Treasury Department announces new Series I bond rate of 3.11% for the next six months

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced new Series I bond rates through April 2025.

Business - CNBC - 4 hours ago

Next James Bond Game Will Focus On A "Young" Bond, Aims To Launch New Trilogy

In 2020, Hitman developer IO Interactive revealed that it's working on Project 007 , the first new James Bond video game for consoles since 007 Legends was released in 2012. Now, IO ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 16

Pending home sales jump to six-month high as lower mortgage rates draw buyers in

U.S. pending home sales rose 7.4% in September, the National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.

Business - MarketWatch - Yesterday

10-year Treasury yield rises to fresh three-month high as U.S. rates continue their ascent

The yield on the 10-year Treasury continued its ascent on Monday after hitting a three-month high last week.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

10-year Treasury yield ends at new 3-month high as volatility gauge hits 2024 peak

U.S. government debt sold off for a third straight session Wednesday, pushing long-dated Treasury yields further into three-month highs, as investors remained wary that the approaching Nov. 5 ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 23

Treasury Department now using AI to save taxpayers billions

The latest benefit from the artificial intelligence revolution: saving American taxpayers billions of dollars.

Treasury Department uses AI to recover $1 billion in fraud

The Treasury Department is taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent or recover check fraud and stopped more than $1 billion in fraudulent payments over the past year, the agency ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce

Microsoft will allow organizations to create their own autonomous AI agents within Copilot starting next month.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce

LONDON — Microsoft will allow businesses to start making their own autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting next month, taking the fight back to Salesforce, which introduced its own ...

Transfer Talk: Could Nkunku leave Chelsea next summer?

Christopher Nkunku is reportedly linked with an exit from Chelsea is playing time isn't guaranteed this season. Transfer Talk has the latest.

Sports - ESPN - October 17

Bonds are facing a make-or-break moment over the next 10 days or so

The rise in long-dated Treasury yields has been a major preoccupation for investors since the Federal Reserve delivered its jumbo cut to its policy-rate target in September.

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

'Terrified and angry': patients voice concerns as eye hospital to shut for six months

The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh is due to close for six months at the end of the month.

New young drivers should not carry under-21s as passengers, AA says

It is also proposed that under-21s could lose their licences for not wearing a seatbelt.

A puff on a joint - then six months of forced rehab in a concrete cell

A young woman buys cannabis for friends - and finds herself facing up to 20 years in prison.

Chinese factory activity expands for first time in six months

Beijing set to unveil fiscal stimulus focused on struggling local governments next week

Business - Financial Times - 14 hours ago

The elusive number keeping Treasury yields at their highest levels in 3 months

In the world of fixed income, there’s one number that can’t easily be pinned down, but which appears to be a contributing factor keeping long-dated Treasury yields at their highest levels in three ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 23

10-year Treasury yield slips from 3-month closing high as buyers step in

Demand from overseas buyers of U.S. government debt helped push yields slightly lower on Thursday, but not far from their highest levels in two or three months.

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

10-, 30-year U.S. government debt rallies for second day on lower oil and weak manufacturing reading

Long-term Treasury yields fell for a second day on Tuesday as traders reacted to a weaker-than-expected manufacturing reading from the New York Fed and new developments from the Middle East that ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 15

Echoes of U.K.’s 2022 bond crisis weigh on Treasury market ahead of U.S. election

A selloff in the U.K. bond market on Thursday, triggered by concerns about planned government borrowing, sent the country’s yields higher in a manner slightly reminiscent of the 2022 gilt crisis ...

Business - MarketWatch - 49 minutes ago

New York Yankees 2024 offseason preview: What's next for Aaron Judge and the Bronx Bombers after World Series loss?

Juan Soto's free agency looms as the top item on the offseason agenda for GM Brian Cashman.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 15 hours ago

Chancellor announces £1.5bn for Stormont next year

Rachel Reeves also gives the go ahead to funding for Causeway Coast and Mid South West growth deals.

10-year Treasury yield ends with biggest six-week climb in a year as consumer sentiment rises

U.S. government debt sold off on Friday, giving the 10-year yield its biggest six-week advance in about a year, after data showed consumer sentiment rose this month.

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

New Justice Department scrutiny of Musk's million dollar giveaway plan

The Justice Department has sent a letter to Elon Musk's super PAC with a warning about Musk's offer to give away a million dollars to people who pledge to support First and Second Amendment rights ...

Politics - NBC News - October 23

Three ways to play the bond market as the Fed lowers interest rates, this analyst says

Falling interest rates will steepen the yield curve and make these credit ETFs attractive

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

Euro falls to 2-month low as investors price in interest rate cuts

Single currency has dropped more than 2% against dollar so far this month

World - Financial Times - October 15

‘A disappointment to home buyers’: Mortgage rates surge to a two-month high

The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging 6.44%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

How much will a $75,000 HELOC cost per month now that rates are falling?

A $75,000 HELOC has inexpensive monthly payments now, and they could become even cheaper in the months to come.

The 27 best new products this month

The best new products this October are the Rhode Barrier Balm, Ninja Crispi, New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v14 and Shark FlexFusion. Here’s how to shop them.

Bond investors position for new debt from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

Bond investors — who have sent spreads on the debt of the big U.S. money-center banks to their tightest levels of the year — are now positioning for new issuance, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 16

The World Series Was Big in Japan. The TV Ratings Prove It.

Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ superstar, drove massive interest for the World Series in Japan, where more than 15 million people watched each of the first two games.

World - The New York Times - 8 hours ago

Schools in Mexico have six months to ban junk food sales or face heavy fines

Rules targeting fruit drinks, chips and artificial pork rinds come as UN calls child obesity in country an emergency. Schools in Mexico have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Bitcoin rises 3% after topping $73,000 for the first time since March

Bitcoin has struggled to reclaim the $70,000 level this year after reaching a record of $73,797.68 in March.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

10-year Treasury yield ends at roughly 3-month high as U.S. deficit concerns linger

Long-dated Treasury yields finished at their highest levels since late July again on Tuesday, as U.S. deficit concerns weighed on investors and traders.

Business - MarketWatch - October 22

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