Mission Economy. By Mariana Mazzucato. Harper Business; 256 pages; $29.99. Allen Lane; £20. IN JULY 1969 America launched three astronauts into space, landed two of them on the surface of the Moon and safely returned all three to Earth. A…
The Wall Street Journal
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Andrew Ackerman
– Jan 20, 6:31 PM
WASHINGTON—President Biden is expected to nominate Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, to a top post overseeing national banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., according to people familiar with the…
That was almost … normal. And, as presidential inaugurations go, nicely done. Three excellent musical performances, an outstanding poem from Amanda Gorman, fully appropriate prayers from clergy. The Capitol balcony filled with distinguished…
CNN
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
– Jan 21, 5:36 AM
New York(CNN Business) The jobs crisis roared on during Donald Trump's last full week as president, with 900,000 Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis. It was a down from the prior week's upswing, when…
The Wall Street Journal
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Sarah Chaney Cambon
– Jan 21, 2:30 AM
Layoffs likely remained elevated last week as the labor-market recovery stalls this winter amid surging coronavirus cases, tightened business restrictions and a wary public. Economists expect about 925,000 workers filed for jobless benefits last…
