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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall Slightly; Current Rate is 3.30%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker

Sep 20, 2016 18:00 pm UTC| Business

SEATTLE, Sept. 20, 2016 -- The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow® Mortgages is currently 3.30 percent, down 1 basis point from this time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage hovered between 3.28 percent and 3.36...

Bloomfield Capital Funds $3.0 Million Senior Bridge Loan – Minnesota Mixed-Use Property

Sep 20, 2016 18:00 pm UTC| Business

BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Sept. 20, 2016 -- Bloomfield Capital, a national direct lender and specialty real estate finance firm, has announced the closing of a $3.0 million senior bridge loan. The loan proceeds were used to...

Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute Announces Series of Voter Forums to Educate, Engage and Empower Millennial Hispanics/Latinos

Sep 20, 2016 17:37 pm UTC| Business

The CHLI Red White Y Tú forums will bring together congressional speakers, distinguished civic and community leaders, experts in electoral research and student leaders to discuss the importance of being educated about the...

The Female Health Company Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting of Shareholders to September 22, 2016

Sep 20, 2016 17:23 pm UTC| Business

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2016 -- The Female Health Company (FHC) (NASDAQ:FHCO) today announced that the Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for today to vote on six proposals related to the proposed merger with Aspen...

No commissions or incentives at State Employees’ Credit Union – it’s just members’ best interests

Sep 20, 2016 17:22 pm UTC| Business

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 20, 2016 -- Many financial service providers utilize incentive based payment systems and commission structures to pay their employees. Compensation is frequently tied to exceeding established quotas...

Windstream CFO Bob Gunderman to speak at Deutsche Bank conference

Sep 20, 2016 17:14 pm UTC| Business

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 20, 2016 -- Bob Gunderman, chief financial officer of Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), will speak at 11:20 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Deutsche Bank 24th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in...

Avis Budget Group Announces Intention to Offer €250 Million of Senior Notes

Sep 20, 2016 17:13 pm UTC| Business

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 20, 2016 -- Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAR) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Avis Budget Finance plc (the “Issuer”), intends, subject to market and other customary...

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Economy

US Stock Futures Steady as Nvidia Earnings and Iran Tensions Keep Investors on Edge

U.S. stock futures traded mostly unchanged late Monday as investors remained cautious following a technology-driven pullback on Wall Street. Market sentiment stayed fragile as traders closely watched escalating tensions...

Oil Prices Drop as Trump Delays Iran Strike, Russia Sanctions Waiver Eases Supply Concerns

Oil prices declined during early Asian trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a delay in a planned military strike against Iran, signaling that diplomatic negotiations were still underway. The...

Gold Prices Climb as Trump Delays Iran Strike, Boosting Safe-Haven Demand

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a planned military strike against Iran had been postponed while diplomatic negotiations continued. The development...

Australian Consumer Sentiment Improves Slightly as Fuel Prices Ease

Australias consumer sentiment showed a modest recovery in May as lower fuel prices offered temporary relief to households facing ongoing financial pressure. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index...

Dollar Slips as Bond Market Stabilizes Amid Iran Tensions and Fed Rate Hike Expectations

The U.S. dollar weakened on Monday as the global bond market sell-off showed signs of slowing, while investors remained cautious over ongoing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. The U.S. Dollar Index,...

Politics

TrumpRx Expands Discount Drug Access With 600 Generic Medications

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that TrumpRx.gov will now offer more than 600 generic prescription drugs, significantly expanding the administrations effort to lower medication costs for Americans. The...

Minnesota ICE Agent Charged in Venezuelan Immigrant Shooting During Trump Immigration Crackdown

Minnesota prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in connection with the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis during President Donald Trumps intensified...

Pentagon Watchdog Probes U.S. Caribbean Boat Strikes Amid Legality Concerns

The Pentagons internal watchdog has launched an investigation into whether U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean complied with official targeting procedures during operations tied to anti-crime and security missions,...

Alex Saab Faces U.S. Money Laundering Charges Over Venezuela Oil and Food Deals

Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman closely linked to former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in a major money laundering case tied to Venezuelan government...

US Sanctions Target Cuban Officials and Intelligence Agency Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

The Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on Cuba by imposing new sanctions on 11 senior Cuban officials and the countrys main intelligence agency, escalating tensions between Washington and Havana. The latest...

Science

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

Technology

Google, Blackstone Launch $5B AI Cloud Venture to Challenge Nvidia and CoreWeave

Alphabets Google and Blackstone are reportedly joining forces to launch a new artificial intelligence cloud company powered by Googles proprietary AI chips, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday. The...

OpenAI Wins Elon Musk Lawsuit as Jury Rejects Claims Over AI Mission

A U.S. jury has ruled that OpenAI is not liable in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk, marking a major legal victory for the artificial intelligence company. The verdict was delivered Monday in a federal court in Oakland,...

Samsung, Union Edge Closer to Deal as Strike Threat Looms

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labor union are reportedly making progress in negotiations aimed at preventing what could become the largest strike in the companys history. According to a report from Yonhap...

Anthropic to Brief Financial Stability Board on AI-Driven Cyber Risks

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is preparing to discuss potential cyber vulnerabilities in the global financial system linked to its latest AI model, Mythos, with members of the Financial Stability Board (FSB),...

TSMC Stake Sale Sends Vanguard Semiconductor Shares Lower

Shares of Vanguard International Semiconductor (TWO:5347) dropped sharply on Monday after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced plans to reduce its ownership stake in the chipmaker. Vanguard shares...