Yellen to urge lawmakers to ‘act big’ on relief spending
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury secretary, is expected to urge lawmakers to “act big” on relief spending during her confirmation hearing Tuesday,
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PM tells business chiefs Covid jab is UK’s best way out of recession
Boris Johnson has told business leaders that efficient delivery of the coronavirus vaccine is Britain’s best economic recovery tool as he promised a sustainable fightback
European bank dealmaking raises hopes for cross-border M&A
The average size of deals between European banks hit a 12-year high in 2020, a trend that dealmakers expect to accelerate this year as the
World on the brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ due to unfair vaccine rollouts, WHO chief says
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines is at “serious risk.” Warning of a “catastrophic moral failure,”
Bobby Kennedy was right: GDP is a poor measure of a nation’s health
Economically, 2020 was a terrible year for the UK, but the real damage will not be easy to assess. Next month it will be official.
Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World. Good Luck Trying to Stop Them.
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we lost control of what we see, read—and even think—to the biggest social-media companies. I put it right around
Kristalina Georgieva: ‘We are in a resilient place but cannot take stability for granted’
The year 2020 will be remembered as the worst recession since the Depression. Green shoots of growth in the summer were crushed by a second
China’s economy expands at faster rate than before coronavirus
China’s gross domestic product expanded 6.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, a faster rate than before the coronavirus pandemic and easily outpacing
Corporate earnings don’t look great. But the drought may be over soon
It’s report card season for Corporate America. Companies are starting to release their earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, and so far it
Top Wall Street analysts back these stocks as earnings season kicks off
Earnings season is here, and Wall Street analysts are calling for another decline amid the pandemic. However, some pros are more optimistic about the fourth