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Serious mortgage delinquencies soared to a 10-year high last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/21/serious-mortgage-delinquencies-soared-10-year-high-last-month/ How these manufacturing companies are helping in the fight against COVID-19 https://ti.me/3aP44NK Heat is turbocharging fires, drought and tropical storms this summer https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/21/heat-climate-change-weather/ 911 call centers throughout Maryland will now accept text messages https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2020/08/20/911-call-centers-throughout-maryland-now-accept-text-messages/5616926002/    What Happens When Young People Can’t Access Reproductive Health Care? https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/podcast/2020/feb/what-happens-when-young-people-cant-access-reproductive-health-care#.Xz_fLHWez4E.twitter Many College Students Working Online From Cars Are On Verge Of Homelessness https://khn.org/MTE...

Having Both a 401(k) Plan and an IRA: How Much Does This Change the Retirement Asset Picture?  https://www.ebri.org/publications/research-publications/issue-briefs/content/having-both-a-401(k)-plan-and-an-ira-how-much-does-this-change-the-retirement-asset-picture New unemployment claims top 1 million. Again.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/20/august-unemployment-claims/ Unreliable? Some Tests Get Go-Ahead Without FDA Approval  https://khn.org/MTE1OTAzNg How much money UMd. and other Big Ten schools could lose from postponed sports season  https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/08/19/big-ten-cancellation-cost-university-of-maryland.html?ana=RSS Baltimore County considering ‘learning hub centers’ for students in need  https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-co-baltimore-county-learning-centers-20200818-e5fz75peinf4ll7quz5bl7vr3a-story.html Coronavirus metrics are falling in Anne Arundel County but food needs ar...

Biden Pledges Health Care Protections, Expansion As He Secures Nomination https://khn.org/MTE1Nzg1Mg Dozens Of Anne Arundel Businesses Found Violating COVID-19 Guidelines Since Pandemic Began, County Reports https://cbsloc.al/3aDISdb#.Xz0kHalaOJI.twitter Under Armour Releases First Sport Hijab https://cbsloc.al/315VMxw#.Xz0kR5F9JgE.twitter Safeway Shoppers Raise More Than $454K For Great American Milk Drive https://cbsloc.al/3gbnltw#.Xz0ka-QVJfc.twitter Dairy Queen Plans To Open Up To 30 More Stores Across Baltimore, DC Areas https://cbsloc.al/3haWaAr#.Xz0knZxwWTo.twitter SBA outlines PPP appeals: A primer on navigating the process https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/08/17/ppp-appeals-a-primer-on-the-process.html?ana=RSS UMD Students Stuck In Leases They No Longer Need Due To Shift To Online Learning Plan Caravan Protest In Annapolis https://cbsloc.al/3gc2TJb#.Xz0lVrzC9A4.twitter    Bogus Health News On Facebook Has Drawn Billions ...

  The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Forcing Millennial Mothers Out of the Workforce - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/news/2020/08/12/489178/covid-19-pandemic-forcing-millennial-mothers-workforce/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=11&utm_content=42638 Kids and Money: A ‘hidden gem’ to ease the burden of student loans https://tucson.com/business/kids-and-money-a-hidden-gem-to-ease-the-burden-of-student-loans/article_c2fff407-2bfd-57de-bbf8-8ea262000906.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share Trump’s Plan To Defund Social Security - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2020/08/12/489401/trumps-plan-defund-social-security/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=11&utm_content=42638     Nursing homes in the Sun Belt had months to prepare for rising coronavirus cases. They still weren’t ready. ...

State and Local Budget Pain Looms Over Economy’s Future https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/business/economy/state-local-budget-pain.html?smid=tw-share The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/13/recession-is-over-rich-working-class-is-far-recovered/ Jobless claims dip below 1 million for first time in more than four months https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/13/jobless-claims-dip-below-1-million-first-time-more-than-four-months/ Trump administration scraps limits on methane leaks at oil and gas sites https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/13/trump-administration-scrap-limits-methane-leaks-oil-gas-sites/ 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 Gilead, Maker Of Remdesivir, Criticized As 'Taking Ad...

  Racist Hate Speech: Facebook Bans Anti-Semitic, Blackface Images https://khn.org/MTE1MjgwNQ Harris wants U.S. to give Americans $2,000 a month during pandemic, a contrast with Biden’s measured approach https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/12/harris-biden-economic-policy/ REI plans sale of unused eight-acre headquarters campus as the retailer embraces remote work https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/12/rei-seattle-headquarters-commercial-real-estate/ Postponed College Football Games Could Disrupt $1 Billion in TV Ads https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/business/media/college-football-ads-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share Google, Facebook and Others Broaden Group to Secure U.S. Election https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/technology/google-facebook-coalition-us-election.html?smid=tw-share   The Investment Perspectives Blog is at: https://tinyurl.com/blogfin081320   with 5 finance articles. My blog can also be found on my Facebook Investment...

  An economic crisis in Kentucky has workers, businesses furious with McConnell https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/11/mcconnell-kentucky-coronavirus-aid/ Many workers don’t get new paid sick leave, because of ‘broad’ exemption for providers, report finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/11/paid-sick-leave/ Disinformation for profit: How a Florida ‘dealmaker’ turns conservative outrage into cash https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/11/evans-disinformation-florida-email/ Strapped States Struggle To Afford Trump's Order; Stimulus Talks Stalled https://khn.org/MTE1MjA4OQ Public Health Officials Are Quitting or Getting Fired in Throes of Pandemic https://khn.org/MTE1MTY4Ng ICU Doctor And Nurse Shortages Loom https://khn.org/MTE1MjA5NA As Telehealth Use Grows, Industry Tackles Thorny Issues https://khn.org/MTE1MjA5NQ Fixed indemnity health coverage is a problematic form of “junk insurance” https://brook.gs/30qbtPO As Big Ten...