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The wildfires sweeping across Southern California have already caused an estimated $52 billion to $57 billion in damages and economic losses, according to preliminary assessments from AccuWeather. The blazes, which...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in...

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.93% from 6.91%...

A massive strike across the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports has been averted after a dockworker union and an alliance of companies, terminal operators, and port associations, negotiated a...

It’s always heartening to see the business establishment stand up for constitutional principles. Well, almost always. Among the exceptions is when business leaders wrap themselves in the Constitution to secure...

With more than 2,000 structures already destroyed by wildfires that continue to rage out of control around Los Angeles, homeowners and business owners face a long road ahead to recoup...

China’s cautious consumers are spending less, prompting Beijing to dish out incentives even for small home goods. On Wednesday, China added home appliances, including microwave ovens, water purifiers, dishwashers, and...

As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps of...

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four decades ago. That seems like a simpler...

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges...