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: COVID-19 spread when 5 million people left Wuhan for Chinese New Year, yet 50 million Americans will still travel for Thanksgiving

How will you be spending Thanksgiving? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said it was “alarmed” about the 1 million new infections over the last week, and recommended against traveling this Thanksgiving. Potential alternatives include a virtual Thanksgiving meal with friends or loved ones and contact-free …

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NewsWatch: The Dow has completely recovered its 2020 bear-market loss. Here’s what comes next

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Dow’s recovery since March is impressive but says nothing about how long the bull market will run, writes Mark Hulbert. See full story. Some Americans may get hundreds of dollars more in Social Security benefits under Biden’s proposed change Joe Biden wants a minimum Social Security benefit …

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IRS has 1 million unprocessed returns and 3 million pieces of unopened mail after COVID-19 wreaked havoc on tax season

The Internal Revenue Service still has about one million 2020 tax returns to process after the coronavirus pandemic and distribution of millions of stimulus checks upended operations, the agency’s commissioner told federal lawmakers on Friday. “We have done all that we can really do,” said IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, talking …

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