WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate on benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages slipped this week to 3.92 percent from 3.95 percent last week. But the 15-year, fixed-rate mortgage, popular among homeowners seeking to refinance, blipped up...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Wednesday after Wall Street hit new highs ahead of the two-day U.S. break for the Thanksgiving holiday. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2 percent to 3,416.94 and Tokyo’s...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the biggest challenge facing the central bank in coming years will be to craft an interest rate policy that avoids putting the economy through a...
Read MoreBRITTON, S.D. (AP) — A TransCanada Corp. official says he believes an estimated 210,000-gallon oil leak discovered last week in South Dakota from the Keystone pipeline was a sudden and “immediate” event. The American...
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the explosions and fire at an upstate New York cosmetics factory that killed one person and injured more than 125 others (all times local): 2:15 p.m. A New York cosmetics factory employee...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers rushing to find Fingerlings, the robotic monkeys that are a hot toy this holiday season, say they’ve been fooled into buying fakes through outside sellers on Amazon and Walmart.com. The real...
Read MoreThe latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are pushing higher in midday trading on Wall Street, putting major indexes on track for more record high closes. The gains Tuesday were broad....
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are higher in midday trading Tuesday as most industries, including technology and health care companies, post solid gains. Major indexes are on track for more record highs. Solid quarterly reports are...
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Read MoreNEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say the number of people treated for injuries after two explosions and a fire at an upstate New York cosmetics factory has topped 125. Authorities initially said one employee was killed and up...
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