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US New-Home Sales Unexpectedly Jump Over 20% in Broad Advance – Bloomberg.com

US New-Home Sales Unexpectedly Jump Over 20% in Broad Advance  Bloomberg.com New-home sales spike to 3-year high as builders pile on discounts to sell homes  MarketWatch Is the Housing Market Back? New Home Sales Blast Past Expectations  TipRanks New home sales unexpectedly surges in August  Seeking Alpha New-Home Sales Rose Sharply Ahead of Fed Rate Cut  Barron’s Source link

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Alibaba Shares Jump After CEO Reveals Plans to Raise AI Spending – Bloomberg.com

Alibaba Shares Jump After CEO Reveals Plans to Raise AI Spending  Bloomberg.com Alibaba’s Stock Price Does Not Reflect The Reality (NYSE:BABA)  Seeking Alpha From shopping carts to superchips: Alibaba rediscovers edge with bold billion-dollar AI pivot  CNBC Alibaba Shares Soar After CEO Hikes AI Spending Past $50 Billion  Yahoo Finance Alibaba shares rise over 6% after CEO unveils plans to boost AI spending  CNBC Source …

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Orsted shares jump after U.S. court allows Revolution Wind to continue

Orsted shares jump after U.S. court allows Revolution Wind to continue

Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the U.K. coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Shares of Danish renewables giant Orsted jumped on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge ruled the embattled firm can resume construction of an offshore wind farm that was halted by the Trump administration. The decision …

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Borderlands 4’s Big Jump Glitch Is Wild And Won’t Be Patched

Borderlands 4’s Big Jump Glitch Is Wild And Won’t Be Patched

A newly discovered bug in open-world looter shooter Borderlands 4 is letting players use a specific legendary gun to fling themselves across large sections of the game’s map. It looks wild and could be useful for speedrunners. But Gearbox is watching the glitch and might, if needed, fix it to avoid technical problems. On September 19, Twitch streamer and content …

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Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Jump after Rate Cut, Yield Curve Steepens, Bond Market Gets Edgy

Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Jump after Rate Cut, Yield Curve Steepens, Bond Market Gets Edgy

Bond market reacts to inflation expectations and supply of new bonds, not the Fed’s policy rates. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.14% on Friday, after having dropped briefly below 4.0% on September 11 (closing at 4.01%). On Wednesday last week, during an algo-driven moment, it also dropped to 4.0%, from 4.05%, then jumped right back to …

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U.S. student applications to colleges in Europe, U.K. and Asia jump amid rising costs and political turmoil

U.S. student applications to colleges in Europe, U.K. and Asia jump amid rising costs and political turmoil

Genevieve Smith spent her summer compiling an application to study at a university in the Netherlands – a vague goal now solidified, she says, due to rising costs and political turmoil in the U.S. The California-based student spent two years studying at Santa Rosa Junior College after graduating high school, all the while plotting her next steps to complete her …

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Social Security retirement age could jump as White House considers options

Social Security retirement age could jump as White House considers options

article FILE-In this photo illustration, a Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury on October 14, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The Trump administration is reportedly considering many options to avoid Social Security insolvency, which includes raising the retirement age.  When asked if he would consider raising the retirement age during a …

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FedEx results top targets on cost-cutting, shares jump 5.5% after the bell

FedEx results top targets on cost-cutting, shares jump 5.5% after the bell

By Abhinav Parmar and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – FedEx reported quarterly profit and revenue above Wall Street estimates, as cost-cutting and strength in domestic deliveries helped offset weaker international volumes after the U.S. ended tariff exemptions on low-value, direct-to-consumer shipments. Shares of Memphis-based FedEx climbed 5.5% in extended trading on Thursday after surprising Wall Street. Analysts had expected profit per …

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