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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year
Rates on 30-year mortgages — the most common kind among U.S. homeowners — surpassed the 7 percent mark on Thursday, a troublesome sign for an already tight housing market.
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Argentine Court Says Iran Was Behind Israeli Embassy and Jewish Center Attacks
A high court in Argentina ruled on Thursday that Iran was the mastermind of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, potentially paving the way for relatives of victims to make claims against the country in ...
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The Trial of James Crumbley in the Oxford High Killings: What to Know
The parents of a teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school were charged with involuntary manslaughter. His mother was convicted last month. Now the father will stand trial.
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Thousands Are Without Power in California and Nevada Amid Heavy Snowfall
Up to two feet of snow fell in some areas and combined with gusty winds as the risk of avalanches remained high.
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Stocks in Japan Hit Record High, Surpassing 1989 Peak
The News Stocks in Japan rose to a record high on Thursday, surpassing a level last seen 34 years ago when the country was at the peak of its economic ascendancy, before it sank into decades of low growth. The Nikkei 225, a benchmark stock index in ...
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Children Born to Mothers With Pregnancy Complications Face Higher Heart Risks
Pregnant women with diabetes or high blood pressure have children who are more likely to develop signs of heart trouble years later, new research finds.
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Children Born to Mothers With Pregnancy Complications Face Higher Heart Risks
Pregnant women with diabetes or high blood pressure have children who are more likely to develop signs of heart trouble years later, new research finds.
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Don’t Be Surprised if Trump Starts Attacking the Fed
Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this year (at least). Why? Because there are very good reasons for the Federal Reserve, which controls short-term interest rates — that’s how it ...
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Major French Retailer Drops PepsiCo Products Over High Prices
Carrefour, a supermarket chain, said the maker of Pepsi, Lay’s and 7-Up was keeping its food “unacceptably” expensive despite falling inflation.
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Want to Understand 2024? Look at 1948.
Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic signals looked promising.
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