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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 Restaurants are big beneficiaries of COVID-19 relief bill 03/10/2021 08:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Restaurants devastated by the coronavirus outbreak are getting a lifeline from the pandemic relief package that’s awaiting President Joe Biden's signature. The bill that gained final congressional approval Wednesday adds money to the Paycheck Protection Program and provides indi Editorial Roundup: US 03/10/2021 07:43pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 10 The Virginian Pilot & Daily Press on marking one year since the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a global pandemic: Where were you when the world stopped? It’s a grim question, one with answers Police maced, trampled: New docs show depth of Jan. 6 chaos 03/10/2021 04:08pm • Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day said they were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police. Law enforcement agents were “being pulled into the crowd and trampled, assaulted with scaffolding m Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos 03/10/2021 04:07pm • Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day said they were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress. Law enforcement agents were “being pulled into the crowd and trampled, What's inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress 03/10/2021 02:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Wednesday, sending it to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The milestone political victory would provide $1,400 checks for most Americans and direct billions of dollars to schools, state South African university students clash with police, 1 dead 03/10/2021 10:55am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least one person has died and two students have been injured in clashes between South African university students and police over tuition fees at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The protests erupted this week after thousands of students were denied registrat