ST. LOUIS, Mo. — St. Louis officials have filed a lawsuit in Missouri Circuit Court for the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit against Bustling Funding, LLC, alleging the company used a “slow flip” housing practice to sell homes to low-income buyers without first obtaining required occupancy permits. The complaint, announced Wednesday, follows...
Lucid Group Inc., the California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, saw its shares plunge as much as 57% in intraday trading on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after an online trade publication reported the company was weighing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and other strategic options. The report also claimed Lucid had engaged...
UnitedHealth Group on Thursday reported second-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations and raised its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance, while keeping full-year revenue targets intact. The largest U.S. private health insurer posted adjusted earnings per share of $6.38, compared with analyst estimates of $4.90, and revenue of $112.03 billion, above...
TAMPA, Florida — Florida lawmakers have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit annual increases in assessed values for certain properties, including many owner-occupied homes, to no more than 5%. In the Tampa Bay area, where more than half of renters already spend at least 30% of their income...
South Korean prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into alleged international price-fixing in the semiconductor sector, raiding the local offices of three major chip suppliers. On Wednesday, 15 July 2026, the Fair Trade Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched the South Korean offices of China’s Montage...
The U.S. dollar traded near a one‑month low on Thursday, July 16, 2026, after weaker‑than‑expected June producer price data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will delay further interest rate hikes. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, held around levels last seen in mid‑June following...
United States – Bitcoin surged past $65,000 on Wednesday, touching an intraday peak of $65,518 and pushing its market capitalization above $1.3 trillion. The latest advance extended a rally that began on July 14, as traders responded to softer-than-expected U.S. producer price index data and easing consumer inflation, which reduced...
Iowa, United States, is among 42 states that have reached a settlement with genetics and biotechnology company 23andMe after a large-scale data breach disclosed in 2023. According to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, the breach affected nearly 7 million people and exposed customers’ genetic ancestry information, personal details and other...
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled a sharp policy shift in testimony to Congress in mid-July 2026, pledging what he called a "regime change" at the U.S. central bank. Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee on July 14 and the Senate Banking Committee on July 15, Warsh said "inflation...
United States–based International Business Machines Corporation saw its shares drop by more than 24 percent on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after releasing preliminary second-quarter results that significantly missed Wall Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $17.2 billion, up just 1 percent year over year, with its Software division growing...
