Friday’s Jobs Report Won’t Shake Up the Mortgage Market. Here’s Why

Why can’t a “strong” labor market also mean affordable mortgage rates?  On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released what was generally considered a positive jobs report for November. Though unemployment inched up slightly from 4.1% to 4.2%, job growth was strong with the US adding 227,000 positions last month. Friday’s data is roughly in … Read more

Julianne Hough Spotted With ‘Bachelor Nation’ Star Tanner Courtad

Julianne Hough. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) Julianne Hough has been spotted hanging out with a Bachelor Nation reality star. In photos published by Just Jared on Friday, December 6, the Dancing With the Stars cohost, 36, was pictured spending time with Tanner Courtad. The outlet reported the pair had dinner … Read more

Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU

Rachel Reeves will on Monday lay the ground in Brussels for an “ambitious” new economic partnership with the EU, when she promises to fully honour post-Brexit deals struck by the last Conservative government. Reeves will become the first British chancellor to attend a meeting of European finance ministers since Brexit, reflecting her belief that improving … Read more

A huge hack of U.S. phone companies means your text messages may not be safe

At least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of countries have been impacted this week by what a top White House official called a Chinese hacking campaign that has also raised concerns about the security of text messaging. At a media briefing Wednesday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger shared details about the breadth of a … Read more

Does Billionaire Ken Griffin Know Something Wall Street Doesn’t? The Citadel Chief Sold 91% of His Stake in Palantir and Is Piling Into This Stock-Split Stock Instead.

Billionaire Ken Griffin has made an indelible mark on Wall Street and has been cited as one of the most successful investors of all time. He famously predicted the 1987 stock market crash, known as “Black Monday,” shorting stocks ahead of the decline and making a veritable fortune. His hedge fund, Citadel Advisors, generated gains … Read more

Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens five years after devastating blaze | Arts and Culture News

Notre-Dame Cathedral, situated on an island in the River Seine in Paris, France, is reopening this weekend after more than five years of intense reconstruction work to restore the medieval building to its former glory. After a fire gutted the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019, the 12th-century Gothic masterpiece has now been masterfully restored … Read more