(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has entered into a $15 million agreement with the U.S. unit of Australian miner Jervois Global Ltd to conduct feasibility studies on expanding cobalt extraction in Idaho, to decrease reliance on overseas mineral sources. The agreement will enable Jervois Mining USA to undertake…

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro hit a 15-year peak against the yen and a five-week high against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the eighth straight time and signaled further tightening to bring euro zone inflation to its medium-term…

Investing.com– The Bank of Japan held interest rates at ultra-low levels on Friday, and maintained its current pace of yield curve control while forecasting an improvement in economic conditions and a downturn in inflation. The BOJ held its at negative 0.1%, and signaled that it will continue to allow 10-year…

Topline Emails allegedly including a rash of racist comments and exchanged between Donald Trump Jr. and longtime confidant Gentry Beach could come to light as part of a years-long legal battle involving the Trump scion’s friend and his former hedge fund employer—if a New York judge determines they’re appropriate for…

Bill Gross is one of the great characters in the investment world: flamboyant, bold—and generally disliked by those who worked for him. But his PIMCO Total Return Fund saw over 9% annualized returns in its first decade, despite being a supposedly “boring” bond fund. Those gains made Gross one of…

Fifteen years ago, I found my life changed through one conversation with my neighbor. I had spent most of my Saturday morning cleaning the garage, sorting, and organizing things I had accumulated over the years. After a short session of complaining to my neighbor, she casually said, “Maybe you don’t…

How a retired Pennsylvania couple changed the lives of hundreds of struggling residents of affluent Chester County by challenging inflated real estate tax assessments on their mobile homes. Chester County, Pennsylvania, with its rolling farmland and proximity to both Philadelphia and the corporate haven of Wilmington, has the highest median…

There’s no doubt been a change in the way people work post-Covid, and many firms are embracing hybrid schedules. In certain sectors, this shift from remote to in-person has stirred demand for work areas. As WeWork’s Chief Revenue Officer Ben Samuels mentioned in a Yahoo!Finance interview, there’s been a real…

High mortgage rates and a lack of inventory continued to plummet the housing market, according to the latest report by the real-estate brokerage Redfin. New listings of homes for sale declined 19% year-over-year during the four weeks ending May 7, Redfin reported. “But despite the inventory crunch, pending sales have increased…

Potential homebuyers and a slim number of current homeowners are trying to take advantage of easing borrowing costs.  Mortgage applications rose over the past week 7.2% on seasonally adjusted basis, according to data, released Wednesday, from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume. Although…