Dec 21, 2023
Mortgage rates continue to soften – Freddie Mac

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage rates fell to a six-month low this week to the lowest figure since June, indicating relief has come to prospective buyers on the back of a rallying bond market. The average fixed-rate…

Dec 21, 2023
Microsoft shelves Windows ‘mixed reality’ feature

(Reuters) - Microsoft on Thursday discontinued the "mixed reality" feature for Windows through which some hardware devices and software could tap into augmented and virtual reality technologies. The company launched the feature in a Windows 10 update in 2017, and…

Dec 20, 2023
Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election…

Dec 20, 2023
Lawsuit challenges Texas efforts to restrict illegal border crossings

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute, and deport people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit…

Dec 19, 2023
Wall Street ends higher as rate-cut fever lingers

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday, advancing on the day as last week's dovish policy pivot from the Federal Reserve continued to reverberate and investors looked ahead to crucial inflation data. Broad-based…