Dec 14, 2020

If not one coronavirus relief bill, maybe two?

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The latest strategy from lawmakers? Split coronavirus relief into two separate packages. Plus, retailers are running out of room for all of those returns we're making this year. And, calls for the Biden administration to cancel at least some student loan debt.

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Bipartisan group of lawmakers expected to roll out new coronavirus relief package split into two bills

Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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Retailers have to figure out how to handle all our online returns

by Andy Uhler

Dec 14, 2020

One challenge for those managing "reverse logistics"? Not enough room to store everything we want to send back, one study says.

Packages are processed at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Oakland, California.

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Momentum builds for Biden to cancel student loan debt

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Meredith Garretson

Dec 14, 2020

Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell thinks it's become a matter of when and how much debt will be canceled.

The administration proposed a student-loan repayment system based on earnings and family size in conjunction with its plan to cancel some student debt.

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