California wildfires highlight the fast pace of home building in fire-prone areas
In a sign of how difficult it was, even before the recent fires, for homeowners to obtain insurance, California's insurer of last resort, known as the FAIR Plan, had an estimated $9 billion exposure ...
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Meta cuts DEI, marking another cultural shift ahead of Trump's White House return
Facebook parent Meta is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a memo sent to employees. President-elect Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of DEI policies. Meta ...
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U.S. stocks are expensive 'on almost any valuation metric.' Why they could remain so for a while.
U.S. stocks are trading at a pretty lofty level, but investors shouldn't expect mean reversion anytime soon, according to BofA Global Research. "On almost any valuation metric, the S&P 500 trades at ...
Surprising December jobs growth is denting chances of a first-half Fed rate cut
Friday's unexpectedly big increase in December nonfarm payrolls led to a diminished market-based likelihood for any rate cut by the Federal Reserve until September, based on one method of calculating ...
Here's when you can file your 2024 taxes - and what's new this year with refunds, tax laws and free tax prep
The Internal Revenue Service has set its calendar for the upcoming tax-filing season: Americans can start submitting their income-tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27. As people send in their 2024 federal ...
Walgreens Earnings: Solid Start to 2025 and Early Green Shoots of Recovery Lift Shares
Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results, marking a solid start to the fiscal ...
10-, 30-year Treasury yields end at highest since November 2023 after strong jobs report
Yields on 10- and 30-year U.S. government debt finished at their highest levels in over a year on Friday after December payrolls data came in stronger than expected, reducing market expectations for ...
10-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 4.772% This Week — Data Talk
The 10-year yield rose 0.175 percentage point to 4.772% this week. The price is 95 30/32. --Today it is up 0.092 percentage point and the price fell 22/32 price points ...
AI threatens companies with crippling cyberattacks. Here's their best defense.
Cybersecurity advancements often come with trade-offs. For instance, improvements in threat detection have increased false positives, creating inefficiencies for security teams. Filtering too ...
Corn Futures Rise After WASDE Shows Tighter Supply Picture - Daily Grain Highlights
CBOT grains rose sharply following the release of this month's WASDE report from the USDA. Demand outlooks from the USDA showed growth, this while supply outlooks were reduced due to weather issues ...
High five or high dive? What we know about stock returns in years ending in '5.'
Another sign that the "years ending in 5" theory is not worth following in your investments is that there is no plausible explanation for why it should work. That's a revealing deficiency, since if ...
Front Month ICE Brent Crude Rose 4.25% This Week to Settle at $79.76 — Data Talk
Front Month ICE Brent Crude for March delivery gained $3.25 per barrel, or 4.25% to $79.76 this week --Largest one week net and percentage gain since the week ending Dec. 13, 2024 ...