As Iran war drives up gasoline prices in US, Trump blames Ukraine, Democrats

As the market shifts, speed and precision matter.   During the “Working Smarter, Not Harder” panel at the 2026 Velocity conference in New Orleans, panelists dove into how new tech and AI-powered services are helping agents and lenders uncover qualified leads faster, automate repetitive workflows, and reduce both onboarding time and days on market.  Attendees learned how predictive analytics, automated outreach, and intelligent data tools…

By Erik Hertzberg (Bloomberg) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is on the brink of a trade pact with the U.S. His next challenge will be convincing his country that swallowing some tariffs is worth the greater economic certainty that a deal would bring. So far, the emerging details of a draft agreement between Carney…

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh “wants to do the right thing” but is facing a Fed board that might oppose him, the president said.

The luxury pied-à-terre is alive and well, despite any efforts to stifle — or excessively tax — it. While the second week of August saw a Staten Island Supreme Court judge block the rollout of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax — a controversial surcharge on second homes worth more than $5 million…

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