BUSINESS
ECONOMY
- U.S. budget deficit hits all-time high of $864 billion in June
- Homebuilders just saw the strongest June sales since the last housing boom, as pandemic pushes more
- Here are five charts illustrating U.S. economic trends amid the coronavirus pandemic
- Real-time data is showing that the coronavirus is causing 'widespread' economic damage
- Wearing masks is now the most important thing for the economy, Fed's Kaplan says
YOUR MONEY
- Column: What would private equity funds in 401(k)s mean for retirement savers?
- U.S. money market assets decreased in latest week: iMoneyNet
- Column: Spend or hoard? Fate of forced savings could define pandemic recovery - Mike Dolan
- Column: What COVID-19 is teaching us about how to reform Medicare
- Ackman says hedge fund up 27% year to date, dumped Berkshire

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Newly elected DNC chair pledges ’50 state’ strategy
Former South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison on Thursday was formally elected by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as the party’s new chairman.
Clothing sales were hit hardest, with the sector seeing a 25% drop in sales last year.
Government borrowing hit £34.1bn last month, as the cost of pandemic support measures weighed on the economy.
22.01.2021 China falling short of US trade deal targets
The country agreed to buy $200bn worth of US goods in a trade agreement signed one year ago.
Parent company Alphabet is scrapping Loon, a project set up to beam the internet to rural areas.
The tech giant says it will remove its main search function from Australia if it passes a new law.
Its boss apologises after customers were left to wait an average of 20 minutes for calls to be answered.
UK retailers may abandon goods EU customers want to return because it is cheaper than bringing them home.
WORLD
- Iran foreign minister: An 'agreeable solution' possible for IAEA inspection request
- Colombian army frees two foreigners held by FARC dissidents
- Brazil education minister steps down, heading to World Bank
- New French coronavirus deaths steady, infections creep up
- U.S. sanctions Mexican firms, individuals over links to Venezuela