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‘The numbers just don’t work’: While rising mortgage rates have some homebuyers giving up, others think they’ve found a workaround America’s most popular home loan got more expensive again this week, striking yet another blow to haggard home shoppers staring at the steepest borrowing costs in 20 years. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate — now flirting with the 7% mark — is more than double what it was at the beginning of the year. Even as the surge in home prices continues to… Source link

For the second year in a row, In The Know by Yahoo hosted a live panel of Latinx and Hispanic business founders in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. The sold-out show, which took place at Mexican hot spot Cosme, was moderated by In The Know’s beauty producer Lisa Azcona. The night’s speakers — which included Lyana Blount, the CEO of Black Rican Vegan; Adriana Carrig, the founder of Little Words Project; and Brandon Pena, the CEO of 787 coffee — all shared insights into how… Source link

Average annual percentage rates (APR) for new credit cards have reached a record high. The average bank card borrowing rate in America in June rose to around 20%, revealing a steep increase of about 6% compared to the pre-pandemic average credit card rate of 14.87% in 2019. “Credit card interest rates are basically the highest they’ve ever been. I’ve been watching credit card rates on a monthly basis for more than a decade now. And it’s the highest that they’ve been since I’ve… Source link

Elon Musk has publicly stated his belief that the US is heading toward a recession.Yasin Ozturk/Getty Images Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said earlier this month that the company would cut 10% of staff. Job cuts appear to have started, with Tesla staffers saying on LinkedIn that they’ve been laid off. The Tesla staffers posting on LinkedIn come from various departments across the company. Tesla has begun to trim its workforce in earnest after CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this month that he planned… Source link

The Yahoo logo is displayed outside of offices in Santa Clara, California, in a 2011 photo. Verizon said May 3, 2021, that it is selling the segment of its business that includes Yahoo and AOL to private equity firm Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion deal. (Paul Sakuma/AP) Source link

Bloomberg Compass CEO Who Pivoted From Goldman to Tech Reaps IPO Gain (Bloomberg) — Compass Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Reffkin started his career working in the inner sanctums of American power, from McKinsey & Co. to the White House to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. But it was a real estate startup that vaulted him to the ranks of the ultrarich.Compass, the tech-focused brokerage that Reffkin co-founded in 2012, raised $450 million in an initial public offering Wednesday. The sale was cut… Source link

Class-action status sought as Google tracking opt-out status questioned SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Last month I reported how lawyers had filed a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking damages of at least $5 billion (£4 billion) against Google, alleging the illegal collection of information during Chrome browser incognito mode sessions. Now, the same law firm, Boies Schiller Flexner, has filed another Google data privacy lawsuit seeking… Source link