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The current average refinance rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan is 6.629%, according to Mortgage Resource Center data. If you’re a homeowner hoping to refinance your mortgage for a…
Read article →Homeowners with some tolerance for uncertainty might find that an adjustable-rate mortgage is worth considering as a way to get a low introductory rate before the adjustments kick in. This…
Read article →Disney has historically refused to describe in detail the revenues earned by its growing cruise ship business. Its CFO, Hugh Johnston, has declined to do so on previous earnings calls.…
Read article →By 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time on July 16, 2026, oil had reached $84.64 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $1.28 less than it cost yesterday morning and about…
Read article →The bottom 50% of households in the U.S. own only $4.27 trillion of the nation’s $174 trillion in available wealth. By contrast, the top 0.1% own $25.07 trillion, and the…
Read article →On July 4, the federal government launched what it described as one of the nation’s most ambitious asset-building initiatives for children in decades. Under this new tax-based savings program, every…
Read article →The United States is imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil after finding a range of what it deemed unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th-biggest economy. Recommended Video The…
Read article →Spending more than two decades in Congress, I saw firsthand how legislative momentum can propel our country forward — and how legislative inertia can leave us scrambling to catch up.…
Read article →The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity after the company’s Chinese owners moved to shut the plant’s blast furnaces. Recommended Video The Department for…
Read article →Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, local media reported Wednesday, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers. Recommended Video Videos…
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