‘Difference is Trump’: American homebuyers brace for rate pain • UC campus and hospital worker strike continues across university system
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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Cutting in line? American Airlines’ new boarding tech might stop you at now over 100 airports

American has rolled out boarding technology that alerts gate agents with an audible sound if a passenger tries to scan a ticket ahead of their assigned group.

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‘Difference is Trump’: American homebuyers brace for rate pain

Redfin, three days after the election, revised their mortgage rate estimate upward to 6.8%.

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UC campus and hospital worker strike continues across university system

Union members picketed at all UC medical facilities, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and at UC Irvine Medical Center.

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Best (and worst) Black Friday deals of 2024

It feels like it’s been Black Friday for weeks already, but the best deals on popular products are likely still to come.

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Phillips 66 indicted on charges it dumped tainted water from Carson refinery into sewer system

The oil refiner is accused of illegally discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial waste during the pandemic.

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Apple Pay, other tech firms come under CFPB regulatory oversight

CFPB can already take action against companies that break the law, the new rule would allow the CFPB to regularly supervise the large digital-wallet and payments firms and their practices.

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who led US crackdown on cryptocurrencies, to step down

President-elect Trump had promised during his campaign that he would remove Gensler.

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Airline CEOs and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg fight over regulations even after election

The airline industry has opposed many consumer-protections written by the Biden administration.

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Rare gain for US home sales: ‘There’s nowhere to go but up’

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose 2.9% compared with October last year, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

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30-year mortgage hit highest level since July

The rate rose to 6.84% from 6.78% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.29%.

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