Liz Weston: 3 reasons not to tap your home equity right now
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet. House prices are soaring, and homeowners have a lot of value built up between what’s left on the mortgage and what…
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Hungary’s govt launches investigation against second airline
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has ordered an investigation of domestic low-cost carrier Wizz Air…
Continue ReadingAs inflation soars, access to Indigenous foods declines
By CLAIRE SAVAGE, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Traditional Indigenous foods — like wild…
Continue ReadingPalestinians fly to Cyprus in Israeli airport pilot program
JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen Palestinians have flown to Cyprus from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow…
Continue ReadingThis Week: New home sales, Gap earns, consumer spending
The Associated Press The Commerce Department issues its monthly tally of new U.S. home sales Tuesday and its latest snapshot of consumer spending…
Continue ReadingQatar detains workers protesting late pay before World Cup
By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months…
Continue ReadingChina fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought
BEIJING (AP) — Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly…
Continue ReadingAsian shares fall on Fed worries after Wall Street sell-off
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading lower Tuesday, echoing a broad sell-off on Wall Street amid speculation…
Continue ReadingCalifornia pig welfare rule delays frustrate small farmers
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ohio hog farmer Joe Brandt changed his operation a few years ago to give his pigs more…
Continue ReadingIndiana governor in Taiwan following high-profile US visits
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Indiana’s Republican governor has begun a visit to Taiwan, following two recent…
Continue ReadingFord to appeal $1.7 billion verdict in Georgia truck crash
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup…
Continue Reading‘Dragon Ball Super’ bests ‘Beast’ at box office with $20.1M
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Idris Elba may go head-to-head with a lion in “Beast,” but the action flick was no match for the latest “Dragon…
Continue ReadingNSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli spyware maker NSO says its chief executive has stepped down as the company prepares…
Continue ReadingDC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman…
Continue ReadingDC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year…
Continue ReadingStrike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue ReadingRussia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers MECKENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company,…
Continue ReadingChina plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press CHONGQING, China (AP) — China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by…
Continue ReadingDorli Rainey, symbol of Occupy movement, dies at 95
SEATTLE (AP) — Dorli Rainey, a self-described “old lady in combat boots” who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was…
Continue ReadingHomeowning while Black: Couple alleges bias in appraisal
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Baltimore family is suing an appraiser and a mortgage lender after their home was allegedly…
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