Business

EPSTOCK / Shutterstock.com On closer inspection, mortgage refinancing rates have dropped today. National averages for 30-year fixed and 15-year fixed refinances both slide down. The average rate on 10-year fixed refs, in the meantime, is trending as well. Rates for refinancing are constantly changing, but they remain low by historical …

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp.’s bid to cut TikTok shares from its Chinese owner ByteDance will be a technically complex endeavor that could test the patience of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to sources familiar with the setup. Trump has given Microsoft until September 15 to create a blueprint for a …

President Donald Trump continues to urge states to reopen schools. But senior officials working on the federal government’s response to the pandemic are increasingly concerned about the urgency of opening schools as case numbers continue to climb. In the last several weeks, Trump and his closest advisers have insisted that …

‘The Great China-China Tech War’ author Gordon Chang says TikTok misused user data and tried to manipulate American political views, which is why he thinks President Trump’s executive order banning the social media platform was well advised. He later spoke about CalPERS ‘investment chief Ben Meng dismissing allegations of conflict …

Famous chef Rachael Ray and her family escaped in a fire that destroyed their home in Lake Lucerne. The fire at her home in Chuckwagon Trail was reported at about 7.30pm Warren County officials say neither Ray nor anyone else in her family was injured. The cause of the fire …