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Get ready for Apple’s first $100 billion quarter in history

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Even a pandemic can't stop Apple Inc. from hitting new records. The smartphone giant is likely to post its first-ever quarter with revenue above $100 billion Wednesday. See full story.

Stock-market legend sees few weeks of ‘putting your last, desperate chips into the game’—then pop

In an interview with Bloomberg TV's “Front Row,” the storied investor, Jeremy Grantham, who is often credited with several prescient market calls over the past two decades, insists that a steady rise in stocks, fostered by free money from the Federal Reserve and the government can't continue without consequences. See full story.

8 million people could have missed their $1,200 stimulus checks — here’s how Biden wants to fix that

'They're entitled to those payments but there's not an easy way for those folks to access them,' Biden said Friday. See full story.

NBCUniversal to shut down sports channel NBCSN by the end of the year

A portion of its sports programming like the NHL, Nascar and English Premier League will move to USA Network and the company's streaming platform Peacock. See full story.

IRS ‘stands ready’ to send out third round of stimulus checks and process tax returns at the same time, commissioner says

The IRS is done with its pile of unopened mail, but 'millions' of last year's tax returns are still being processed. See full story.

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‘We dug trenches, poured concrete foundations, and worked to build our house; they hired contractors. They traded in cars frequently; we ran ours into the ground.’ See full story.