The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged lower this week, staying relatively close to its low for the year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.21% from 6.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.72%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also fell this week. The rate averaged 5.47%, down from 5.54% last week. A year ago, it averaged 5.92%, Freddie Mac said. ...

Car buying patterns in 2025 have been all over the place as consumers and the industry have adjusted to the automotive tariffs that dominated the conversation this year. While the U.S. eventually got tariff burdens down to 15% for most of its trade partners, for much of the year, importers were paying 25% on autos and auto parts. While carmakers made it clear that they would not raise prices in response to the tariffs, the threat of increased prices caused consumers to flock to car dealerships. Ford us ...

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Wall Street began the year hopeful that 2025 would usher in a wave of dealmaking.By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.Dealmakers got their wish, as this year has seen an almost record-breaking number of ...

Recipients include 20 nonprofit organizations across the Camden community Since 2012, the Foundation has invested more than $20 million in funding through grants and matching gifts to support eligible organizations in communities served by American Water. Learn more about this year's grant recipients, the American Water Charitable Foundation, and the 2025 Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program here. Earlier this year, American Water released its 2024 Camden Community Investment Report, reaffirming its commi ...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with AMZN, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner spott ...

A small business owner selling on Amazon recently shared a dilemma that hit a nerve with the r/smallbusiness Reddit community: A massive competitor just bought their “new innovative product,” and now they fear it’s about to be copied. Fear Of Being Crushed By A Giant “A competitor 100x bigger than me just ordered my new product,” the seller wrote. “The name on the shipping label was ‘business name’ LLC and the business name is a billion dollar company… and the name of the person is someone whose job titl ...

Key Takeaways ECL closed the Ovivo Electronics deal, expanding its high-tech water platform.ECL adds Ovivo's ultrapure water expertise to enhance circular water solutions for chip manufacturing.The acquisition is set to more than double ECL's high-tech water business with strong long-term growth.Ecolab (ECL) recently closed its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s Electronics business, a fast-growing global provider of ultrapure water technologies used in semiconductor manufacturing. The deal meaning ...

Anthony Scaramucci, CEO of investment firm SkyBridge Capital, said at a recent event that Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-powered asset tokenization has the potential to reduce transaction verification costs by up to 75% annually. Scaramucci Builds Case For Solana-Enabled Tokenization Speaking at the LONGITIDE event in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 11, Scaramucci estimated that global transaction verification costs $4 trillion a year, including credit card fees and wire fees. “If we were able to adopt Solana and use it in the ...