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Tax Returns To Stolen ID Victims Show Massive Unemployment Fraud

Tax Returns To Stolen ID Victims Show Massive Unemployment Fraud
Tax Returns To Stolen ID Victims Show Massive Unemployment Fraud
February 07, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Tax forms states are sending people listed as having received unemployment benefits are likely to reveal to many addressees that their identities were used in...

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UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
February 07, 2021  |  Taxes

British lawmakers are exploring levying an extra tax on companies that benefited from COVID-19 and have summoned executives from major firms that could be affected...

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Yellen: Stimulus Could Return US To Full Employment In 2022
Yellen: Stimulus Could Return US To Full Employment In 2022
February 07, 2021  |  Economy

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday (Feb. 7) that she expects U.S. employment to return to pre-pandemic levels sometime in 2022, CNN reported. Get the...

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InsurTech Oscar Health Files For IPO After Losing $407 Million In 2020
InsurTech Oscar Health Files For IPO After Losing $407 Million In 2020
February 07, 2021  |  IPO

Oscar Health is going public and filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Bitcoin Daily: $90 Million Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud; India’s Exchanges Campaign Government To Regulate, Not Ban, Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: $90 Million Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud; India’s Exchanges Campaign Government...
February 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Protego Trust Bank N.A. was granted conditional approval for a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the company announced...

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Nigeria’s Central Bank Closes Crypto Accounts Citing Threats To Financial Stability
Nigeria’s Central Bank Closes Crypto Accounts Citing Threats To Financial Stability
February 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In a letter Friday (Feb. 5), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ordered financial institutions (FIs) and deposit money banks (DMBs) to close crypto-related accounts...

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China Clarifies Big Tech Monopoly Rules
China Clarifies Big Tech Monopoly Rules
February 07, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published new guidelines Sunday (Feb. 7) to strengthen anti-monopoly restrictions on Big Tech platforms, Reuters reported. Get the...

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Supply Chain Manager E2open Goes Public Via SPAC
Supply Chain Manager E2open Goes Public Via SPAC
February 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain management firm E2open went public effective Friday (Feb. 5) through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to a press...

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Biden Says Herd Immunity Doubtful By Summer’s End
Biden Says Herd Immunity Doubtful By Summer’s End
February 07, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Ahead of the big game on Sunday (Feb. 7), President Joe Biden expressed hope and optimism that next year, fans will be able to celebrate...

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