Financial crisis looming

It’s not unusual for one sector of the economy to suffer more than others in an economic slump The dot com bust hurt the nascent digital economy worse than the real economy and burned investors in young tech companies. The housing bubble and financial crisis were devastating for real estate, construction, and many in finance lost their jobs as their firms collapsed or were swallowed by competitors. … [Read more...] about Carney: A Year of Pains and Gains For America’s Retailers

Biden, who spent years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and had a vast foreign policy portfolio as vice president, has pledged a course correction. He has promised to repair alliances, rejoin the Paris climate treaty and the World Health Organization and said he would shore up U.S. national security by first addressing health, economic and political crises at home. … [Read more...] about After Trump, Biden aims to reshape the presidency itself

Anyone needing food can pick up food bags, which would include the goose meat, either through the drive-thru or walk-up lines at Metro Caring’s site at 1100 E. 18th Ave. They can also sign up for delivery service online at metrocaring.org. … [Read more...] about Denver’s controversial goose-culling program yields meat for families in need

To rectify that, the SBA opened up the loan program at 7 a.m. Monday only to community-based lenders that work with the smallest and most underserved of businesses: Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), minority depository institutions, certified development companies and microloan intermediaries. … [Read more...] about Colorado’s community lenders are leading new wave of PPP loans

"Four of the five are actually pretty small affiliates — Yemen, Somalia, Bangladesh and Pakistan — that haven't really had a massive presence on the ground and don't seem to have the sort of global pull that other ISIS branches have had," she added. … [Read more...] about Key Islamic State Affiliate Appears to Back New Leader