Politics
As home sellers and buyers wait on a Fed cut, here’s how mortgage rates have affected the spring housing market
People looking to buy or sell a home this spring are paying close attention to mortgage rates. The average 30-year,...
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Affluent Americans are driving U.S. economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts
Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her...
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Amazon says more packages are arriving in a day or less after hefty investment in speedy fulfillment
Amazon says it is getting even more packages to customers in one day or sooner, a metric the e-retailer is promoting...
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Biden administration to require advanced safety tech on all new cars and trucks
The Biden administration plans to require that all new cars and trucks come with pedestrian-collision avoidance systems that include automatic...
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Peacock raising prices by $2 ahead of the Summer Olympics as streaming wars rage on
NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock plans to raise prices for its ad-free service by $2 to $13.99 a month ahead of...
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Intel used to dominate the U.S. chip industry. Now it’s struggling to stay relevant.
Intel’s long-awaited turnaround looks farther away than ever after the company reported dismal first-quarter earnings. Investors pushed the shares down 10%...
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The new class war: A wealth gap between millennials
The wealth gap between rich millennials and the rest of their age group is the largest of any generation, creating...
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon hopes for soft landing for U.S. economy but says stagflation is possible
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession but...
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Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger with one last big hurdle remaining
Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling...
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Key Fed inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago, more than expected
Inflation showed little signs of letting up in March, with a key barometer the Federal Reserve watches closely showing that...
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