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If you’re planning to buy a home and the idea of a mortgage with an interest that fluctuates doesn’t scare you, you might be the target customer base for adjustable-rate mortgages. While fixed-rate mortgages are by far more popular, ARMs can be a smart financing option for folks who intend to rent o

The average interest rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate conforming mortgage loan in the U.S. is 6.083%, according to data available from mortgage data company Optimal Blue. That’s down approximately 2 basis points from the prior day’s report, and up roughly a basis point from a week ago. Read on to comp

European allies and Canada are pouring billions of dollars into helping Ukraine, and they have pledged to massively boost their budgets to defend their territories.
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The Trump administration touted the new licensing on Feb. 3 of the Texas GulfLink project—a crude oil-exporting terminal proposed in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, about 30 miles offshore of Texas—claiming the country is restoring its “maritime dominance” and unleashing a new “golden age of

When I was 13, I had a side hustle building websites for local businesses. This was the 1990s. Building a site meant weeks on a dial-up connection, hand-coding HTML line by line, and breaking layouts because you missed a single character. If I made $2,000 in a summer, it was because I gave up

Niklas Östberg is a rare beast. A founder-CEO who took his company public and survived a shareholder backlash. Sam Altman might like to take his number as he considers floating OpenAI. Reporting on your results every three months is not for

From how we work and learn to how we consume entertainment, artificial intelligence has become nearly inescapable in daily life. And while the technology has fueled soaring profits for companies—and promises to bring profound benefits to society—even top business leaders are doubling down on the

Disney's transformation under CEO Bob Iger showcases a blend of creativity and technology, with investments in innovative tech shaping its franchises. As Iger transitions to successor Josh D'Amaro, the focus remains on integrating technology with creativity, ensuring that Disney's storytelling legacy endures.

As we enter 2026, _Fortune_ is gearing up to release our fourth edition of the Fortune 500 Europe list, celebrating the region’s most successful companies through the framework of one of business’s best-known accolades. To truly understand these companies, we are embarking on a program of webinar

In November, Californians will vote on the state’s proposed tax on billionaires, which, if passed, will slap a one-off 5% levy on the total wealth of residents worth more than $1 billion. Critics have warned that such an imposition will spark capital flight as wealthy people decide to simply

If geopolitics had a thermometer, the mercury would have dropped by a couple of degrees over the past 48 hours. At the start of the week, European leaders were outraged to be facing increased tariffs—again—from their trading partner and ally, the U.S., if they did not comply with demands from the

NBA champion Metta World Peace (previously known as Ron Artest) has a warning for anyone who thinks they’re a hard worker: There’s probably someone—maybe even on your team—willing to work even harder than you. It’s a career lesson he learned from Kobe Bryant.

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The German soccer federation (DFB) has decided against a boycott of the upcoming World Cup despite internal pressures related to U.S. political actions. DFB emphasizes sports' unifying power and aims to strengthen positive global impact.

After nearly two decades of negotiations, India and the European Union announced Tuesday they have reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties. The accord, which the EU chief described as the “mother of all deals,” could affect as many as 2 billion people.
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Vietnam and the EU have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, enhancing trade ties amid global financial disruptions. This move aligns the EU diplomatically with major powers, aiming for mutual prosperity and diversified supply chains.

Economists, lawmakers, and Wall Street have long preached the need to increase housing supply to improve affordability, but it may not be that straightforward.
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News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail for the U.S. delegation during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency that has dominated headlines for le

With Super Bowl LX quickly approaching, we’ve witnessed 60 years of technological advances on the football field and probably haven’t realized it. And the best is yet to come because of visual AI. 
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Most of us will watch the big game from our living rooms rather than

Indian lawmakers from the ruling coalition praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for striking a deal with the U.S. that seeks to reduce tariffs on Indian goods, while the opposition raised questions on the impact on sensitive sectors such as agriculture.
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Yesterday’s Super Bowl offered more than a Seattle Seahawks win, a halftime performance from Bad Bunny, and beer ads. This year’s annual football extravaganza provided a vivid snapshot of how the long-running AI rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic has erupted into a much noisier contest over