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Long-term U.S. mortgage rates held steady this week for the second straight week, sticking at their lowest levels in nine months, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. This week Last week Year ago 30-year fixed 4.45 4.45 4.15...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are announcing plans to require the state’s largest electric utility to excavate and clean up unlined coal ash pits. Gov. Ralph Northam, a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 15 percent of its jobs, or about 200 people, to trim costs and become profitable. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote employees Wednesday that the layoffs will help BuzzFeed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates held steady this week for the second straight week, sticking at their lowest levels in nine months after six weeks of decline. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s willing to meet with President Donald Trump...

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says it has lost $10 million to $15 million so far from the partial government shutdown but overall travel demand remains strong, boosting the carrier’s outlook for first-quarter revenue....

PARIS (AP) — A French watchdog study shows that emergency measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron as a response to the yellow vest protests will boost the purchasing power in the country this year. The Institute...

NEW YORK (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, one of the richest people in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, is questioning why furloughed federal workers are reluctant to take out loans to get through the government...

Precision isn’t always possible when it comes to retirement planning. That doesn’t mean you have to wing it and hope your savings don’t expire before you do. Looking at the income, living expenses and life...