by Bradley Benson | Jan 3, 2021 | Finance
Stimulus money could be coming to your account tonight. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tweeted on Tuesday evening the department “has delivered a payment file to the Federal Reserve for Americans’ Economic Impact Payments.” His tweet continued:...
by Bradley Benson | Jun 25, 2020 | Finance
“My whole body really ached with stress, from my head to my toes,” she said. Then $7,600 suddenly arrived for eight weeks of back benefits, including a $600 weekly bonus. Counting a stimulus payment, Ms. Bedico’s income, $15,500 for three months, is nearly 60 percent...
by Bradley Benson | Jun 24, 2020 | Finance
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is set to propose a roll back of legal protections that online platforms have enjoyed for more than two decades, in an effort to make tech companies more responsible in how they police their content, according to a Trump...
by Bradley Benson | Jun 20, 2020 | Finance
* Some of Wall Street’s most prominent names have donated thousands of dollars to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary in New York, data from the FEC shows. * As first reported by the Financial Times, names including...
by Bradley Benson | Jun 7, 2020 | Finance
Several months after the IRS first started making stimulus payments, Washington politicians are now considering the merits of a second round of checks to help support a shaky US economy. Senate Republicans, House Democrats and White House advisers are each mapping...
by Bradley Benson | May 2, 2020 | Finance
The economic shutdown has focused much attention on supply chains. Take the lithium industry.For the past 20 years, China has worked assiduously to make itself a renewable energy powerhouse. It is the world’s largest producer, exporter and installer of solar...