It’s not easy being a home buyer these days. U.S. home prices are high, housing inventory is low, and consumer sentiment is wobbling. A federal tax break for first-time home buyers will help. Even with the recent interest rate cuts, there hasn’t been a material increase in the number ofRead More →
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (LON:) said on Thursday it would offset the carbon dioxide emissions of around 1.5 million road users in Britain starting later this month under a loyalty scheme. Shell, like other oil companies, has come under pressure from shareholders to show how it plans toRead More →
© Reuters. An Airbus A330 NEO performs at the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, By Alistair Smout and Tim Hepher LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) – Airbus sealed deals with big buyers for its latest passenger jet at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday, battling backRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Walmart’s logo is seen outside one of the stores in Chicago By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Walmart (NYSE:) Inc will meet large consumer goods companies and advertising firms for the first time in New York next week to pitch its advertising business, as the world’sRead More →
Bloomberg A loan officer talks on the phone while a customer signs for a new mortgage in Boston, Massachusetts. How do Americans come up with the funds they need for a down payment? Many of the sources are familiar: savings or family help for first-time buyers, or the proceeds ofRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines Co. Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft taxis at Midway International Airport in Chicago By Conor Humphries, Jamie Freed and Allison Lampert DUBLIN/SINGAPORE/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The grounding of Boeing’s global 737 MAX fleet has brought headaches for airlines that need to find alternative aircraftRead More →
Fans from Mexico are by far the top international ticket buyers at this year’s Super Bowl, snapping up nearly half the tickets sold to non-U.S. buyers for America’s biggest sporting event. That’s according to data from Ticketmaster LYV, -1.38% on the growing global ticket market for the NFL championship.Read More →
Buying a new home doesn’t need to break the bank as more buyers are finding discounted properties. Across the U.S., 25.1% of newly constructed homes had a price cut during the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a new report from real-estate firm Zillow ZG, +0.03% That’s a sharp increaseRead More →
