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Car buyer payouts over loan scandal could be delayed

Regulators want to give more time to car dealers potentially facing a deluge of mis-selling claims.

Veterans demand better payout for gay ban

Leading charities have written to the prime minister, calling the average payments "unacceptably low".

EY partner payouts in UK fall to £723,000 on average

Big Four accounting firm hit by sharp slowdown in revenue growth and an increase in partnership size

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts

As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.

Business - Inc. - October 28

4 arrested for faking bear attacks for insurance payouts

Four people have been arrested for allegedly carrying out a bizarre insurance fraud scheme where they staged bear attacks inside cars. Authorities say the suspects submitted videos for insurance ...

The Trump majority may soon feel buyers’ remorse

The 2024 election results suggest that the Trump majority may soon have cause for second thoughts, as the proposed tax cuts and tariffs could lead to increased inflation and worker shortages, ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Sinologist Li Cheng: ‘America is not in the mood to study China’

The political expert on the breakdown of US-Sino relations, what Xi Jinping’s fourth term might hold — and why neither Harris nor Trump makes him hopeful of change

Business - Financial Times - October 25

4 arrested in California for allegedly staging bear attacks to receive insurance payouts

Investigators accused four suspects of staging bear attacks using a costume to damage vehicles in a San Bernardino County mountain community in order to receive payouts totaling more than $140,000.

Britain's car finance industry is in crisis – with banks bracing for billions in payouts

The crisis has prompted comparisons to Britain's PPI scandal, which was estimated to have cost banks more than £50 billion ($63.8 billion).

Business - CNBC - 17 hours ago

Person in bear costume faked attacks on cars for insurance payout, officials say

Four people have been charged with insurance fraud for claiming that their cars were trashed by a bear — which was actually someone in a bear costume, officials said Wednesday.

‘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

A crisis-era mortgage strategy is making a comeback — and this time it’s bailing out buyers

Home buyers are turning to interest-free second mortgages to fund their down payments.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

Tech is the star Friday, and why we'd be buyers of the dip on CrowdStrike

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Business - CNBC - October 25

The biggest U.S. homebuilder misses on earnings as it says buyers are staying on the sidelines

D.R. Horton, the largest U.S. homebuilder by market cap, on Tuesday reported earnings well below estimates as it said interest rates were keeping buyers on the sidelines and forcing the company to ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 29

Automakers Are Hot for Extended-Range EVs. They Hope Buyers Like Them Too

The tech, a waypoint between fully electric cars and gas-powered ones, has shown up in more and more US—and Chinese—vehicles. Can EREV tech get more drivers into electrics?

Tech - Wired - November 3

We're pocketing a gain in a disappointing stock — and would be buyers in another

We're seizing this opportunity to sell into strength a stock that has disappointed.

Business - CNBC - November 6

Take-Two selling Private Division label to unnamed buyer

The indie label under Take-Two is up for sale as the parent company doubles down on triple-A titles like Grand Theft Auto.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 6

6 ways a second Trump presidency will affect home buyers and sellers

Voters unhappy over soaring prices, including runaway housing costs, helped put Donald Trump back in the White House. But what will a second Trump presidency mean for home buyers and sellers?

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

Homebuilder deal activity is surging, fueled by major Japanese buyers

Strong demand for new housing has smaller builders ripe for takeover. The Japanese are big players because their cost of capital is low.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Guyana citizens to receive £370 each in payouts from ‘mind-boggling’ oil wealth

Country has been enjoying historic growth in economy, which has tripled since it started crude oil extraction in 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Guyana citizens living at home and abroad will ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Wounded Russian troops had their medical payouts cut back in one swift move from the Kremlin

World - Yahoo News - 21 hours ago

Tech stocks are nearing their first record high since July as dip-buyers get their wish

Information technology stocks have shaken off their summertime blues, even reclaiming the top spot on the stock market’s 2024 leaderboard.

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

Jim Cramer says he would be a buyer of Disney if the stock goes to this key level

Buying on weakness makes sense because the slowdown in Disney's theme parks business will eventually abate, Jim Cramer said Wednesday.

Business - CNBC - October 17

BlackRock's ETF chief says 75% of its bitcoin buyers are crypto fans new to Wall Street

Bitcoin ETF inflows surpass $2.1 billion in a week as bitcoin touches highest price level since July.

Business - CNBC - October 18

The real-estate industry is battling over how homes are listed for sale. Here’s why that matters to buyers and sellers.

The outcome of a real-estate industry dispute could change how the average American finds for-sale home listings.

Business - MarketWatch - October 21

Existing-home sales sink to a 14-year low, as home buyers pull back ahead of the November election

Existing-home sales fell to a rate of 3.84 million in September, the National Association of Realtors said.

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 - October 24

New-home sales jump to highest level since May 2023, as lower mortgage rates drew buyers in

New-home sales surged in September, as home buyers seized on lower mortgage rates.