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Facebook labels Trump, Biden posts on voting https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/21/facebook-labels-trump-voting/ The future of the Internet could be Chinese and authoritarian, a Senate Foreign Relations report warns https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-future-of-the-internet-could-be-chinese-and-authoritarian-warns-senate-foreign-relations-report/2020/07/21/e6b5092c-ca4a-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html A Company Backs a Cause. It Funds a Politician Who Doesn’t. What Gives? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/business/dealbook/corporate-political-donations.html?smid=tw-share Health Care Construction Boom Anticipated https://khn.org/MTEzODM1Mg Apple pledges to be carbon neutral by 2030 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/21/apple-pledges-be-carbon-neutral-by-2030/ Study finds black and Latino students face significant ‘funding gap’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/study-finds-black-and-latino-students-face-sig...

E.U. leaders agree to $859 billion coronavirus plan to steer bloc out of what could be worst economic straits since World War II https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-summit-coronavirus-crisis-spending-plan/2020/07/20/d22e183c-ca8a-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html Arizona reopened early to revive its economy. Now, its workers and businesses face even greater devastation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/20/arizona-reopen-economy-coronavirus/ Amazon Primed To Move Further Into Health Care https://khn.org/MTEzNzQ0MQ Drugmaker Touts Trial Results Of Potential Coronavirus Treatment https://khn.org/MTEzNzIyMQ   Sports Teams' Dilemma: Money or Health https://khn.org/MTEzNzIyNw Best Guess on When Business Travel Will Recover? It Could be Years https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/business/business-travel-hotels-airlines.html?smid=tw-share         ‘A very dark feeling’: Hundreds camp out in Oklahoma unemploymen...

Trump demands payroll tax cut while GOP eyes benefit cuts for unemployed  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/19/republican-stimulus-unemployment-coronavirus/ Amid a Deadly Virus and Crippled Economy, One Form of Aid Has Proved Reliable: Food Stamps  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/politics/coronavirus-food-stamps.html?smid=tw-share Businesses Are Supposed to Cut Debt in a Downturn. Why Not Now?  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/business/corporate-debt-federal-reserve.html?smid=tw-share ‘Less Optimistic’ and ‘More Cautious’: Top C.E.O.s Fret as Virus Cases Rise  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/business/coronavirus-ceos-economy.html?smid=tw-share Online Gaming: The Rise of a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry  https://www.visualcapitalist.com/online-gaming-the-rise-of-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry/       Neiman Marcus Asks Bankruptcy Court For Permission To Give Raises To CEO And Executives  http://labo...

Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/minimum-wage-workers-cannot-afford-rent-in-any-us-state.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar Coronavirus is crushing tourism — and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/coronavirus-africa-tourism-wildlife/?tid=ss_tw From ranch to kitchen table https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/2020/07/17/coronavirus-restaurants-farm-ranch/ Young farmers and farmers of color have been shut out of federal assistance during the pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/16/cfap-ppp-farmers-coronavirus/ Can Pressure From Foreign Investors Save the Amazon? - The Dialogue https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/can-pressure-from-foreign-investors-save-the-amazon/    How PG&E Is Racing to Improve Safety as Fire Season Approaches https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/energy-environment/pge-wildf...

Federal Aid Has So Far Averted Personal Bankruptcies, but Trouble Looms https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/business/personal-bankruptcies-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share As the Virus Deepens Financial Trouble, Colleges Turn to Layoffs https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/us/coronavirus-college-faculty-layoffs.html?smid=tw-share       Mask-wearing, embraced by economists as key to the recovery, proves politically tricky for the Fed https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/17/fed-masks-economy/ The Investment Perspectives Blog is at: https://tinyurl.com/blogfin071820 with 3 finance articles. My blog can also be found on my Facebook Investment Perspectives Page https://www.facebook.com/thausnerinvest . This blog is produced daily. Twitter: @thinvestmentpe1 #Invest #Invest Education #FinEd

Perspectives: Fauci's Right To Defend Health Experts After Being Attacked; Could Walmart Make The Difference On Mask Compliance? https://khn.org/MTEzNTUzOQ 30-year fixed mortgage rate falls below 3 percent to lowest level in history https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/16/30-year-fixed-mortgage-rate-falls-below-3-percent/ Retail sales jump 7.5 percent in June even as new coronavirus outbreaks stall reopenings https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/16/retail-sales-june-2020/ Viewpoints: Moderna's Profit Is Sad Story About Virus Response In US; Let Physicians Decide About Value Of HCQ https://khn.org/MTEzNTMwOQ In Good Company: 50 U.S. businesses that stood out during the pandemic https://www.newsweek.com/good-company-50-us-businesses-that-stood-out-during-pandemic-1513867 What Bank of America's $1B commitment to fight inequality will look like in Greater Washington https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/07/15/bank-ameri...

Critics Say Administration Not Helping Unemployed Find New Health Coverage https://khn.org/MTEzNDc3MA Chicago’s City Colleges will wipe out debt of former students who return, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces in push to boost post-COVID recovery https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-chicago-city-colleges-debt-coronavirus-20200714-uvphxlgh7fah7htao5qrkzsf7y-story.html     Twitter Accounts for Biden, Gates, Musk and Others Are Breached https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/twitter-hack-bill-gates-elon-musk.html?smid=tw-share   SBA grant program attracting the wrong kind of attention https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/15/sba-eidl-loan-program-coronavirus/ Walmart will require face masks at all U.S. stores https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/15/walmart-face-mask-requirement/ Analysis | Spike in violent crime follows rise in gun-buying amid social upheaval https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/15/gun-s...