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Nov 23, 2020
Joe Biden plans to nominate the former Federal Reserve chair as his Treasury secretary. She would play a leading role in helping the economy recover from the pandemic.
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Nov 23, 2020
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks back in with Alaska brewpub owner Matt Tomter to discuss how his business is weathering cold weather with surging coronavirus cases and no federal aid.
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Nov 23, 2020
"Never in my life would I think we'd be serving food in a tent in Alaska in November, December," Matt Tomter says. "But we're just riding this thing, the best we can."
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Nov 23, 2020
American Airlines reversed a recent policy that banned wheelchairs weighing more than 300 pounds, which includes many power wheelchairs, from some of its regional jets following an NPR report.
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Nov 23, 2020
More than 150 business leaders released a letter calling on Trump to start the transition process given the urgent need to tackle the fallout from the pandemic.
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Nov 23, 2020
The video-conferencing app banned a Palestinian activist who is a member of a U.S.-designated terrorist group. Now, the company's policies are being questioned.
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Nov 23, 2020
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca made the announcement on Monday, saying that one dosing regimen showed the vaccine was 90% effective in preventing infection.
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Nov 23, 2020
The pharmaceutical company made the announcement on Monday, saying that one dosing regimen showed the vaccine was 90% effective in preventing infection.
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Nov 23, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to tackle the climate crisis. Nonetheless, the oil and gas industry is reacting with a surprising amount of optimism.
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Nov 22, 2020
Food banks get a lot of help from volunteers who make meals, distribute food to the needy and help keep things running smoothly. But in the coronavirus era, volunteers can be in short supply.
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Nov 21, 2020
NPR's Leila Fadel discusses the looming cutoff of federal pandemic unemployment benefits with Kate McAfee and Mario Sandoval, who were both laid off, and researcher Elizabeth Pancotti.
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Nov 21, 2020
A federal judge ordered the CEO over the Voice of America to stop investigating its journalists for anti-Trump bias, saying he caused "self-censorship and the chilling of First Amendment expression."
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Nov 21, 2020
A federal judge ordered the CEO over the Voice of America to stop investigating its journalists for anti-Trump bias, saying he caused "self-censorship and the chilling of First Amendment expression."
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Nov 20, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin wants to let the emergency loan programs expire at the end of the year. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that's too soon.
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Nov 20, 2020
Michael Pack is nearing the close of his turbulent tenure as CEO of the parent agency to the Voice of America. After firings and claims of bias, staffers say they fear more damage on his way out.
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Nov 20, 2020
Watch an expert panel discussion on the effort to develop and deploy safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 on Friday, Nov. 20, to be live-streamed here at 12 p.m. ET
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Nov 20, 2020
The pharmaceutical giant and partner BioNTech announced Friday that they are submitting a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration, just days after the vaccine was shown to be 95% effective.
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Nov 20, 2020
The Fed is pushing back against a request from Treasury to wind down emergency lending programs set up in the wake of the coronavirus.
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Nov 20, 2020
The Fed will comply with a request from Treasury to wind down coronavirus emergency lending programs after the central bank had earlier objected to the move.
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Nov 20, 2020
The Fed is pushing back against a request from Treasury to wind down emergency lending programs set up in the wake of the coronavirus.
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Nov 20, 2020
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch about a lawsuit involving Tyson Foods supervisors betting money on the number of workers who would contract COVID-19.
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Nov 19, 2020
The move comes a day after the family of a deceased employee sued Tyson, claiming "incorrigible, willful and wanton disregard for worker safety at its pork processing facility in Waterloo, Iowa."
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Nov 19, 2020
For many families, 2020 ended up being a year with fewer child-care expenses. Now parents with unspent funds in their dependent-care flexible spending accounts are trying to figure out what to do.
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Nov 19, 2020
Albert Bourla, head of the pharmaceutical giant, discusses plans for distributing its vaccine, which it says is 95% effective, and explains the timing of his $5.6 mllion sale of Pfizer stock.
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Nov 19, 2020
It's not only low interest rates pushing up prices to record highs. A historic lack of homes for sale is a big part of it too. And it's making homeownership unaffordable for too many people.
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Nov 19, 2020
The social network says hate speech accounts for a tiny fraction of the posts people see. It's relying on automated systems to catch it, but is under pressure to do better.
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Nov 19, 2020
If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.
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Nov 19, 2020
The essential ingredient in the birth of the mafia wasn't the threats or the murders or the other stuff that's great for Hollywood movies. It was lemons. Our Planet Money team explains.
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Nov 19, 2020
Leaders of the world's biggest economies will meet virtually — depriving Saudi leaders the chance to show off their country. It also might help them avoid attention on human rights violations.
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Nov 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic continues to rip across the U.S. killing many and infecting hundreds of thousands of people each week. It's also upending part-time residencies between Florida and Canada.
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Nov 19, 2020
Climate activists say Biden's staff picks are a sign of his seriousness about tackling the issue. But banning anyone with fossil fuel ties could wipe out a lot of experience in getting things done.
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Nov 18, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of people in China have already received this vaccine. Now, preliminary trials are showing promising results, although it's too early to say whether it can prevent disease.
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Nov 18, 2020
Chief Mi'sel Joe of Miawpukek First Nation in Canada talks about the groundbreaking purchase of a fish company that an indigenous coalition completed last week.
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Nov 18, 2020
The issue reportedly affected phones released in 2015 and 2016. As part of the settlement, Apple also agreed to be more transparent about software updates that affect a phone's battery life.
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Nov 18, 2020
The social network largely outsources its content review jobs. Workers say they are now under pressure to return to the office despite the pandemic.
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Nov 18, 2020
Florida became the eighth state and the first in the South to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Replicating this in other states and on the federal level remains a challenge.
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Nov 18, 2020
Formerly a producer and songwriter for K-pop's nascent idols, Si-hyuk's own label, Big Hit Entertainment, recently became larger than the other top labels in Seoul combined.
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Nov 18, 2020
After 20 months on the tarmac that followed two fatal crashes, Boeing's troubled airliner has been given the green light by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Nov 18, 2020
After 20 months on the tarmac that followed two fatal crashes, Boeing's troubled airliner has been given the green light by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Nov 18, 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a powerful agency policing predatory or unfair practices. Trump hobbled it. But a court ruling allows Biden to appoint a new sheriff at the bureau.
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Nov 18, 2020
Corporate jargon endures, even thrives. I'll loop you in. Deep dive. Best practice. Moving forward. The use of such phrases can often be tied to where people stand in a social hierarchy.
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Nov 18, 2020
President Trump fires the nation's election security czar. A recent shake-up in Pentagon senior leadership raises many questions. Up to 12 million Americans could lose jobless benefits after Dec. 25.
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Nov 18, 2020
A new study finds that unless Congress breaks its impasse, millions of Americans will lose "life-saving" jobless benefits at the end of December, and that could spell financial ruin for many.
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Nov 18, 2020
The president-elect can undo many of Trump's tariffs with the stroke of a pen, but he's unlikely to do so now that the tenor of the U.S.-China relationship has changed.
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Nov 17, 2020
The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is expected to provide results in 30 minutes or less. Its approval could help alleviate the strain on the nation's precarious coronavirus testing system.
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Nov 17, 2020
The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is expected to provide results in 30 minutes or less. Its approval could help alleviate the strain on the nation's precarious coronavirus testing system.
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Nov 17, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey over how they handle false and misleading claims about the election, including from President Donald Trump.
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Nov 17, 2020
What it means for the U.S. to be on the sidelines of another major trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which 15 countries agreed to Sunday.
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Nov 17, 2020
The 47-50 vote came as Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins sided with Democratic senators to preserve a filibuster of Judy Shelton's confirmation. Two other Republicans missed the vote.
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Nov 17, 2020
Amazon launched an online pharmacy, sending shares of CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid tumbling. Amazon has pushed to compete with Walmart and major pharmacy chains that have long offered home delivery.
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Nov 17, 2020
Shoppers kept buying electronics and home improvement supplies, but sales overall rose only 0.3% in October.
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Nov 17, 2020
Shoppers kept buying electronics and home improvement supplies, but sales overall rose only 0.3% in October.
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Nov 17, 2020
There are so many appointees the government publishes a book to help keep track of them and that might not be enough.
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Nov 17, 2020
Three NASA astronauts and one from Japan's space agency reached the ISS after a 27-hour flight following Sunday's liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Nov 16, 2020
The shift into the "purple tier" for most counties comes as the number of daily new COVID-19 cases doubled in the past 10 days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. He also apologized for breaking the rules.
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Nov 16, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris met with business and labor leaders on Monday before addressing their approach to managing the economy.
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Nov 16, 2020
New York streetwear brand Supreme has been acquired by VF, the parent company of Vans, The North Face and Timberland. NPR discusses whether the brand will retain its street cred.
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Nov 16, 2020
Investors were also reassured by comments from two Biden advisers that no nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns are being contemplated.
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Nov 16, 2020
Investors were also reassured by comments from two Biden advisers that no nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns are being contemplated.
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Nov 16, 2020
Investors were also reassured by comments from two Biden advisers that no nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns are being contemplated.
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Nov 16, 2020
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.
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Nov 16, 2020
The Senate is expected to vote this week on the controversial nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve's governing board. She appears to have support from a slim majority of senators.
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Nov 16, 2020
Employees' ability to work from home could transform small metro areas and change where Americans choose to live.
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Nov 16, 2020
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson about the U.S. and China, and the pressure on the incoming Biden administration to tackle the economic issues between the two.
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Nov 16, 2020
China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations have signed one of the world's biggest trade pacts, leaving the U.S. on the sidelines.
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Nov 14, 2020
Backed by Rebekah Mercer, Parler now one of the most downloaded smartphone apps, as conservatives complaining of censorship by Facebook and Twitter seek out other social media alternatives.
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Nov 14, 2020
Backed by Rebekah Mercer, Parler is now one of the most downloaded smartphone apps, as conservatives complaining of censorship by Facebook and Twitter seek out other social media alternatives.
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Nov 14, 2020
Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Andrea Hsu, economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and new stay-at-home mom Farida Mercedes about how the pandemic is disproportionately impacting women in the workforce.
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Nov 14, 2020
Since Election Day, President Trump has attacked Fox News repeatedly, particularly its newsroom. Now comes chatter from Washington that he wants to start up his own media outfit to take on Fox.
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Nov 13, 2020
The reprieve in the latest sigh of relief for the massively popular video app, but uncertainty hangs over its future.
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Nov 13, 2020
The reprieve in the latest sigh of relief for the massively popular video app, but uncertainty hangs over its future.
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Nov 13, 2020
Musk was using the less-accurate rapid antigen tests. He said something "bogus" was happening and is waiting results from a test that is considered more reliable but takes longer to process.
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Nov 13, 2020
Pent-up demand from households that have been cooped up over the last eight months could drive a spending boom in the spring, providing a big boost to the economy.
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Nov 13, 2020
John Bolton urges Republicans to accept a Biden presidency. Biden could see a boom in the economy with the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. And, poorer countries might not receive a vaccine until 2023.
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Nov 12, 2020
Ahead of Election Day, the social network put in place several measures to fight the spread of false claims. On Thursday it shared data showing some of its changes were effective.
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Nov 12, 2020
The social network says it will keep some changes that were effective in slowing down the spread of false claims about the election.
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Nov 12, 2020
New video game consoles from Microsoft and Sony are out this week — the latest installment in a long-running competition between the two companies for dominance in the video gaming market.
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Nov 12, 2020
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the time the world came together to plug the hole in the ozone layer.
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Nov 12, 2020
Couples are struggling to redefine their own roles as they look to navigate a pandemic that has upended many aspects of domestic life.
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Nov 11, 2020
Pfizer's CEO sold $5.6 million worth of stock on Monday. The company says the stock sale was made as part of a preset plan. But NPR found irregularities about when the CEO entered into that plan.
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Nov 11, 2020
After years of strict rules surrounding its workers' personal appearance, UPS is loosening up. The company said it wanted to make employees "feel comfortable, genuine and authentic."
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Nov 11, 2020
Farm worker advocates are accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of trying to cut the wages of farm workers who come to the U.S. on temporarily guest worker visas.
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Nov 11, 2020
Farmworker advocates are accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of trying to cut the wages of farmworkers who come to the U.S. on temporary guest worker visas.
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Nov 11, 2020
The $1.6 billion Novavax contract is one of several Operation Warp Speed agreements issued through a third party, Advanced Technology International, and that hadn't been released.
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Nov 11, 2020
While working moms have been struggling this year, pandemic life is also taking a toll on dads, many of whom are confronting situations they may not have chosen otherwise.
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Nov 11, 2020
While working moms have been struggling this year, pandemic life is also taking a toll on dads, many of whom are confronting situations they may not have chosen otherwise.
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Nov 11, 2020
The Philadelphia business was the location of a bizarre press conference by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani last weekend. The business is cashing in on its newfound fame and has even run out of merch.
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Nov 11, 2020
The worker compensation claims are for COVID-19 medical expenses across three states. Employees are seeking reimbursement for hospital bills or missed shifts. Some court challenges are underway
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Nov 11, 2020
A study finds that some lenders are overcharging military veterans, raising the cost of their home loans by thousands of dollars. Fair lending watchdogs say people need to shop around and negotiate.
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Nov 11, 2020
Stampede Meat argues the closure violates President Trump's April 28 executive order, which aims to keep meat packing plants open during the pandemic.
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Nov 10, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok have stepped up efforts to curb the spread of misinformation about the election, but researchers say falsehoods thrive nearly unchecked on live videos.
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Nov 10, 2020
FAA chief Stephen Dickson says his agency is "in the final stages of reviewing" changes Boeing has made to the aircraft after two deadly crashes and could finish the evaluation "in coming days."
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Nov 10, 2020
Eli Lilly's monoclonal antibody for COVID-19 will be available to people 65 or older, or with underlying health conditions. Supplies will be short and allocating the medicine will be a challenge.
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Nov 10, 2020
EU accuses Amazon of exploiting data collected from other sellers for its own benefit. These are the first formal charges against the retail giant in a spate of antitrust probes in Europe and the U.S.
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Nov 10, 2020
Despite the pandemic — or maybe because of it — new businesses are starting at record rates.
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Nov 09, 2020
The social network's crackdown comes after the former White House strategist was permanently suspended from Twitter. Facebook said the pages were using "deceptive tactics" to mislead people.
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Nov 09, 2020
Stocks soared to record highs after drugmaker Pfizer announced its experimental coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective, providing a major dose of hope for the global economy.
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Nov 09, 2020
With so many people hunkered down due to the coronavirus pandemic, jigsaw puzzle sales are booming — and retailers are struggling to meet the increased demand.
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Nov 09, 2020
Stocks soared after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was 90% effective and after former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president.
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Nov 09, 2020
Stocks soared after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective and after former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president.
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