Tag: U.S. Economy
Mortgage demand drops as interest rates rise
A "For Sale" sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage rates last week [...]
Medicare will allow pharma firms to discuss drug price negotiations
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts [...]
Hepatitis C cure isn’t reaching patients due to cost, CDC says
Hepatitis C virusBSIP | UIG | Getty ImagesThe overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not been cured [...]
House hunting is about to get harder
A house for sale, in escrow, in Laguna Woods, California.Scott Mlyn | CNBCAnyone out shopping for a home on the resale market knows the pickings are s [...]
Mortgage demand grows, driven by sales of new homes
A home is constructed at a housing development on June 21, 2023 in Lemont, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesMortgage rates turned higher again last [...]
Fraudsters stole $200 billion in Covid loans: watchdog
(L-R) Kevin Chambers, Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement, Department of Justice; Hannibal "Mike" Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administ [...]
Home prices rose for third straight month in April: S&P Case-Shiller
Ryan Ratliff (C), Real Estate Sales Associate with Re/Max Advance Realty, shows Ryan Paredes (L) and Ariadna Paredes a home for sale on April 20, 202 [...]
Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q3 2023
Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday slashed its full-year earnings guidance as it fell short of Wall Street expectations for its fiscal third quarter [...]
Home sales flat in May in sluggish spring market
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on June 09, 2023 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesSales of previously owned hom [...]
Drugmakers aim to fight Medicare negotiations at SCOTUS
Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on "Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Chang [...]
Biden to appoint Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC
Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021.Bryan Anderson | APPresident [...]
Democrats press Walmart, Costco, Kroger on mifepristone
In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna [...]
PGA Tour, LIV Golf merger probed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal
PGA Tour logo during the third round of the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2017, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.Fred Kfoury | Ico [...]
Lawmakers introduce TICKET Act, requiring disclosure of ticketing fees
An illustration of a Live Nation Entertainment logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen.SOPA Images | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Lawmakers introduce [...]
FDA advisors OK AstraZeneca, Sanofi antibody for infants for RSV
Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty ImagesA panel of independent advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Thursday that the ant [...]