NewsWatch: Americans can’t file their income taxes fast enough — but they should brace for some unwelcome news in their 2020 refunds

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The IRS has received approximately 21% more individual returns than the agency received last year by Feb. 7, which was 12 days into the tax season last year. See full story.

This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions

Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread across Twitter faster than you can say 'Moses' See full story.

‘Head-smacking craziness’ has reached new heights in today’s markets, says hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer

Billionaire Paul Singer of Elliott Management thinks that the market for equities has pretty much jumped the shark, in a Jan. 28 letter to clients, reported by Bloomberg on Friday. See full story.

GameStop saga illustrates rising ‘noise-trader risk’ that could feed market volatility, warns quantitative analyst

The GameStop rally could herald a rise in “noise trader risk,” potentially driving rational traders from obscure, less liquid corners of the stock market and stoking increased volatility, warns one quantitative analyst. See full story.

What is NBA Top Shot? Everything you need to know about the digital asset with over $230 million in transactions

NBA Top Shot is using blockchain technology to reinvent sports collectibles See full story.

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'At the peak, we were receiving 335 submissions per second,' Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig told federal lawmakers. See full story.

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February 28, 2021 at 02:00AM
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