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  Mapped: The Top Export in Every Country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-top-export-in-every-country/ SBA seeks to delay release of loan records following court order https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/17/sba-loan-records/?tid=ss_tw Perspective | The number of 401(k) millionaires hit a new high, despite millions left behind by the pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/16/401k-millionaires-record-high/?tid=ss_tw Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2020/nov/commonwealth-fund-task-force-payment-and-delivery-system-reform#.X7Q-tqylQ6Q.twitter   Bill Gates says more than 50% of business travel will disappear in post-coronavirus world https://cnb.cx/38T6BaC Coronavirus testing before flying could become the norm as airlines try to boost confidence and woo travelers https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/preflight-covid-t...

The nightmare pandemic economy Joe Biden is inheriting, in 5 charts https://ti.me/3krwXm9 The World's Most Innovative Economies https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-10-most-innovative-economies-in-2019/ How Does Your Personality Type Affect Your Income? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/myers-briggs-personality-income/    Visualizing the Stages of Startup Funding https://www.visualcapitalist.com/startup-funding-stages/       Dow soars to new heights on promising vaccine news https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/16/stocks-markets-vaccine-moderna/?tid=ss_tw Businesses race to battle back new coronavirus restrictions as U.S. faces deadly new surge https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/11/16/coronavirus-business-lobbying-restrictions/?tid=ss_tw As Trump era ends, massive new Asian trade deal leaves U.S. on the sidelines https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trade-china-trump-obama-asia/2020/11/16/f02f43e4-27b7-11eb...

Chart Book: Tracking the Post-Great Recession Economy https://www.cbpp.org/research/economy/chart-book-tracking-the-post-great-recession-economy 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 Ranked: The Most Popular Websites Since 1993 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-popular-websites.../   Watch the changes over time Raging virus triggers new shutdown orders and economy braces for fresh wave of pain https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/14/coronavirus-shutdown-orders-economy/?tid=ss_tw McCormick breaks ground on $300M distribution center at Tradepoint Atlantic https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/11/12/mccormick-breaks-ground-at-tradepoint-atlantic.html?ana=RSS Utz to acquire On the Border chips and salsa brand for $480M https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/11/12/utz-acquire...

Greater Baltimore home sales continued to surge in October https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/11/11/residential-home-sales-october-baltimore-market.html?ana=RSS As coronavirus soars, hospitals hope to avoid an agonizing choice: Who gets care and who goes home https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/11/11/coronavirus-soars-hospitals-hope-avoid-an-agonizing-choice-who-gets-care-who-goes-home/?tid=ss_tw Workers Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID May Need Help Getting Coverage This Fall https://khn.org/MTIwNzcwNg 5 Ways Joe Biden's Presidency Will Affect Your Money – and How to Act Now | NextAdvisor with TIME https://time.com/nextadvisor/in-the-news/what-president-biden-means-for-your-money/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+brief+default+ac&utm_content=+++20201112+++body&et_rid=21583563 Israel ‘days away’ from COVID vaccine deal with Pfizer, Netanyahu says https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-days-away-from-deal-wi...

Visualizing the Evolution of Global Advertising Spend (1980-2020) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/evolution-global-advertising-spend-1980-2020/ Mounting commercial real estate losses threaten banks, recovery https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/11/commercial-real-estate-economy/?tid=ss_tw Hurricanes are staying stronger even over land as oceans warm from climate change, study finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/11/11/hurricanes-weaken-slowly-landfall/?tid=ss_tw Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals https://khn.org/MTIwNTU2MA Devaluing Black neighborhoods: Redfin accused of the latest form of redlining | COMMENTARY https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-baltimore-housing-redfin-discrimination-editorial-20201110-d6czgw72zjg7tg4uat4hxwgqhi-story.html      How Bidenomics can unite a divided nation https://brook.gs/36hnB7D Variations in Telemedicine Across the World: Q&A wi...

MacBooks get new brains with their first Apple-designed processors https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/10/apple-silicon-mac-event/?tid=ss_tw Ulta Beauty brings prestige makeup and skin care to Target with mini-shop deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/10/target-ulta-makeup-beauty-stores/?tid=ss_tw E.U. antitrust regulators announce charges against Amazon, alleging unfair business practices https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/amazon-antitrust-charges-europe-eu-vestager/2020/11/10/88df3fca-233c-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html?tid=ss_tw Treasury emergency aid loan goes to airline backed by Amazon and Apollo, showing government’s long reach https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/10/sun-country-amazon-apollo-cares-act/?tid=ss_tw ‘Stop the Steal’ supporters, restrained by Facebook, turn to Parler to peddle false election claims https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/10/facebook-parler-election-claims/?tid=ss_tw China...

  Building a stakeholder economy https://brook.gs/2Tz1svo Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by mid-December following release of data showing it is more than 90 percent effective https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/09/covid-vaccine-in-december/?tid=ss_tw Dow climbs more than 800 points as vaccine news, Biden victory rev up markets https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/09/stocks-markets-biden-trump-coronavirus/?tid=ss_tw Predicting the Future of Media and Entertainment https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-future-media-entertainment/ Restaurant chains are setting long-term plans to keep dining rooms open whenever and wherever possible as the coronavirus pandemic shows no sign of relenting https://www.wsj.com/articles/restaurants-defend-dining-rooms-as-covid-19-spreads-11604831402 Rural America Has Been Forgotten During the Coronavirus Crisis - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2020/10/28/4923...