Trump policies affecting Fed outlook
President Donald Trump's return to the White House is overshadowing the Federal Reserve's meeting this week, as policymakers begin to grapple with the way the …
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’24 new home sales end on a high note
Sales of new houses ended 2024 on a high note in December as customers took advantage of incentives from builders, leading to a second straight year of increas…
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Social media important in lives of farm workers
Zoe Kent hopes people get a little joy out of her talking about farming on the internet. In one of her latest videos, she compares pesticide application to dry…
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Tech industry shows new warfare vision
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. -- On a sunny November morning, a pickup rounded a hill on a rough road through scrubland. A surveillance tower across the valley tracked…
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Politics of border, rebuilding clashing
LOS ANGELES -- The breeze was tinged with smoke from the fires that burned through Pacific Palisades as dozens of workers finished up the brick facade of a spr…
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Geothermal renewable energy finds favor amid Trump’s policy reversals
As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country's energy policies his first day in office with a spate of orders largely favoring oil, gas and …
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Europe summer gas premium rises
European natural gas for delivery this summer has become even more expensive than prices for next winter after Germany's market manager said it's discussing su…
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2024 US home sales fall to a nearly 30-year low
LOS ANGELES -- Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell last year to a nearly 30-year low for the second time in as many years, evidence that homeownership is…
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1st Stargate data site on rise in Texas
In a small Texas city nearly 200 miles west of Dallas, the first data center associated with the $100 billion Stargate venture from OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp…
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Fires create scramble for housing
When the flames destroyed Ria Cousineau's Altadena house and damaged the home of her partner, Emily Allen, a horrific situation gave way to what felt like an i…
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Wall Street enters new dark pool era
Here's a surprising new fact about the world's largest and most liquid public equity market: Most of the activity on it isn't public anymore.
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Apps offer more options to folks learning a 2nd language
After helping a friend start a Spanish Club, I became addicted to Duolingo, the free language app. Then I discovered the power of free, artificially intelligen…
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Target to scale back diversity initiatives
NEW YORK -- Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity,…
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Average 30-year mortgage rate falls to 6.96%
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CNN set to reduce its staff by 6%
CNN is cutting 6% of its workforce as the news organization tries to reinvent itself for TV's digital future.
