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The World's Most Searched Consumer Brands https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-most-searched-consumer-brands/

Map: The World's Youngest and Oldest Countries https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-youngest-and-oldest-countries/

Tesla bought Bitcoin. Will Apple be next? https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/tesla-bought-bitcoin-will-apple-be-next/

The Outsider: How CEO-For-Hire Frank Slootman Turned Snowflake Into Software’s Biggest-Ever IPO https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2021/02/01/the-outsider/

As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them https://khn.org/MTI1ODI3Nw

Baltimore's January housing market saw another blitz in sales https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/02/11/baltimore-residential-market-january-sales.html?ana=RSS

Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/opioid-settlement-tax-refund/?arc404=true

Cvent CEO talks about its hard pivot, and what paid off, during Covid pandemic https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/02/08/cvent-reggie-aggarwal-talks-pivot-covid-pandemic.html?ana=e_ae_prem

U.S. eyes flurry of new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Google, trying to force tech to pay its ‘fair share’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/12/amazon-facebook-google-maryland-tax/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/irs-2021-tax-season-issues/?tid=ss_tw

Biden wants the IRS to drive his recovery plan. It can barely function as is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/irs-taxes-stimulus-biden/?tid=ss_tw

President Biden may struggle to get new $3,000 benefit to many of America’s poorest families https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/12/irs-democrats-child-tax-credit-plan/?tid=ss_tw

Biden wants to create millions of clean-energy jobs. China and Europe are way ahead of him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/11/us-battery-production-china-europe/?tid=ss_tw

Fresh World to anchor Woodbridge retail center https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/02/10/fresh-world-to-open-new-store-in-woodbridge.html?ana=e_wash_bn_editorschoice_editorschoice

Amazon targets Baileys Crossroads for full-size supermarket https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/01/05/amazon-targets-baileys-crossroads-for-supermarket.html?ana=e_wash_bn_editorschoice_editorschoice

D.C. plans advertising blitz to lure tourists back to the city. It isn't waiting for the pandemic to end. https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/02/09/events-dc-advertising-tourists-covid.html?ana=e_wash_bn_editorschoice_editorschoice

Wall Street regulators signal tougher approach to industry after GameStop frenzy https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/14/sec-gamestop/?tid=ss_tw

With a $10 billion cloud-computing deal snarled in court, the Pentagon may move forward without it https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/10/jedi-contract-pentagon-biden/?tid=ss_tw

Perspective | Coronavirus cost them their jobs. Government relief meant they could pay the rent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/arlington-thrive-rental-assistance-mccartney/2021/02/14/428b73c4-6caa-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Maryland approves coronavirus relief bill that would greatly expand Earned Income Tax Credit https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-covid-relief-bill/2021/02/12/a6ccfe4c-6d7d-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html?tid=ss_tw

How a Minimum-Wage Increase Is Being Felt in a Low-Wage City https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/business/economy/minimum-wage-fresno-california.html?smid=tw-share

Big Tech’s Unlikely Next Battleground: North Dakota https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/technology/north-dakota-tech-apps.html?smid=tw-share

 

 

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