Iran conflict lifts mortgage rates, but housing demand stays positive

K-pop idols are often decked out in luxury clothes from brand deals, but the reality of their careers may look pretty grim. Hyebin, the leader of the six-member girl group Momoland, took to Instagram this week to dispel the illusion that every K-pop idol is rolling in cash. “It has already been more than 10…

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At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. • Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October • The “Home ATM” Mostly Closed in Q3 • 1st Look at Local Housing Markets in December • Asking Rents Decline Year-over-year • Update: The Housing Bubble and Mortgage…

Corning: AI Partnerships Mounting, Making The 30% Plunge Buyable

Companies have spent decades organizing around the limits of human coordination. Departments, reporting lines and job titles exist because complexity had to be made manageable. Artificial intelligence agents are now challenging that architecture — not as tools that sit beneath the org chart, but as participants that some companies are placing directly on it. According…

Jeff Bezos attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions on June 17, 2026 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Jeff Bezos‘ Blue Origin is raising about $10 billion, in its first outside funding round that will value the rocket company at $130 billion, sources told CNBC’s Andrew Ross…