FILE PHOTO: Phlebotomist Jenee Wilson talks to Melissa Cruz, a Valley Medical Center emergency technician who recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) she contracted from a patient, while finishing donating convalescent plasma at the Center Seattle Blood Central. Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, USA, April 17, 2020. The plasma …
Read More »US mortgage rates rise for the first time in 6 weeks, topping 3%
The rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.01%, according to Freddie Mac data released Thursday. It is the first time in six weeks that US mortgage rates have risen: Rates have been kept low by low yields on US Treasuries and near zero interest rates. Mortgage rates …
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ROCK HILL, SC (Reuters) – When Texas reopened bars for Memorial Day weekend last month, locked-in millennials and Gen Zers made the most of it, circumventing social distancing rules to pack clubs and pressing their credit card expenses in the next two weeks at 2019 levels. FILE PHOTO: The Handlebar …
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