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Personal Finance Daily: A sobering figure for Veterans Day: 200,000 service members owe nearly $3 billion in student loans, and think twice before saying Alex Trebek ‘lost his battle’ with pancreatic cancer

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‘We’re all in this together’: Dr. Fauci outlines how the U.S. can learn from other countries in the battle against COVID-19

What can the U.S. do differently? Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered some blunt messages to the public during an online video interview with actor Matthew McConaughey. There are three key reasons why many island nations and Asian countries, such as New …

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‘Fortnite’ maker accuses Apple of illegal monopolistic practices in tech battle royale that appears headed for a courtroom

The maker of “Fortnite” has launched a Battle Royale against Apple Inc., accusing the tech giant of seeking to “unlawfully maintain its monopoly.” Epic Games said Thursday it filed legal papers against Apple AAPL, +1.77% after the iPhone maker booted the company’s hit game “Fortnite” out of its App Store, …

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Wall Street stymied by battle in Congress

There is no question that the COVID-19 virus, and the reactions to it, are controlling the United States economy right now. But the breadth of that control was extremely evident this week.  As expected, the Federal Reserve decided to keep overnight lending rates stable, in the range of 0% – …

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Amazon expands its grocery service in head-to-head battle with U.K. supermarkets

Amazon is expanding its online grocery service in a major offensive aimed at winning more customers in the fiercely competitive U.K. grocery market. The technology giant, which releases its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, is to increase capacity into more homes and offer free delivery to Prime members from Tuesday, in …

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Key Words: Fauci says Americans must do 3 things to win the battle against COVID-19

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and one of the leading experts on pandemics in the U.S. for the last four decades, dished out some harsh words to both the U.S. public and federal authorities. Fauci said SARS-CoV-2, the name for …

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: How a controversial test on the Isle of Wight could help battle one of Europe’s biggest outbreaks of coronavirus

As of Tuesday, an island off the U.K.’s southern coast will become a petri dish for efforts to isolate and contain the third-biggest coronavirus outbreak in Europe. “From tomorrow, we will begin to pilot test, track and trace on the Isle of Wight, starting with health professionals, then rolling out …

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