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US single-family housing starts dented by Hurricane Beryl, higher mortgage rates

Erin Sykes, chief economist at Nest Seekers International, weighs in on “The Bottom Line” as high interest rates continue to hurt the housing market. U.S. single-family home construction fell to its lowest level in a year and a half in July, partly due to the disruption to housing activity caused by Hurricane Beryl, but an […]

Housing Starts Unexpectedly Plunged In July

Homebuilders backed away from new homebuilding and construction plans in July, threatening to worsen home affordability in the United States. The Census Bureau said Friday that the pace of new project starts fell 6.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.238 million. Economists had been expecting a pace of 1.342 million. The number of […]

Oklahoma dog starts house fire after chewing on lithium-ion battery

Video released by the Tulsa Fire Department in Oklahoma shows a dog unintentionally starting a house fire by gnawing at a lithium-ion battery. In the video, captured by an indoor security camera in the living room of a home, two dogs and a cat are seen as one of the dogs begins gnawing at a […]

South America Starts Reinforcing Borders Fearing Another Venezuela Migrant Wave

The governments of Colombia and Peru reportedly launched plans to fortify their borders on Tuesday, fearing that ongoing political turmoil in Venezuela, sparked by a fake presidential election forced by the White House, will trigger a new wave of mass migration. Venezuela’s socialist government, in power since 1999, has already as a result An estimated […]

Stocks Gain as Big Week for Central Banks Starts: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) — European stocks are set to gain early on the back of strength in Asian markets at the start of a week filled with major central bank decisions and big tech earnings reports, while the yen strengthened. Most read articles on Bloomberg Euro Stoxx 50 futures rose 0.5%, while major U.S. futures also rose. […]

Dems view Harris more favorably than Biden as veep starts run for prez: poll

A new poll shows that more Democrats support Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate most likely to face President Donald Trump in November, than support President Biden. About 91% of Democratic voters said they had a favorable view of Harris, 59, and 80% said they had a similar impression of Biden, 81. According to […]