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Takoma Park renters become owners of their building, and Montgomery Co. hopes more follow suit 11/24/2022 02:34pm • Tenants of a Takoma Park, Maryland, apartment building have been able to go from renters to owners, and the county executive hopes their building won't be the last place that happens. "This could be an important tool in our arsenal when it comes to preserving and protecting affordable housing," C Wednesday's Transactions 11/23/2022 06:59pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League Wednesday's Transactions, Writethru 11/23/2022 05:02pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League Most Fed officials at last meeting backed slower rate hikes 11/23/2022 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting favored reducing the size of their interest rate hikes “soon’’— just before raising their benchmark rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time. The central bank's policymakers saw “very High mortgage rates send homebuyers scrambling for relief 11/23/2022 12:58pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates are more than double what they were a year ago, so many homebuyers are looking for ways to put off some of the pain for a few years. The trend has driven adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, to the highest usage in over a decade. A recent snapshot by the Mortgage Average long-term US mortgage rate slips to 6.58% 11/23/2022 12:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate has edged lower for the second time in as many weeks, though it remains more than double what it was a year ago —- a significant hurdle for many would-be homebuyers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Wednesday that the average on the Editorial Roundup: United States 11/23/2022 11:52am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 16 The Washington Post on post-FTX cryptocurrency: The supposedly responsible face of cryptocurrency turns out to have been anything but punctilious in his dealings — which should be a wake-up call to sleepy regulators and legis Banker for Alex Murdaugh convicted of bank fraud charges 11/23/2022 11:05am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A banker charged with helping disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh take money from the legal settlements of clients was found guilty late Tuesday of wire and bank fraud charges in South Carolina. Former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte was allowed to remain free on bail Zimbabwe's imposing new Chinese-funded parliament opens 11/23/2022 11:03am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed “excellent” relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asian economic giant. China funded and constructed the imposin Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land 11/23/2022 10:12am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after prosecutors filed charges of operating without government authorization and manipulating Indigenous people, which is illegal in the country. Big upset puts global spotlight on Saudi Arabia's players 11/23/2022 09:16am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — With a squad full of domestic league players and a French coach, Saudi Arabia's shocking upset of Lionel Messi and Argentina suddenly put the team in the international spotlight. A skyscraper in downtown Doha was lit up with the image of Saudi Arabia's flag Tuesday night as fans Edmunds: How to mitigate rising auto loan interest rates 11/23/2022 07:22am • The Federal Reserve issued its latest interest rate hike in early November. It marks the sixth increase this year and has pushed new auto loan finance rates to their highest since 2019. Rates for used cars have also hit their highest since 2010. This will affect car shoppers this holiday season and Wright State takes on Weber State 11/23/2022 02:42am • Weber State Wildcats (2-3) vs. Wright State Raiders (4-2) Henderson, Nevada; Wednesday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wright State -4; over/under is 147.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Weber State Wildcats and the Wright State Raiders play at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The Raiders are 4-2 in Abilene Christian squares off against UC Riverside 11/23/2022 02:42am • UC Riverside Highlanders (4-2) vs. Abilene Christian Wildcats (2-3) Henderson, Nevada; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Abilene Christian -3; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Abilene Christian Wildcats face the UC Riverside Highlanders at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada Tuesday's Transactions 11/23/2022 12:37am • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to term