Mortgage rates are still close to record lows, but that makes owning a home no longer cheaper for home buyers. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.91% for the week ending August 27, falling eight basis points the week before, Freddie Mac FMCC, + 0.46% reported Thursday. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage …
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The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed outside the company’s headquarters in New Brunswick, NJ Bloomberg News Johnson & Johnson on Thursday announced their top AAA credit ratings to borrow $ 7.5 billion in cheap financing for their acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. J&J, which makes drugs, consumables and medical …
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A bartender waits for customers at the Arctice ice cream parlor in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland pawel kopczynski / Reuters Scientists in Finland have found what they claim to be a cure for the cat. Researchers have published a study showing that alcohol-induced nausea, headaches, stress and anxiety …
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Hold on, MarketWatchers, and don’t miss these great stories: Personal finances Another 1918 flu warning for COVID-19: ‘Survival does not mean individuals fully recover’ ‘We may never know the real consequences of the 1918 mortality due to incomplete or inaccurate accounting, problems that also undermine our ability to quantify the …
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The numbers: Activities at home build an important turnaround from the decay of the coronavirus. U.S. homebuilders began building homes at an annual adjusted annual rate of $ 1,496 million in July, up 22.6% from the previous month and 23.4% from a year ago, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. …
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