Could average mortgage rates fall below 3%? If the recent trend continues, it is a clear possibility. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.07% for the week ending July 2, six basis points less than the week before, Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.59% reported Thursday. In comparison, these loans had an …
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American Airlines AAL, -1.98% It has come under scrutiny for its decision not to block intermediate seats on flights in the name of preventing coronavirus transmission, but many other airlines have taken the same stance. The airline announced last week that starting Wednesday, July 1, it will resume booking flights …
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Text size Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg Shares of Micron Technology rose after the memory chip maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and sales on Monday that exceeded guidance released by the company just a month ago. Micron’s shares (ticker: MU) rose 5.2% in pre-trade trading. Shares closed 1.4% during …
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DEAR ABBY: I am at the limit of my wits with my husband. I am visually impaired as a result of eye cancer, and he refuses to stop making fun of me. Jeanne Phillips It constantly bothers me for being blind, for not being able to read and for how …
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Dear Amy: Nine-year-old “Danny” lives with his father and grandparents, and neither of them gets along well. Danny is always caught in the middle. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) Danny’s father (in his 30s) is a self-absorbed jerk and spends very little time with Danny, but lives …
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