Pending home sales notch slight gain in August

Nearly one in five Gen Z adults are putting nothing aside for a house deposit, despite almost half expecting to buy their first home before they turn 30, new research has found. Research commissioned by Barratt Homes found that 18% of Brits aged 18 to 29 who have yet to buy a home are not…

Memory stocks have been on a tremendous run over the past year, buoyed by surging prices, ballooning gross margins, and huge free cash flow. This has helped the stocks of Micron Technology (MU -0.78%), Sandisk (SNDK -0.28%), and SK Hynix (SKHY +0.20%) (before its U.S. IPO) go parabolic this year. Micron is up more than…

Key Points Enterprise Products Partners is one of the largest midstream businesses in North America and yields 5.6%. PepsiCo is a Dividend King and a diversified food giant, offering a 4.3% yield. Realty Income is an industry-leading net-lease REIT with a 5% yield. 10 stocks we like better than Enterprise Products Partners › It is…

Three years after his controversial firing from AECOM Tishman, Jay Badame is back in a prominent position at a construction firm. The former AECOM president started as chief operating officer at Bravo Group last month, the Commercial Observer reported. He is overseeing dozens of employees at the firm and is a member of its board…

The Middle East conflict overshadows outages in Russia and a ‘massive impact’ on diesel supplies

By Andy Mukherjee   Indians are getting into debt like never before, with digital lenders originating four out of five personal loans. Both developments are troubling, but the sheer proliferation — and the outrageous usury — of smartphone-based borrowing platforms is the bigger headache.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government recently caught…