Roblox (RBLX -26.85%) told investors Thursday to expect third-quarter bookings of $1.576 billion to $1.653 billion, a decline of 14% to 18% from a year ago. It also declined to offer a full-year outlook, accelerating a planned shift to quarterly only guidance. Shares fell about 27% Friday, hitting a fresh 52-week low near $34. Management…
Paragon Bank has reduced rates by 15 basis points (bps) across a selection of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages. The reduced rates are available for landlords purchasing or remortgaging single self-contained properties (SSCs), houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit blocks (MUBs). Within the SSC range, rates now start from 4.95% in Paragon’s…
Liquidity relief today, balance-sheet strain tomorrow: The very structures that make private credit nimble—PIK loans—could also mask risk until it’s too late. When GoHealth Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 7, the writing had been on the wall for two years. The Chicago-based health insurance marketplace had inked a payment-in-kind (PIK) deal…
Soccer-FIFA scraps World Cup sell-off plan after resistance from members FIFA’s Abandoned World Cup Investment Proposal July 31 (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Friday that world soccer’s governing body had scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors after widespread backlash. FIFA’s plan was to raise up…
Esoteric Forex Drama Blasts Bonds, Maybe Fri, Jul 31 2026, 4:08 PM Esoteric Forex Drama Blasts Bonds, Maybe Friday was very much NOT on the beaten path of typical bond market considerations with most of the selling arguably stemming from Japanese currency intervention. We’ve seen similar episodes in the past, but today’s…
Five more mortgage lenders were hit with spam call lawsuits in the past few weeks, as more joined the lineup of defendant firms. Processing Content The latest companies facing federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaints are Hartford Funding, Mortgage Pros, Mutual of Omaha, NEXA Lending and Tomo Mortgage. The cases all filed since July 16…
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Leeds Building Society reported gross mortgage lending of £2bn in the first half of 2026, down from £2.6bn in the same period last year. Annette Barnes (pictured), CEO of Leeds Building Society, spoke to Mortgage Solutions and said she was very proud of a “solid” set of results for the mutual this year. Barnes…
OpenAI’s models now reach more than 1 billion active users and more than 2 million businesses, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said in a Friday (July 31) blog post. OpenAI has found that these users deploy artificial intelligence (AI) more often and more deeply as they gain confidence in it. Among individuals, after six months of using the technology,…
Q2 GDP Advance Estimate: Real GDP At 1.5%, Lower Than Expected