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Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor 03/12/2021 12:31pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Lebanon���s parliament on Friday approved a $246 million loan from the World Bank that would provide cash assistance for more than 160,000 families in the small country hit by an unprecedented economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The approval came as the local currency hit a Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president 03/11/2021 08:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A convicted Honduran drug trafficker and former leader of a cartel testified in United States federal court Thursday that he paid now-President Juan Orlando Hern��ndez $250,000 for protection from arrest in 2012. Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, former leader of the Cachiros cartel, US long-term mortgage rates rise again; 30-year at 3.05% 03/11/2021 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. long-term mortgage rates again rose modestly this week against the backdrop of an improving economy and further distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Rates remain near historic lows, however. The benchmark 30-year loan stayed above the 3% mark, a level it breached last week LA Galaxy sign French midfielder Samuel Grandsir from Monaco 03/11/2021 03:46pm • CARSON, Calif. (AP) ��� French midfielder Samuel Grandsir has agreed to a three-year contract with the LA Galaxy. The Galaxy announced the move Thursday for Grandsir, who had been with AS Monaco since 2018. The 24-year-old Grandsir made only 12 appearances for Monaco, which acquired him from Troyes. Haaland faces unclear future after Champions League heroics 03/11/2021 11:57am • By sending Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League quarterfinals, Erling Haaland offered another reminder this week of why he is one of European soccer's most sought-after transfer targets. Where he'll be playing next season is anyone's guess. In any normal season, Haaland would have his pick o From job cuts to online commerce, virus reshaped US economy 03/11/2021 11:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� At first, it was expected to be brief. At least that was the hope. Instead, a once-in-a-century pandemic has ground on for a year, throwing millions out of work and upending wide swathes of the American economy. Delivery services thrived while restaurants suffered. Home offices r Greece outlines new coronavirus relief package 03/11/2021 10:03am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece���s prime minister has outlined a new 2.5 billion-euro ($3 billion) package of relief measures for businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns. Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday the new stimulus package would provide relief for mor Airline stocks cleared for takeoff, but turbulence ahead 03/11/2021 09:10am • Investors have seemingly cleared airline stocks for takeoff, but the industry still faces a long and bumpy climb. The S&P 500's airline index, which includes American Airlines and other major carriers, has jumped nearly 25% so far in 2021 as vaccine distribution ramps up and begins to clear the Millennial Money: 3 ways COVID-19 reshuffled our finances 03/11/2021 08:39am • The U.S. economy ground to a halt in March 2020 as state after state issued lockdown orders and shut down businesses to blunt the spread of the coronavirus. A year later, mask-wearing is commonplace, the phrase ���social distancing��� is now in the dictionary, elbow bumps have replaced fist bumps a 6 Nations reach 5-year, $508M investment lifeline with CVC 03/11/2021 05:55am • LONDON (AP) ��� Six Nations Rugby confirmed a 365 million pound ($508 million) injection of much-needed cash from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners on Thursday. Negotiations on the five-year deal for a 14.3% stake in the Six Nations' commercial rights began in September 2019 and was agreed to What's inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress 03/11/2021 12:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The sweeping pandemic relief package awaiting President Joe Biden's signature aims to help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health. Highlights of the legislation: AID TO THE UNEMPLOYED Expanded unemployment benefits from the federal government would be exte 7 Small-Cap Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 03/11/2021 12:00am • Small-cap stocks offer an alternative to Big Tech.The most popular stocks on Wall Street have long been Big Tech darlings such as Amazon.com (ticker: AMZN) and Apple (AAPL). But when you look at the stock market right now, it's hard to have as much confidence in these giants as they have started to 7 Companies That Went Bankrupt Due to COVID 03/11/2021 12:00am • As pandemic restrictions loosen, bankrupt companies get a new lease on life.As the pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, a new sort of crisis began to emerge: bankruptcies. Companies that entered the year in a position of strength faced a new reality that kept consumers stuck at home and closed d PPP Loans: A U.S. News Guide 03/11/2021 12:00am • For many small business owners, the Paycheck Protection Program has been a lifeline during the coronavirus pandemic. But since its inception, the initiative has undergone several changes, as well as two separate rounds of disbursements. The next deadline to submit an application for funding is Marc Asian shares advance as yields, inflation fears moderate 03/10/2021 11:37pm • Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday after a key measure of inflation in the U.S. came in lower than expected, easing worries that price pressures could push interest rates higher. Shares rose in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong but edged lower in Sydney. On Wall Street, energy and financial stocks ros