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President-elect Joe Biden has made it clear he intends to spend big after his inauguration on Wednesday. But while his US$1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan will nearly certainly help a stuttering U.S. economy, investors may want to be wary of the implications for the stock market. http://ow.ly/XRTc102wZUT

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The country has many Judie Saunders, people primed to reinvent their lives and careers, who discovered they had to stop amid the biggest public-health crisis in a century. Some people launch Second Acts for personal reasons, finally starting their own business or pursuing a long-held passion. Others are forced into it by their employer. http://ow.ly/k5Va102sOD8

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