by Jeff Cox, CNBC The Department of Labor has been both miscounting the number of people receiving unemployment benefits and underpaying those under a special program instituted to address the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government watchdog report Monday. Issues dealing with the surge in those filing claims for the
By Jacob Pramuk,CNBC Congress comes back to Washington this week with two thorny issues to resolve before the end of the year. Lawmakers need to pass a spending bill by Dec. 11 to prevent a government shutdown. Meanwhile, they will have to decide whether to approve another coronavirus relief bill
By Chuck Jones, Forbes December 26 is going to be a very harsh day for millions of Americans. After celebrating Christmas many of them they are going to lose the economic lifeline of Pandemic unemployment assistance, which could lead to millions of them becoming homeless. While the stock markets make
By Paul Davidson, USA Today Stan Novak, of Valencia, California, has been hunkering down this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, spending little beyond the bare essentials. But after a flurry of positive news reports this month about COVID-19 vaccines, Novak ventured out to department stores on a recent weekend and
