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HarrisWalz.com domain sells for $15,000
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- This week, hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 election, the website domain “Harris...
Aug 10, 2024
Here's why mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in more than a year
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mortgage rates this week dropped to their lowest level in more than a year, delivering some long-sought relief for homebuyers.The average interest rate for a ...
Aug 09, 2024
Costco adds membership scanners upon entry to crack down on customers sharing cards
Customers wait in line to check out purchases at Costco store on June 28, 2023 in Teterboro, New Jersey. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- When customers walk in to shop a...
Aug 09, 2024
CosMc's is officially open: What to know about the McDonald's offshoot
CosMc's(NEW YORK) -- CosMc's, a new small-format beverage-led concept from McDonald's, has officially opened in San Antonio, Texas.Starting Thursday, patrons in the Alamo City will be among the first ...
Aug 09, 2024
Personal finances, net worth of Walz and Vance show stark differences
Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The major party vice presidential nominees -- Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance -- sharply disagree on a range of issues. The differences ...
Aug 08, 2024
What is Tim Walz's record on the economy? Look at Minnesota
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images(Bloomington, Minn.) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has enacted economic policies in the state on key issues like job creation and ta...
Aug 08, 2024
What could the economic slowdown mean for the election?
Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Stock market gyrations this week came after a disappointing jobs report stoked concerns about an economic slowdown. The uncertainty drew he...
Aug 07, 2024
Silicon Valley leaders get behind Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers an address on Artificial Intelligence policy at the U.S. embassy, Nov. 1, 2023, in London. (Carl Court/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- After several of its brightest s...
Aug 07, 2024
Stock prices seesaw as turbulence roils markets. How should investors respond?
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Stock prices worldwide seesawed dramatically this week, forcing investors to keep up with sudden turns in the market and weather fears of an economic slowdown.T...
Aug 07, 2024
Google violated antitrust laws to maintain dominance over online search, judge says
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Google violated U.S. antitrust laws in maintaining a monopoly over the online search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, in a landmark ruling for the Justice...
Aug 05, 2024
