Money

For Nearly 1 in 5 Adults With Children, Household Lacked Sufficient Food in Last 7 Days https://www.cbpp.org/for-nearly-1-in-5-adults-with-children-household-lacked-sufficient-food-in-last-7-days

Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/24/pandemic-shipping-economy/?tid=ss_tw

President Biden to increase federal food benefits among executive actions aimed at stabilizing U.S. economy https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-increase-food-stamps/?tid=ss_tw

Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds https://khn.org/MTI0NjU1Ng

Biden To Bump Up Food Assistance For People 'Hanging By A Thread' https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/22/959474276/biden-to-bump-up-food-assistance-for-people-hanging-by-a-thread?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Biden prepares executive orders aimed at combating hunger, protecting workers https://politi.co/2Y0VplC

Health Issues Carried Weight on the Campaign Trail. What Could Biden Do in His First 100 Days? https://khn.org/MTIzOTkzOA     

Lawsuit Challenges GA’s 1332 Waiver, ACA in the Biden Pandemic Plan https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hblog20210121.230640#.YAsmXd16Avw.twitter  

Mortgage rates dip as investors await actions of new administration https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/21/mortgage-rates-dip-investors-await-actions-new-administration/?tid=ss_tw

President Biden signs order to increase federal food benefits, among executive actions to stabilize the U.S. economy https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-increase-food-stamps/?tid=ss_tw

Walmart, Starbucks, Amazon and other corporate giants moving to speed up coronavirus vaccine rollout https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/22/retailers-coronavirus-vaccine-distribution/?tid=ss_tw

QAnon and pro-Trump online forums are struggling and fracturing in aftermath of the U.S. Capitol siege https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/22/trump-twitter-capitol-qanon/?tid=ss_tw

Amazon, Facebook, other tech giants spent roughly $65 million to lobby Washington last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/22/amazon-facebook-google-lobbying-2020/?tid=ss_tw

Google is threatening to pull its search engine out of Australia https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/22/google-australia-publishers/?tid=ss_tw

Senior Democrats drafting plan to give parents at least $3,000 per child in Biden stimulus https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-childtaxcredit-stimulus/?tid=ss_tw

Amazon presses for in-person voting for unionization election in the midst of a pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/22/amazon-union-vote-alabama/?tid=ss_tw

Union participation rose last year, even as pandemic wreaked havoc on the jobs market https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/22/union-membership-participation-bls-2020/?tid=ss_tw

TANF Provisions of Biden-Harris Relief Plan Would Help Families With Lowest Incomes https://www.cbpp.org/blog/tanf-provisions-of-biden-harris-relief-plan-would-help-families-with-lowest-incomes

Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and

The pandemic has been an economic disaster for women. Some took advantage of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2021/01/21/female-entrepreneurs-coronavirus/?tid=ss_tw

Baby boomers, to retailers’ surprise, are dominating online shopping https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2021/01/21/baby-boombers-online-shopping-pandemic/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Another urgent item for Biden’s to-do list: The looming Social Security funding crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/22/biden-fix-social-security/?tid=ss_tw

Europe’s Bankruptcies Are Plummeting. That May Be a Problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/business/Europe-bankruptcies.html?smid=tw-share

Monumental Sports has suffered serious hits through the pandemic. But CEO Ted Leonsis is hopeful for a comeback. https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/01/22/ted-leonsis-optimistic-monumental-sports-wizards.html?ana=e_wash_bn_exclusive_exclusive

Home workouts are getting expensive, as apps embrace pricey subscriptions https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2021/01/22/fitness-tech-subscriptions/?tid=ss_tw

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