Honduras ex-President Hernandez to return home after Trump pardon

More homes are hitting the market, but fewer buyers are purchasing them, giving house hunters an opportunity to negotiate prices and ask for concessions.  New listings rose 0.4% from a week earlier during the four weeks ending August 23 to their highest level since April. The total number of homes for sale rose 0.5% week…

by Calculated Risk on 1/08/2026 08:48:00 AM The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported: The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $29.4 billion in October, down $18.8 billion from $48.1 billion in September, revised. October exports were $302.0 billion,…

Plans for Google‘s highly anticipated Thompson Center redevelopment are nearing completion, almost four years after the tech giant announced its intent to move into the iconic Central Loop building, with the company expected to occupy more than half of the space.  Google is expected to take at least 600K SF of the 954K SF of…

U.S. office attendance is on the rise, but the return-to-office trend remains a tale of two cities. In the first half of 2026, office visits nationwide rose 6 percent year-over-year, and achieved the narrowest first-half gap from pre-pandemic levels thus far, data from foot-traffic tracker Placer.ai shows. The six-month period of foot traffic marked acceleration…

Key Points Checking in on what the smart money is doing with stocks is a great way to source new ideas or challenge ideas that you have. One interesting move that billionaire Bill Ackman made at Pershing Square Capital Management was selling Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and buying Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in the second quarter. Pershing…