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• The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday as expected, but two governors dissented, preferring a quarter-point cut. • It’s the first time since July that the central bank has chosen ...

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

The Federal Reserve’s final monetary move of 2026 gave markets a clearer but still-incomplete vision of where interest rates might be heading next year—a year likely marked by continued concerns over ...

The FOMC cut the federal funds rate by a quarter-point, but that's unlikely to cause 30-year mortgage rates to fall by the same amount. The December rate cut might be advantageous for builders and ...

Simple interest is paid only on the principal, e.g., a $10,000 investment at 5% yields $500 annually. Compound interest accumulates on both principal and past interest, increasing total returns over ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, goaded by the risk of rising unemployment, reduced interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since December and indicated more cuts would ...

After years of elevated borrowing costs, mortgage interest rates have just taken a sharp turn lower, and homeowners and buyers are taking notice. According to the latest rate data from the Mortgage ...

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Short interest is the percentage of a stock's available shares currently sold short. High short interest, often above 10% of the stock's float, indicates negative investor sentiment. A high short ...