Why CRMLS’s legal fight with Compass matters far beyond California

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn’t likely to oversee an increase in interest rates at this week’s Fed meeting, for at least three reasons. First, Warsh personally doesn’t seem to buy the arguments for hikes. Second, raising rates would undermine the outcomes of his task forces. And, third, a rate increase risks putting him on…

Social Security, once seen as “old-age insurance,” will eventually disappear, this author predicts.

As a native New Yorker, I thought my move to Tennessee was temporary. But I’m a country girl at heart. Starting over a thousand miles from loved ones is challenging, especially as a new mom aged out of childbearing years. My daughter Violet longed for friends, and I did too. But we couldn’t find any….

Bessent, speaking at an SMU Cox School of Business fireside chat Tuesday, framed the buybacks as a mechanism to make market participants “get out of their fever dream and look at the facts.” Markets responded by sending yields higher. The actual buyback operation is scheduled for Thursday in a 20-minute window concluding at 2 p.m….

Microsoft, Amazon and Google all reported surging cloud revenue last quarter. But Wall Street has delivered sharply differing verdicts on each of the three tech giants’ artificial intelligence spending plans, with investors increasingly seeking proof that Big Tech is getting bang for its AI buck. Photo credit: Google Maps A Data Center Under Construction In Ashburn,…

The average monthly private rent in the UK rose 3.3% annually to £1,388 in June, flat on the growth seen in the year to May. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that the rate of private rental growth has been slowing in recent months, and Alex Upton, managing director for…