U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell for the sixth consecutive week, with the key 30-year loan average running below 4% and at its lowest point since September 2017. The declining rates have been a boon to potential purchasers in the spring home buying season, and the number of homeowners seizing the opportunity to refinance mortgages jumped […]
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Just as government officials step up their antitrust scrutiny of the American tech giants, Google had a surprising announcement on Thursday: It is buying another company. Google said it planned to buy the data analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion in a bid to catch up to rivals in the business of
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Baseball greats Pete Rose and Joe DiMaggio never played in the majors at the same time, but they teamed up once in an odd situation. Rose, baseball’s all-time hit king, told a funny anecdote about the time he gave the Yankee Hall of Famer a shower when they were visiting the troops together in Vietnam
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The urgent talks to avert President Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexico are running into a serious obstacle: The president’s demand that in return Mexico must promise to put a complete stop to illegal immigration into the United States. In a series of tweets and remarks over the past week, Mr. Trump vowed to impose
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Turns out Josh Sargent won’t play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the Under-20 World Cup. The 19-year-old forward was among seven cuts from the national team roster Thursday, another setback that follows limited playing time during the second half of his Bundesliga season with Werder Bremen. National team coach Gregg Berhalter decided last month
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President Donald Trump has said Brexit “will all work out”, at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. He said both the EU and UK were working “very hard together” but added: “It doesn’t seem to be working out. But, at some point, something will happen, one way or the other.” He also
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:50 a.m Stocks are mostly higher at midday Thursday as investors wait for developments in U.S. trade talks with Mexico. Energy companies and makers of household products led the gainers while manufacturers were the steepest decliners. Occidental Petroleum rose 2.7% while Exxon gained 1.6%. Cigarette
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Image copyright Getty Images Hafsa Zayyan and Monika Radojevic have both been announced as the co-winners of Stormzy’s first #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. They will get a publishing contract with #Merky Books and be represented by The Good Literary Agency. The competition, which launched earlier this year, was open to aspiring writers between the
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Her name is Amanda Anisimova. If casual tennis fans didn’t know it before, they’ll know it now, after the 17-year-old American stunned defending champ Simona Halep at the French Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Anisimova became the youngest U.S. woman to advance to the semifinal of a Grand Slam since Venus Williams at the 1997 U.S.
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Ms. Warren has also raced, for better or worse, to stake out firm positions on several divisive issues: She has, for instance, called to end the Senate filibuster, to eliminate the Electoral College and to impeach Mr. Trump, edging farther than Mr. Sanders has. But for most of this primary season, Mr. Sanders, with his
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