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‘Would it be worth it to try to sell our home now when prices are high and rent for the next two years?’

U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed half a million on Monday, as experts braced for a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting later this week to review Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate.

Facebook Inc. will restore links to news articles in Australia, five days after blocking news from its platform in response to a proposed law requiring tech giants to pay publishers for their content.

‘In reality, the amount [billionaires] donate is a fraction of what they would pay if their tax rates were in line with the working class,’ Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price told MarketWatch.

‘Friends called us cheap. We prefer thrifty or frugal.’

WeWork co-founder and former Chief Executive Adam Neumann is in advanced talks to settle a high-profile legal fight with SoftBank Group Corp. by agreeing to a nearly $500 million cut in his payout from the shared-office-space company’s new owner, a move that would help clear the way for WeWork’s second attempt at a public listing.

After weeks of spiking share prices for a blank-check company rumored to be targeting the acquisition of electric-vehicle company Lucid Motors, the two parties officially announced a deal Monday afternoon, and the stock sank sharply.

President Joe Biden led a moment of silence Monday evening and mourned the more-than-500,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus pandemic.

Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares declined in the extended session Monday after the company’s earnings outlook fell short of the Wall Street consensus despite high hopes for the cybersecurity industry in 2021.

While other European cities keep a tight grip on citizens, Spain’s capital region and city has just loosened its rules, even as COVID-19 cases remain high.

Texans have extra time to file their taxes this year, the Internal Revenue Service said Monday, attempting to give Lone Star-state residents more time to pick up the pieces of their financial lives after last week’s devastating winter storm.

Monday’s Personal Finance Stories.

One of the largest makers of voting machines in the U.S. on Monday sued a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, alleging that the businessman had defamed the company with false accusations that it had rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden.

The House Budget Committee approved Monday a $1.92 trillion bill to carry out President Joe Biden’s coronavirus, the first step toward likely House passage by the end of the week.

With President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package facing its first big legislative test this week in the House, critics hope to turn it back or see it slimmed down by saying it’s too expensive and poorly targeted.

Discounts abound for the 65+ crowd, whether we need them or not

‘As with most disasters, disaster experts recommend cash donations as they allow for on-the-ground agencies to direct funds.’

Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he can’t predict that life will return to how it was before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

The Biden administration on Monday announces that the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program will be available only to small businesses with fewer than 20 employees during an upcoming two-week period.