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Biden administration issues targeted new eviction moratorium
The Biden administration is issuing a new eviction moratorium in the wake of criticism from liberal lawmakers after a previous…
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Home Depot uses Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working and combat organized retail crime
Home Depot Inc. is using Bluetooth to deter organized retail crime, such as coordinated groups that steal from the retailer…
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Feds sell one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album forfeited by ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
A one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album that had been owned by jailed pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been sold by the…
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Mortgage rates experience ‘summer swoon’ as Fed maintains status quo
Benchmark mortgage rates continued their downward trajectory over the past week, following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s indications to lawmakers…
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This is the ‘best place’ to live in America — and it isn’t on the coast
The East and West Coasts can stop duking it out over which is the better place to live — because…
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‘The language of consumer debt is rife with moral undertones’: Read MarketWatch’s new ‘Extra Credit’ column
Hello and welcome to Extra Credit, a weekly look at the news through the lens of consumer debt. Your monthly…
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Mortgage rates slide to lowest levels since winter as investors grow skeptical of economic recovery
Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since mid-February, a reflection of the waning optimism among investors about the state…
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