The numbers: Sales of newly built homes dropped significantly, largely as a result of last month’s winter weather. But analysts expect home construction activity to remain strong in the months to come despite rising mortgage rates. New home sales occurred at …
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Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. rejected a $23 billion takeover proposal from Chubb Ltd., putting pressure on Evan Greenberg to sweeten the offer as he seeks to further beef up his sprawling insurer. Hartford’s board “determined that entering into …
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Traffic will be diverted to the northbound I-75 exit from eastbound U.S. 35. The detour will take drivers onto the Second Street exit, exit 53, to turn left at the bottom of the ramp and left again to return to southbound I-75, the ODOT spokesperson said.
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LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar rose and the euro fell on Tuesday, as markets focused on divergent reactions to the recent rise in government bond yields, while the New Zealand dollar dropped to a three-month low on new measures to cool the housing …
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Millions of Americans are worried about running out of money in retirement. Boomers and Generation Xers are playing catch up to avoid having to drastically reduce their standards of living in retirement. Lowering your taxes on your retirement income and …
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