Mortgage rates jump again, buyers head to the sideline
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve…
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Mortgage rates jump, jacking up monthly payments for new buyers
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business After taking a breather for several weeks, mortgage rates climbed again. The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.23%…
Continue Reading Savings incentives: How 401(k)s get us to do the right thing
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More workers are following experts’ advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel…
Continue Reading EU urges Algeria to restore friendship treaty with Spain
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union is urging Algeria to reverse its decision to suspend a two-decade-old…
Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg’s Meta departure is the death knell for Lean In
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Covid-19 pandemic changed the nature of work in innumerable ways, some of which may not be fully discerned for…
Continue Reading Cyprus helps bust illicit sale of private data on Americans
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say they have seized servers that were used to sell social security numbers and other personal information…
Continue Reading Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook…
Continue Reading More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting…
Continue Reading Apple retail workers in Maryland to begin voting in historic union election
CNN, CNN BUSINESS Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a…
Continue Reading Silicon Valley braces for the good times to end
Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business For much of the past two decades, the ethos of Silicon Valley was largely defined by Facebook’s former motto:…
Continue Reading European Central Bank confirms plans for first rate hike in 11 years
By Anna Cooban and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The European Central Bank held off on raising interest rates on Thursday, but confirmed plans for a…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan president’s brother quits; UN launches aid appeal
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka’s president and the…
Continue Reading British advocate for sustainable living wins Spanish prize
MADRID (AP) — Ellen MacArthur, a British sailor who set world solo yachting records before creating a charity that advocates a sustainable way of…
Continue Reading Could stock trading fees make a comeback?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In recent years, brokerages such as Robinhood and Charles Schwab have let users buy and sell stocks online without…
Continue Reading EU allows Spain, Portugal to spend to ease energy prices
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will allow Spain and Portugal to spend billions of euros in state aid to help ease the burden of spiraling…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan warns Greece to demilitarize Aegean islands
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean Sea and says he is “not…
Continue Reading A summer job: Good for the teenage soul and wallet
By TOMMY TINDALL of NerdWallet It’s a hot job market right now, and that extends to the youngest workers. The unemployment rate for teenagers ages…
Continue Reading How Chris Pratt went from ‘Parks and Recreation’ to ‘Jurassic World’
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Jurassic World: Dominion” hits theaters this weekend, and it features one of the most successful movie…
Continue Reading How Chris Pratt went from ‘Parks and Recreation’ to ‘Jurassic World’
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Jurassic World: Dominion” hits theaters this weekend, and it features one of the most successful…
Continue Reading Average cost of filling up car in UK hits record 100 pounds
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The average cost of filling up a typical family car has exceeded 100 pounds, or $125, for the first…
Continue Reading Almost all of Portugal in severe drought after hot, dry May
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s weather service says that almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May. The…
Continue Reading Europe’s central bank to hike rates in July, 1st in 11 years
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Central Bank will raise interest rates next month for the first time in 11 years, followed by another hike in…
Continue Reading EU court says UK residents in EU nations can’t vote there
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court says British citizens living in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for…
Continue Reading Virus testing the new normal as China sticks to ‘zero-COVID’
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of coronavirus testing sites have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other…
Continue Reading War rap: In Ukraine, an angry voice for a furious generation
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — From the battlefronts of Ukraine comes rap music — filled with the anger and indignation…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after rate jitters tumble on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday, with only Shanghai rising, after stocks tumbled…
Continue Reading Major Dubai free zone operator becomes latest to offer IPO
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major free zone operator in Dubai owned by the sheikhdom’s ruler says it…
Continue Reading Fire caused by suspected arson in S. Korea kills at least 7
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building in South Korea’s…
Continue Reading Correction: Russia-Ukraine-War story
BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — In a story published June 9, 2022, about three foreign fighters who were sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern…
Continue Reading China’s trade rebounds in May as anti-virus curbs ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and…
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