US home sales rebound slightly in February U.S. home sales picked up slightly in February but remain sluggish due to tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather. More
Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years The dollar has risen above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing moves. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
Stocks Surge On Healthy Earnings Season, Rising Jobless Claims: This Week In The Markets Week in markets: quiet week, Q1 earnings positive, S&P 500 and Dow Jones up, utilities sector stands out, job market and inflation concerns, interest rate cuts expected. Buffett reduces Apple stake, ... 05/10/2024 - 9:18 am | View Link
Aggressive Stock Buying On Rising Layoffs And Revenue Rise At The Largest Chip Manufacturer TSMC The chart shows that the stock market has vigorously risen from the recent pullback. The chart shows that RSI reached oversold levels during the recent pullback and now has risen to touch the lower ... 05/10/2024 - 4:50 am | View Link
Pound To Dollar Rate Drops, Rebounds As US Data Disappoints The Pound Sterling (GBP) plunged against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday following dovish Bank of England rhetoric; GBP/USD was subsequently buoyed, however, by rising US jobless claims. 05/9/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Dow closes up to make it seven in a row, as jobs data boosts rate-cut hopes The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher on Thursday, the seventh straight daily advance for the benchmark, as all three major U.S. indexes gained after weekly jobless claims data offered fresh ... 05/9/2024 - 10:33 am | View Link
News updates from May 9: BoE signals summer interest rate cut; US jobless claims hit highest level since August Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese property developers rose on Thursday after the city of Hangzhou announced it was lifting all buying restrictions in its housing market. “In this city, qualifications ... 05/9/2024 - 8:08 am | View Link
A year in the making, Wilson will launch a new Nike signature shoe and apparel collection in 2025.
When news broke last month that newly-minted WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark had signed a multi-year, ten-figure signature shoe deal with Nike, many eyebrows raised on behalf of current WNBA star A’ja Wilson.
It may not sound romantic, but a lifetime of marital bliss begins with the right investments.
“All you need is love” can sound like a profound truth about relationships, especially in the starry-eyed early days of a new marriage. But it’s a lot harder for love to be enough when you’re arguing with your sweetheart over budgeting, family loans, investing, and just who the heck ordered so much DoorDash last month.
With the addition of talented rookies like Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, the WNBA is poised to set new revenue records in 2024.
It’s getting difficult to keep track of WNBA milestones.
As she steps down from WeightWatchers board and sells her shares, the company’s chief dieter examines the culture she helped create.
Oprah Winfrey wants people to love their bodies. She wants people to know that sometimes dieting doesn’t work, but also sometimes it does. She wants viewers who logged into her three-hour, live-streamed event on Thursday night with WeightWatchers—a company that, until this month, she owned 15% of—to know that she was lied to.
A three-story home built recently on Pewaukee Lake hit the market Friday for $2.4 million. See photos of the home, which features a lakeside outdoor kitchen, a pier and about 40 feet of lake frontage.