Mortgage rates plunge and demand finally inches back
Mortgage rates saw their biggest one-week drop in over a year last week, causing the first increase in mortgage demand in a month.
‘Like something out of a Hollywood movie’: Scientists say 2023 likely to be the hottest year on record
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said Wednesday that October was the warmest year on record globally.
Virginia Democrats block GOP bid to take full control of state government
Republicans campaigned on enacting a 15-week abortion ban in the state, but Democrats kept the state Senate and flipped the state House.
Ohio voters enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
NBC News projects that Ohio voters have passed Issue 1, yet another win for abortion-rights supporters at the ballot box after the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Democrat Gabe Amo projected to win open House seat in Rhode Island
Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard, a Naval War college graduate who served in the Marines for three decades.
Microsoft closes at all-time high on fresh OpenAI-related optimism
Analysts see Microsoft benefiting from software developers taking advantage of tools from OpenAI, the Office software maker’s strategic partner.
Meta failed to act to protect teens, second whistleblower testifies
Arturo Bejar described his fruitless efforts to flag the extent of harmful effects its platforms could have on teens to top leadership at the company.
Salesforce CEO says Dreamforce is staying in San Francisco after reaching deal with mayor
Marc Benioff had threatened to take his major marketing event outside of San Francisco, but now it will stay around for at least one more year.
Datadog stock surges 28% for its best day ever after cloud company beats estimates, lifts guidance
Datadog stock surged after upping its guidance and beating estimates on the top and bottom lines.
Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here’s how we got here
Strong consumer spending boosted credit card balances to a new record high in the third quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
