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What 1919 teaches us about pent-up demand

What 1919 teaches us about pent-up demand

A hundred years ago, a world war and a pandemic wreaked havoc on baseball and other industries. But pent-up demand helped them come roaring back.
by Greg Rosalsky

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Tech giants join corporate reckoning over political spending

Tech giants join corporate reckoning over political spending

Money-in-politics groups have welcomed this unusually widespread — and self-initiated — reckoning by corporations over their own role in contributing to the nation's current political state.
by Alina Selyukh

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Minnesota's businesses reopen, again

Minnesota's businesses reopen, again

On Monday, food, drink and entertainment venues were allowed to reopen with restrictions — again. How are business owners and employees feeling about the shifting of the rules? Plus, we look at the latest economic news with MPR News senior economic contributor Chris Farrell.
by Angela Davis, Karen Zamora and Arfie Ghedi

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Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

President Donald Trump may launch his own online platform. But that won't happen overnight, and free speech experts anticipate growing pressure on all social media platforms to curb incendiary speech as Americans take stock of Wednesday’s violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a Trump-incited mob.
by The Associated Press

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Pandemic pricetag: U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs in December

Pandemic pricetag: U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs in December

The runaway pandemic put more pressure on the U.S. job market last month. Employers shed 140,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent.
by Scott Horsley

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Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war, has died. He was 84.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota's restaurants prepare for reopening, again

Minnesota's restaurants prepare for reopening, again

Starting Monday, Minnesota restaurants may reopen, but only at 50 percent capacity. Gov. Tim Walz also is easing up on restrictions at bars, movie theaters, gyms and sporting events.
by Matt Sepic

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Amid violence, Trump says, 'Remember this day forever'

Amid violence, Trump says, 'Remember this day forever'

President Donald Trump appears to be excusing the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by supporters who disrupted the formalization of his electoral defeat. Facebook and Twitter have removed a short video of Trump where he is urging his supporters at the Capitol to “go home” while at the same time keeping up false attacks about the presidential election.
by The Associated Press

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