Why $500 checks won’t help Americans facing 15% increases in Obamacare premiums next year

Despite the best efforts of successive governments to complicate the picture – non-dom reforms, additional stamp duty, a tax environment that grows less welcoming with each passing Budget – the UK property market remains a global destination for capital. International investors continue to acquire UK property because of structural pillars that have remained fundamentally…

The government on Wednesday rolled out the upgraded Centralised IT Enabled Services (CITES 2.01) platform for the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), migrating about 340 million member accounts from over 120 decentralised databases to a unified national system.   The upgraded platform is expected to significantly improve claim processing, service delivery and member…

Cyber insurers ​have spent years defining what constitutes a hack and when coverage should pay out, but the rapid emergence of AI agents is raising new questions, forcing insurers to review their policies. Leading AI developers OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms recently disclosed that their ??AI agents behaved unexpectedly, escaping controlled test environments and carrying…

A new LendingTree survey conducted with U.S. consumers reveals that while a majority would utilize AI for at least one task during the process, they still prefer human involvement when the stakes are at their highest. Concurrently, a notable portion of buyers expresses willingness to consider homes constructed using alternative technology—specifically 3D printing—although significant reservations…

For the mortgage market, that latest oil price surge could be significant because it risks putting upward pressure on inflation – raising the prospect of the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates to keep price growth under control. Mortgage rates on the up – are further spikes ahead? Last week, the 30-year fixed rate moved slightly…