Month: January 2021

Hundreds of jobless people wait outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19 in Frankfort, Kentucky. John Sommers II/Getty Images As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office on Jan. 20, one of his first priorities is getting $2,000 stimulus checks approved. A third round of higher payments looked
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12 January 2021 Most of the commentary about indirect tax changes arising from the end of the Brexit withdrawal period has been on the movement of goods between the UK and EU and vice versa. While not as high profile or as wide-ranging, there were also changes relevant to organizations providing services.  Services businesses also
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View of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine boxes at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January 2, 2021. Gareth Fuller | Reuters LONDON — AstraZeneca’s covid-19 vaccine could be available across the European Union in mid-February, an EU official said on Tuesday, after the pharmaceutical company applied for distribution approval in
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An illustration of bitcoin on Euro banknotes. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin has been on a wild streak lately, showcasing why curious investors should pause before putting money into the cryptocurrency. The asset hit a record high of $41,973 on Friday, according to data from Coin Metrics, but on Monday plummeted about
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Glenn is a Mortgage Executive at Ally Home with more than 35 years of experience in consumer lending, mortgage and capital markets. getty Covid-19 unleashed unprecedented changes across the business landscape, and the real estate and mortgage industries were no exception. The pandemic accelerated the shift to modernize both the home shopping and home mortgage experience. This
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The logo for payments start-up Checkout.com. Checkout.com LONDON — Online payments firm Checkout.com is now Europe’s top tech unicorn. Checkout.com said Tuesday that it had raised $450 million in an investment led by Tiger Global Management — which is also an investor in rival payments giant Stripe — lifting its valuation to $15 billion. That’s
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The U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Automatic benefits Many workers will get the aid automatically, according to communications from federal and state labor departments. For example, workers don’t need to apply or take additional action to get the $300-a-week enhancement. States will include the stipend in individuals’ typical
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The simplest and most seemingly innocent things are costing lives. It’s natural for us to want to gather, no matter what warnings the CDC issues about Covid-19. Holidays are so important that many people chose to travel for family gatherings, figuring that they could minimize risks by sanitizing surfaces and wearing masks on planes or
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