Rates are down since last weekend
Mortgage interest rates have increased today, but there is good news: Rates are actually lower than last week. According to Zillow, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has declined by eight…
The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities | Oakland
Oakland, California, is often treated as a city on the margins, best known for its struggles with poverty and gun violence, as well as for its history of radical Black…
Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Has a Sleepy Box Office Start
Disney’s latest remake, “Snow White,” arrived in theaters on Thursday night as one of the most snakebit projects in the company’s 102-year history. Almost everything that could have went wrong…
With labor market ‘on ice,’ job-hopping has lost its luster
Job-hopping has lost its luster. The median pay increase for workers switching jobs sank substantially to 4.8% last month from a pinnacle of 7.7% two years ago, according to recently…
Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown | Heathrow airport
The chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of…
George Foreman Turned a Home Grill Into a Culinary Heavyweight
The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine was the kitchen appliance America didn’t know it needed. When it arrived in the mid-1990s, Food Network and food blogging had…
Coty sells its stake in Kim Kardashian’s beauty brand to SKIMS
(Reuters) – CoverGirl parent Coty said on Friday it would sell its 20% stake in reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s beauty brand to her clothing line, SKIMS, consolidating the two…
United pilot attacked passenger for taking too long in the bathroom, lawsuit alleges | US news
An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight…
Chomps Recalls Beef and Turkey Sticks Over ‘Pieces of Metal’ Complaints
Nearly 30,000 pounds of ready-to-eat beef sticks were recalled on Thursday after consumers complained that they had found metal fragments in them, food safety and company officials said. The voluntary…
Barclays beats two lawsuits in US over $17.7 billion issuance blunder
(Reuters) – Barclays won the dismissal on Friday of two U.S. securities fraud lawsuits stemming from the British bank’s unauthorized sale of $17.7 billion more securities than U.S. regulators allowed.…