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Ireland’s EU Commissioner for Trade resigned late Wednesday after reports alleging that he did not abide by the rules of his 14-day quarantine period, in addition to attending an 81-person dinner, also directly contravening government guidelines

Unlike the earlier $600 extra unemployment benefit, some 1 million unemployed Americans will be ineligible for this $300 weekly boost.

Palantir Technologies Inc., a software company founded in Silicon Valley to help governments and companies collect and parse data, used its Tuesday filing for a direct listing to confirm a move away from the California technology hub and declare that “we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments.”

Repealing the payroll tax without putting in place a new source of funding for Social Security would mean disability payments would end in mid-2021 and payments to the elderly would stop in 2023, according to the program’s chief actuary.

The domestic property market is fueled by a government stimulus and a COVID-fueled rush to low density housing, economists say.

The stock market’s rally back to all-time highs might not have been possible without optimism over a COVID-19 vaccine. And that means progress and setbacks toward that goal could continue to drive the market in the weeks and months ahead.

Spiraling debt, slow COVID-19 response and trade wars could spike prices, inflation and interest rates for Americans, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.