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But there may finally be good news for builders and realtors: Researchers at Capital Economics believe housing market activity has bottomed out. “There are increasing signs that housing market activity may be nearing a bottom. The fall in mortgage rates in recent months has led to a modest improvement in affordability and a boost in homebuyer sentiment, albeit from record…

We’ve long known that meditation is good for your mental health, but what about your gut health? According to a new comparative study published in General PsychiatryRegular deep meditation can help regulate the gut microbiome, which includes the bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in your digestive tract. In the study, the researchers analyzed the blood and stool samples from…

While long-term savings are important, sometimes quick results can motivate you to stick with a savings goal. Over time, small savings can add up and be used to contribute to an emergency fund or fund a dream for the future. Of course, everyone’s spending habits are different. See which of these suggestions could make the biggest difference to your bottom…

Tesla’s used car prices are “dropping like a stone,” and one of the most prominent auto critics on social media has a theory as to why. But it’s not what one might assume. Doug Demuro has test ridden almost every four wheeler you can find on US roads, and many you won’t find: his expertise has not only garnered him…

When the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, it will be hard to miss the dozens of sessions on the global climate crisis. But don’t look for the organization that first brought the issue of sustainability to Davos 50 years ago. The Club of Rome, made famous in the early 1970s for sounding the alarm bell…

Stock market investors hoping for a breather after a brutally volatile 2022 have history — and options traders — on their side. With inflation slowing, bolstering speculation that the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its rate hikes, equity derivatives traders are anticipating a respite from the turmoil that ripped through markets last year. That has made the so-called…

Jim Hardaway has been a successful salesman for more than three decades. He sold office furniture to government and Fortune 500 clients. But when he left his job in 2019, he didn’t like retirement, so he got a new job: helping keep old office furniture out of landfills. It wasn’t planned, but Hardaway, 65, has found a circular nature to…

It’s one thing to get fired from a prestigious bank like Goldman Sachs. It’s another when that happens after you show up for what appears to be a routine meeting. As of Wednesday, Goldman cut 3,200 jobs, or about 6.5% of its workforce. That came as no surprise, as CEO David Solomon had already warned employees last month that he…

The world is way off course in meeting climate goals, Sultan al-Jaber said in his first comments since being elected president of this year’s COP summit by the United Arab Emirates. “We are way off track,” he said in a speech in Abu Dhabi. “The world is catching up on the important Paris goal of keeping global temperatures 1.5°C above…

A cloud shot up vertically like a plume of smoke in seconds before a Hawaiian Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence last month, injuring 25 people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. The captain of the Dec. 18 flight from Phoenix to Honolulu told investigators that flight conditions were smooth with clear…