July 2019

Weaker home sales expected to be drag on remodeling market

Weaker home sales trends are expected to contribute to a sharp slowing in the home remodeling market. That’s the conclusion of a report by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The quarterly report forecasts that spending by homeowners for renovations, expansions and repairs will drop to an annual growth rate of 0.4% by the

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Meghan Markle’s New Vogue Cover Is Already Sparking ‘Controversy’

Meghan Markle’s new British Vogue cover is making headlines for its similarities to a book the former “Suits” actress contributed an essay to three years ago.  The book, called “The Game Changers,” and the Vogue cover, which reads “Forces for Change,” look alike in both the language and the black and-and-white photos of the women on the front

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Dark web criminal bought ‘quadrillions of Zimbabwe bank notes’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Zimbabwe’s old currency was issued in millions and billions of dollars before being phased out A drug dealer who used dark web marketplaces to ply his trade apparently used part of the proceeds to buy vast quantities of Zimbabwean cash. The FBI said Richard Castro, of Florida, had bought

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Republican Senators Are Cool to Trump’s Choice for Top Intelligence Post

WASHINGTON — Republicans hesitated on Monday to embrace President Trump’s choice for the director of national intelligence, and some privately expressed doubts about his potential confirmation, echoing concerns of experts and Democrats that he was too inexperienced and too partisan. Mr. Trump’s pick, Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas, could face an uphill battle, Senate Republicans

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