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Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.79% this week, highest level since November 06/01/2023 12:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since November, driving up borrowing costs for would-be homebuyers at a time when the housing market is being held back by a near record-low inventory of homes on the market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Twitter may be worth one-third what Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity fund marks down value 06/01/2023 11:11am • Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago. The Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund has reduced the market value of its equity stake in Twitter for a third time, now putting it at $6.55 million. That's down from the nearly $20 million the Mourinho acknowledges 'nobody has called me' as he considers his future at Roma 06/01/2023 06:37am • ROME (AP) — Almost as soon as he was awarded it, Jose Mourinho took off the silver medal that had just been hung around his neck by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, walked toward the stands and handed it to a young fan in the front row. “I only keep the gold ones,” Mourinho said later, still Europe sees inflation drop to 6.1%, but real relief for consumers will take months 06/01/2023 05:02am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's inflation took a positive turn with a significant drop to 6.1%, but prices are still posing a pinch to shoppers who are yet to see real relief in what they pay for food and other necessities. The annual figure in May eased from 7% in April for the 20 countries th Italy displays antiquities looted from Italian territory and recovered from London dealer 05/31/2023 11:56pm • ROME (AP) — Italy on Wednesday displayed hundreds of antiquities that had been looted from Italian territory and were recovered from a London antiquities dealer. The 750 objects, which date from the 8th century B.C. and the medieval period, include an Etruscan three-legged bronze table, marble bus Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after House approves debt ceiling deal 05/31/2023 11:51pm • TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly higher Thursday after the United States House of Representatives approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, avoiding a default crisis. But the enthusiasm was muted by worries about the Chinese economy after disappointing recent data on a recovery in Bolivia government says trustee probing bank died by suicide, but some demand new investigation 05/31/2023 10:07pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The trustee of a bankrupt bank in Bolivia who died after falling from the 15th floor of an office building killed himself, a forensic investigation concluded Wednesday, in a case that has gripped Bolivia amid speculation over whether he jumped or was pushed. But instead of s How Much Down Payment Do You Need for a House? 05/31/2023 08:00pm • Before you start shopping for a home, you need to know what you can afford -- and a big part of that depends on how much you can afford as a down payment. But how much down payment do you need to be able to afford the house you want? The answer isn't the same for everyone, but key information can he CFPB Fines OneMain Financial, Claiming 'Illegally Withheld Refunds' 05/31/2023 08:00pm • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered personal loan lender OneMain Financial to pay $20 million for allegedly pushing borrowers to purchase add-on products in order to receive a loan and withholding refunds on these products, the bureau announced on Wednesday. The lender will pay $10 One Culprit in Rising College Costs: Administrative Expenses 05/31/2023 08:00pm • As college costs continue their decades-long climb, pushing U.S. student loan debt to nearly $1.8 trillion and counting, rising administrative costs are likely to contribute to higher costs for students. The central mission of higher education is teaching, but in recent years administration has enla Federal Reserve likely to skip interest rate hike at next meeting in June, officials signal 05/31/2023 07:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Federal Reserve officials are sending out stronger signals that they will forego an interest rate increase at the central bank's next meeting in June, though they indicate hikes could resume later this year. “Skipping a rate hike at a coming meeting would allow (Fed po JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he never heard of Jeffrey Epstein until after his 2019 arrest 05/31/2023 07:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has testified that he never heard of Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes against teenage girls and young women until the financier was arrested in 2019, according to a transcript of the videotaped deposition released Wednesday. Dimon said he first heard about it Tielemans announces departure from Leicester after relegation from Premier League 05/31/2023 06:45pm • LEICESTER, England (AP) — Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans announced Wednesday he will be leaving Leicester following the club's relegation from the Premier League. The 26-year-old Tielemans, who joined from Monaco on loan in 2019 before signing a permanent deal, holds a special place in Leicest 2 men in Virginia defrauded millions in COVID relief 05/31/2023 02:53pm • Two Northern Virginia businessmen will likely spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty in a joint scheme to defraud banks and the Small Business Administration of around $7.6 million in COVID relief funds. Bennie Earl Magee, 54, of Manassas, Virginia, and Michael Gilcher, 45, Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund 05/31/2023 02:40pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking clarity after the former director of its U.S. missionary fundraising office oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million of its endowment and donations into a new nonprofit and private equity fund that he created and currently manages, The Associated Pres