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www.housingwire.com
11 months ago
Real estate

Mortgage rates trend down amid lower monetary, fiscal pressures

Mortgage rates jumped last week amid a debt ceiling impasse and expectations of another federal funds rate hike.However, rates have started to reverse course over the last few days, following news of a debt agreement and an expectation that the Federal Reserve may pause hikes.On the fiscal side, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal on Saturday to suspend the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit until January 2025 and cap government spending.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Blend focuses on tech, cost reduction as it reports $769M loss

California mortgage tech firm Blend Labs is focused on cutting costs and courting more users to its Blend Builder platform.The goal is to bring the firm to profitability after posting a net loss of $768.6 million in 2022.Blend's net loss last year is more than four times the $171.3 million loss it incurred in 2021.
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www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Junior doctors could earn more serving coffee than saving patients'

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Junior doctors' leaders have launched an advertising campaign ahead of a strike over pay, saying they could earn more serving coffee.Members of the British Medical Association in England will launch a three-day walkout on Monday following a huge vote for industrial action.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Biden administration sued over student loan payment pause by SoFi

SoFi, a private lender, sued the Biden administration last week in an effort to end the pause on federal student loan payments that has been in place since March 2020.The pause on payments was originally put in place during the Trump administration to help people struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

GOP governor nominee Darren Bailey facing a cash deficit as he takes on billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Despite his overwhelming primary victory over five rivals running for Illinois governor, Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey entered the general election season with only $363,918 in his campaign bank account as he takes on billionaire self-funding Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, state campaign finance records show.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

UK credit card borrowing rises at fastest annual rate for 17 years

Credit card borrowing is rising at its fastest annual rate in 17 years, the Bank of England said on Tuesday, with analysts warning a recession looks increasingly likely as growing numbers of households go into debt to make ends meet.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

It turns out money may buy some happiness

(CNN)A few weeks ago, I found myself flying on a trapeze high above Manhattan.
Why the heck was I there?
Well, I was trying to answer an age-old question.
Does money buy happiness?
Eater
1 year ago
Food & drink

Restaurant Revitalization Fund Relief Act Fails in the Senate, as Expected

After months of political jockeying, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is officially dead.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Bankman-Fried says he was careless at FTX. Prosecutors say it's fraud.

Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of a Bahamian court after his arrest this week.(Austin Fernander/AP)Disgraced former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried spent the month between the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire and his Monday arrest in the Bahamas trying to convince the public he was a well-intentioned entrepreneur who simply got in over his head.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

With Child Care Centers in Crisis, New York Pledges to Speed Payments

Following complaints from New York City child care providers that delays in city payments nearly forced some to close down, school officials will announce a plan Thursday to expedite payments.The city and nation were already facing an acute child care crisis, after the pandemic decimated the child care business and as a competitive labor market drew away workers.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

With Child Care Centers in Crisis, New York Pledges to Speed Payments

Following complaints from New York City child care providers that delays in city payments nearly forced some to close down, school officials will announce a plan Thursday to expedite payments.The city and nation were already facing an acute child care crisis, after the pandemic decimated the child care business and as a competitive labor market drew away workers.
SFGATE
1 year ago
SF real estate

Your New Home Has Grown in Value. Should You Get a HELOC?

Home prices surged to record heights over the past year, leaving some new homeowners in an enviable spot - suddenly sitting on a lot of equity, just a few months or years after purchasing their homes.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Musk Poured Rocket Fuel on Tesla's Stock Crash

Tesla investors begin the new year trying to escape the shadow of 2022, when more than $670 billion of value was wiped out.At the center of that, in a very real sense, is Elon Musk: Tesla Inc.'s chief executive, technoking and biggest shareholder.Not as big as he was 14 months ago, though.Musk began heavy selling of Tesla in November 2021.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

SCOTUS Decision in Cruz Case Makes it Easier for Mega-Wealthy to Win or Influence Races

The Supreme Court has sided with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along partisan lines in a ruling on campaign fundraising that "injures the integrity" of the political process, according to one dissenting justice.
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