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Michael Cohn
August 7, 2020 11:07 AM

The economy showed signs of recovery despite the spread of the coronavirus across many parts of the country.

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Michael Moeser
August 7, 2020 12:01 AM

Now that the U.S. is five months into the COVID crisis a new victim is emerging. Caught between small businesses furloughing their staff landlords needing to collect rent are millions of hourly workers.

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August 6, 2020 5:59 PM

Just eight loans had been made as of late July, six of them through a single community bank in Florida, according to new data on the federal rescue program for small and midsize companies hurt by the pandemic.

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Kristen Keats
August 6, 2020 1:38 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic flipped our working world on its head.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
By Berber Jin
August 6, 2020 11:47 AM

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said he will introduce legislation to tax what he called the “obscene wealth gains” from billionaires during the coronavirus crisis.

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Penny Crosman
August 6, 2020 11:13 AM

The digital bank, founded by a former Western Union president, offers tools to help low- and moderate-income people access their wages early, pay bills and engage in other financial services activities for a monthly fee.

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Nancy Pelosi, right, with Chuck Schumer, following a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 5.
By Laura Litvan, Erik Wasson and Billy House
August 6, 2020 11:02 AM

Democrats are demanding more Republican concessions to meet an end-of-the-week deadline for a deal on pandemic relief, and one of the chief White House negotiators warned there is little time left for negotiations.

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By Laura Davison
August 6, 2020 10:31 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is sending $500 payments to the children of some stimulus relief recipients who hadn’t gotten that part of the aid package after lawmakers complained that the agency wasn’t moving fast enough.

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Michael Cohn
August 6, 2020 10:23 AM

Bento for Business, a spend management system, is looking to assist small and midsize businesses with surviving through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dave Martin
August 6, 2020 9:00 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has forced some branches to close, but demand for in-person advice remains strong.

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