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National home prices rose at a sluggish pace in June as regional inventory and job growth trends drive fragmented performance across local markets. Price gains continued to concentrate in underbuilt Midwest and Northeast metros, as persistent softening across some areas of the South and West showed signs of stabilization, according to Cotality, a real estate…

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged CMI Capital LLC and its founder and manager, Michael D. Williams, for an alleged fraudulent investment scheme that raised approximately $860,000 from at least 18 investors, many of whom are current or retired law enforcement officers in South Florida. The defendants have agreed to a bifurcated settlement in…

The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 9 – 3 vote: The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate. The Committee is continuing its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the…

If at first Prologis doesn’t succeed, it tries, tries, tries … and tries one last time.  Prologis’ San Francisco headquarters on the Pier The San Francisco-based industrial giant made what it described as a firm final preliminary offer to buy U.K.-based industrial developer Segro for more than $18.7B (£14B) on Wednesday, a $500M increase from…

OpenAI’s new safety hire didn’t mince words about what’s at stake in the age of AI superintelligence. “If we build superintelligence without more robust alignment I expect we will permanently lose control of it. If that happens then most people could die,” Paul Christiano, an AI safety researcher, said on Wednesday after OpenAI announced he…