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Digital Currency Is a Divided Issue at the Federal Reserve

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Digital Currency Is a Divided Issue at the Federal Reserve

Some Fed officials think the central bank needs to get in the digital currency game, while others fret about crowding out the private sector.

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Europe’s Pandemic Aid Is Winding Down. Is Now the Best Time?

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Europe’s Pandemic Aid Is Winding Down. Is Now the Best Time?

Governments want vaccinations and a business rebound to carry the economy now, but cutting aid too quickly could create economic aftershocks.

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As Infrastructure Bill Inches Forth, a Rocky, Slow Path Awaits in the House

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As Infrastructure Bill Inches Forth, a Rocky, Slow Path Awaits in the House

Progressives have not ruled out reopening the deal that senators are painstakingly putting together, and they do not intend to take it up for months, until after their other priorities are addressed.

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Administration Seeks to Blunt Effects From End of Eviction Moratorium

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Administration Seeks to Blunt Effects From End of Eviction Moratorium

After the expiration of the moratorium over the weekend, the White House called on state and local governments to protect renters and sought to speed the flow of federal aid.

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Fisherwomen honoured in photography exhibition

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Fisherwomen honoured in photography exhibition

An exhibition, dedicated to the thousands of women who have worked in the fishing industry along the east coast of England, has been unveiled. The work of photographer Craig Easton, the collection is on show at the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.He said: “[Fisherwomen] were celebrated back in the day by painters and photographers in the 1800s and really visible on the quaysides and I just thought, so who’s doing that work now then? And the answer to that question is still largely women.”It features Tracey Dybal, a fishmonger whose father ran a fishing boat for more than 50 years. She described the exhibition as “a good record” of the industry. She said: “My mum… she would be boiling shrimps out the back and selling them from the door and picking whelks and things, so, yeah, it was just sort of a way of life”.

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Amazon Faces Wider Fight Over Labor Practices

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A second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon across the country.

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Bank scam victims speak of trouble getting refunds

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Bank scam victims speak of trouble getting refunds

Victims of an increasing form of online banking fraud are still not being reimbursed, the BBC has heard.About 145,000 people were tricked into transferring money last year.However, the Payment Services Regulator said some banks were not refunding customers’ losses as they should under a new code. After being threatened during a conversation with a scam-caller last month, BBC reporter Jon Ironmonger has been speaking to three people exploited by similar Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams.If you are affected by the issues in this video, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.

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Companies Begin to Mandate Covid Vaccines for Employees

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Tyson and Microsoft were the latest to require employees to be vaccinated. Other major employers have tried less sweeping approaches.

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After Months of Avoiding the Vaccine Issue, Companies Begin to Mandate

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Tyson and Microsoft were the latest to require employees to be vaccinated. Other major employers have tried less sweeping approaches.

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Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This Fall

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Expiring unemployment benefits and the Delta variant add uncertainty to a recovery that has brought strong growth but an unusual labor market.

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