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Democrats shelve minimum wage tax to speed stimulus → | By Steven T. Dennis and Erik Wasson 4 min read | Senate Democrats are jettisoning a proposal to penalize corporations that don’t raise the minimum wage for their lowest-paid workers in an effort to keep President Biden’s broader stimulus plan on track. | | U.S. drops digital tax demand, opening door to global deal → | By Birgit Jennen, Saleha Mohsin and William Horobin 2 min read | The U.S. has dropped a key demand in negotiations over digital taxation of technology companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., lifting a barrier that had raised transatlantic trade tensions and prevented an international deal. | | |