Month: April 2021

The Washington Post reports that business lobbyists are quietly trying to kill President Biden’s efforts to increase federal spending on Medicaid home and community-based (HCBS) long-term care services. The reason: The White House wants to fund the $400 billion increase—part of the president’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure spending program— by raising corporate taxes. And make no
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Aris Messinis | Pool | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping called Thursday for countries to work together, while respecting their different responsibilities on reducing carbon emissions. Xi made the remarks at a U.S.-led climate summit. The Chinese leader’s roughly five-minute remarks via video conference were the first from the
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The first three months of 2021 saw the strongest quarter for Hamptons home sales in six years, continuing the trend of suburbs and rural vacation areas seeing record growth and a lack of inventory during the pandemic. There were 509 home sales in the Hamptons, up nearly 50% from 343 sales in the first quarter
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Market bull John Stoltzfus sees investment opportunities across the board as earnings season kicks into high gear. Stoltzfus, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer Asset Management, considers trading activity a lot more sensible than critics think — particularly when it comes to 2020’s big winner. “We see technology as ubiquitous. It serves both the business community
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