Mortgage rates drop below 5% for first time since April
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates dropped for the second week in a row, falling below 5% for the first time since mid-April. The 30-year…
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Long-term mortgage rates under 5% for 1st time in 4 months
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell below 5% for the first time in four months this…
Continue Reading Dirty tricks in Kansas via text: Does yes actually mean no?
By DAVID KLEPPER and SOPHIA TULP Associated Press In the thick of Kansas’ contentious debate over abortion rights, the anonymous text messages…
Continue Reading Alibaba shares pop as revenue beats expectations
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Alibaba just posted flat revenue growth for the first time since becoming a public company, but investors don’t…
Continue Reading Alibaba revenue beats expectations despite contraction
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday beat market expectations for revenue in…
Continue Reading Applications for US jobless claims up again last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the number of unemployed continues to…
Continue Reading The party is over at Robinhood. But meme mania lingers
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Robinhood got off to a rocky start when it made its Wall Street debut one year ago, but hopes for the buzzy trading…
Continue Reading The party is over at Robinhood. But meme mania lingers
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Robinhood got off to a rocky start when it made its Wall Street debut one year ago, but hopes for…
Continue Reading The Bank of England just made its biggest rate hike in 27 years
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Central bankers in the United Kingdom have announced the biggest increase in interest rates in 27 years, as spiraling…
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China’s military drills around Taiwan threaten to upend global trade
CNN By Laura He, CNN Business China’s live-fire military drills around Taiwan are threatening to disrupt trade and commercial travel in East…
Continue Reading China’s military drills around Taiwan threaten to upend global trade
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s live-fire military drills around Taiwan are threatening to disrupt trade and commercial travel in East Asia,…
Continue Reading Australia to protect Barrier Reef by banning coal mine
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a…
Continue Reading Russians shell city near Europe’s largest nuclear plant
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces shelled a Ukrainian city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant…
Continue Reading Taiwan cancels flights as China holds military drills
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan has canceled airline flights as China fired missiles near the island in retaliation for a…
Continue Reading Bank of England predicts recession at the end of the year
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has announced its biggest interest rate increase in 27 years. The central bank…
Continue Reading Asian stock markets rise ahead of US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday ahead of an update on the health of the U.S. jobs market while…
Continue Reading Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency…
Continue Reading Toyota profit down as chips shortage keeps customers waiting
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s profit fell nearly 18% from a year earlier in the April-June quarter as a semiconductor…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands takes tighter control over state broadcaster
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of the Solomon Islands is tightening its control over the nation’s…
Continue Reading ‘Stray’: How a virtual orange tabby is helping real cats
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along…
Continue Reading US proposes to increase refund protections for air travelers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is proposing tougher rules for when airlines must give passengers refunds for changing their travel plans.…
Continue Reading Jury finds Alex Jones caused $4 million in damages to two Sandy Hook parents
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more…
Continue Reading New head of Alex Jones’ company faces questions from lawyers for Sandy Hook families
By Sonia Moghe, CNN The accountant now in charge of overseeing right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company Free Speech Systems through…
Continue Reading Construction begins at Fukushima plant for water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into…
Continue Reading Argentina’s latest economy minister warns he is no magician
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s third economy minister in a month has been sworn in, and as his…
Continue Reading Musk response to Twitter lawsuit to be made public by Friday
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s answer to Twitter’s lawsuit over his attempt to back…
Continue Reading Vegas-based rental firm faces probes over pandemic evictions
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-based corporate owner of thousands of residential rental properties in several U.S.…
Continue Reading Machinists at 3 Boeing defense plants ratify new contract
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Workers in three Boeing factories in the Midwest have a new contract, and Boeing is averting the threat of a strike. Nearly 2,500…
Continue Reading GOP targets for Dem bill: Inflation, taxes, Manchin, Sinema
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the…
Continue Reading Walmart is laying off corporate employees
by Matt Egan, CNN Walmart is laying off about 200 corporate employees, a person familiar with the matter told CNN, in a move that comes days after…
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