Georgia Sen. Perdue boosts wealth with well-timed stock trades
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the ravages of the novel coronavirus forced millions of people out of work, shuttered businesses and shrank the value of retirement accounts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a three-year low. But for Sen. David Perdue, a Georgia Republican, the crisis last March signaled something else: a stock buying opportunity.