The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose back above 7%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Higher rates add…
Author: Arthur Bleemer
One of the most expensive real-estate markets in America just got pricier
"It’s a landlord’s market,' one broker says of New York City.
How do I book a cheap flight this summer? Here are 5 tricks to save money.
You can find cheap flights for summer travel, but it may take a bit of detective…
‘Tipping culture is out of control’: I was asked to tip 15% for a charitable donation. When will this gratuity madness end?
‘It's not a gratuity anymore, it's become another tax.’
If a restaurant automatically adds a 20% tip, am I obliged to pay? Should tipping not be optional?
'Some restaurants add additional service fees for the benefit of employees,' one reader writes.
‘I feel pressure to attend’: My brother-in-law is being honored by a charity, but tickets cost $375. Is it unfair to expect me to pay?
"My brother-in-law is on the organization's board and was part of the team that set the…
Before Tina Turner died at 83, she gave us these 5 retirement lessons
The music legend died this week at her home in Switzerland at age 83.
‘Several’ Fed officials said more rate hikes may not be needed and other key takeaways from May minutes
Several Fed officials at the May meeting said that further interest rate hikes may not be…
Organized retail crime is definitely a thing, says BJ’s CEO: ‘We see it, and it is material’
'Shrink' caused by theft and organized retail crime has been a theme of retail earnings season,…
Oil prices end at a more than 3-week high after this year’s largest weekly drop in U.S. inventories
Oil futures finish at their highest in more than three weeks on Wednesday, finding support after…
Inflation in goods from cereal to soup has given a boost to consumer food stocks. Can Walmart help bring prices, both food and stock, down?
Consumer packaged food companies that have been steadily increasing prices to combat inflation may be facing…
3M’s stock falls to 10-year low after Dutch minister holds company liable for PFAS damage
3M's stock fell Wednesday toward a 10-year low, after investors were reminded that concerns over potential…