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April 28, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday announced a new refinance option for certain low-income borrowers, helping them take advantage of low interest rates and save money each month. “Last year saw a spike in refinances, but more than 2 […]

April 21, 2021

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on April 20 that Alaska will be joining Florida in suing the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring cruising back. The CDC has maintained its pause on the cruise industry – via […]

April 13, 2021

The housing market has been white hot for the past year, thanks to the stay at home and work from anywhere culture of the coronavirus pandemic. But there is increasing concern among consumers that housing is experiencing a price bubble […]

April 7, 2021

Shares of satellite-to-smartphone broadband company AST SpaceMobile began trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, with the company the first among a flurry of recent space companies to close its SPAC deal. AST SpaceMobile trades under the ticker ASTS, with shares […]

April 1, 2021

Shares of Funko surged 19% in early trading Thursday after the pop culture collectible maker said it acquired a majority stake in TokenWave, putting it into the NFT market. TokenWave is behind the TokenHead app and website, which tracks holdings […]

March 31, 2021

The U.S. housing market is suffering from its lowest supply in history, and that is taking an increasingly hard toll on sales. Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, fell a wider-than-expected 10.6% in February compared […]

March 29, 2021

Shares of Oscar Health (OSCR) – Get Report were lower in the first session since the online insurer’s quiet period expired, even as several analysts were positive in their initial coverage. The New York company’s shares have declined since its […]

March 23, 2021

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged 18.2% in February as severe winter weather in many parts of the country and a lack of supply took a toll on the housing industry. Sales of single-family homes dropped to a seasonally […]

March 18, 2021

Satellite imagery specialist Capella Space on Thursday released the first images captured by its two latest spacecraft launched in January on a SpaceX rocket. The firm is aiming to tap part of an Earth intelligence market it estimates is worth […]

March 15, 2021

Travelers are returning to the skies, fueling optimism among airline CEOs that the battered industry has turned a corner in the coronavirus pandemic. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1.34 million people on Sunday, 86,000 more people than the […]

February 23, 2021

December is usually the slowest month for the housing market, but price gains didn’t slow down one bit in 2020. In fact, they rose at the fastest pace in seven years. Home prices nationally increased 10.4% compared with December 2019, […]

February 19, 2021

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose again last month, a sign that the housing market’s strong momentum from 2020 may be carrying over into this year. Existing U.S. home sales rose 0.6% in January from the previous month to […]

February 15, 2021

The stock of Jack in the Box could soon live up to its name. Rising short interest in shares of the West Coast-based fast-food chain appears to be setting the stock up for a short squeeze, Danielle Shay, director of […]

February 12, 2021

Walt Disney Co. posted a surge in Disney+ subscribers and lower losses at its Covid-crippled theme parks, helping the world’s largest entertainment company return to profit in the latest quarter. Subscribers to the family-oriented video service grew to 94.9 million […]

February 9, 2021

Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) shares were trading lower Tuesday after the company reported preliminary fourth-quarter sales results and issued fiscal year 2021 sales guidance. Corcept Therapeutics Inc is engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of […]

February 8, 2021

Changes are coming to travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Transportation Security Administration says it will now issue fines to travelers who failed to wear a mask while in transit. The fines could be as large as $1,500. That development […]

February 2, 2021

Shares of UPS jumped more than 4% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and profits over the busy holiday shopping season, reflecting a boom in online shopping due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Revenue for the Atlanta-based […]

February 1, 2021

Ryanair Holdings Plc. is counting on a rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines to deliver a late-summer travel surge and help the low-cost carrier recover from an annual loss that could reach 950 million euros ($1.1 billion). While Easter is “essentially […]

January 29, 2021

American Airlines’ stock rose earlier this week during market volatility around struggling companies, and now the airline is using the opening to sell up to $1.1 billion in new shares. American said Friday that it reached an agreement with lenders […]

January 28, 2021

McDonald’s on Thursday reported that U.S. same-store sales jumped 5.5% in its latest quarter, but the coronavirus pandemic is still adding costs and slowing recovery in many of its international markets. As the fast-food giant enters 2021, it’s projecting that […]