Mortgage rates moved up a bit this week but are still at the lowest point they have been in more than a year. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage edged up to 6.49% this week from 6.47%…

Student loan forgiveness hasn’t helped a swath of borrowers who say they’re still in a tight spot financially, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. The article, published Saturday, says that, of the more than 900,000 borrowers who have had their loans forgiven either entirely or in part through…

Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for 3-year loans and lower for 5-year loans when compared to fixed-rate loans for the seven days before. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace…

Newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol won’t be required to relocate to the company’s headquarters in Seattle when he joins the coffee giant next month. Instead, Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet,…

Shortly after the opening bell, we will be selling 100 shares of Morgan Stanley at roughly $100.85. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,000 shares of MS, decreasing its weighting to 3.06% from 3.35%. We’re raising cash Tuesday because the S & P 500 and Nasdaq ‘s…

The launch of Boeing’s long-delayed 777X aircraft has encountered another problem, forcing the company to pause testing and dealing yet another blow to Boeing’s reputation for quality. Boeing discovered problems in a structural component between the engine and the plane’s wings in a test flight. Boeing said in a statement…

Thesis My analysis points out that Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (NASDAQ:ITRN) had solid Q2 2024 numbers, with a GAAP EPS of $0.66 and $84.9 million in revenue. Despite that, the stock isn’t hitting the marks people expected. Even though Ituran announced a $0.39 dividend, showing strong profits, investors might…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The search for the missing UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and five other passengers from a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday has resumed for a second…

Awash in his party’s love, President Joe Biden finally did become that bridge to a new generation of leaders. He movingly performed the most profound act a politician in a democracy can undertake — willingly handing over power — as he ceded the leadership of the party to Kamala Harris…

The IRS has issued guidance for a new opportunity for taxpayers created under SECURE 2.0 that allows employers to make matching contributions to retirement plans based on employees’ student loan payments. The match amount is calculated as if the employee contributed their loan amount to the plan even if they…