As interest rates continued to climb, applications for purchase loans for the week ending June 14 slipped a seasonally adjusted 3 percent from a week earlier, but were up 12 percent from the same week last year, according to the results...
Top syndicated shows for the week.
Top syndicated shows for the week.
U.S. mortgage rates ended the week as they started -- by moving. Rates crossed 4% Friday afternoon and, unchecked, could move toward 5%. Click for the complete post : Mortgage Rates Cross 4 Percent. Are 5% Mortgage Rates Next?.
With a steady drop in home mortgage rates over the past year, owning a home has become a deal too good to pass up. Home prices have seen the sharpest gain in seven years and, once again, our neighborhoods are bustling with the sound of new construction. But the trend has changed sharply since the [...]
By Dean Popplewell: Enjoy this weekend and get some rest, as next week is a new month littered with central bank rate announcements, ending with the "granddaddy" of economic indicators, the U.S. non-farm payroll report. If none of the...Show More Summary
A higher death risk for patents who have elective surgery later in the week and on weekends has been found, compared with those earlier in the week, according to new research published in BMJ. Earlier studies have suggested a notably higher risk of death if admitted as an emergency patient during the weekend compared with weekdays. Show More Summary
The week's broadcast ratings and viewership averages.
The 2012-13 TV season (as measured by Nielsen) ended with a CBS victory, thanks to the two-hour season finale of "Criminal Minds." ABC's finales were all up a little over last week, as was "Law & Order: SVU" for CBS
Now that Nielsen numbers for last week are finally out, and with the TV season almost over (it officially ends Wednesday night), CBS officially pronounced itself the winner Tuesday, snagging the biggest prime-time audience for the 10th time in the past 11 seasons. Read full article >>
Top syndicated shows for the week.
THE BIG BANG THEORY delivered its largest L+7 Day lift in series history in both viewers and adults 18-49, adding +5.02 million viewers and +2.3 rating points in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen ratings for the week ending May 5.
Top syndicated shows for the week.
While we have seen rate increases in the early part of 2013, the end of April showed record lows for the year so far. Finance reporters and rate strategists watch the economic trends, they are discussing a casino-like scenario where buyers are gambling to hold out for a better rate or lock in the current [...]
The Week reports Rush Limbaugh is threatening to leave Cumulus Media after the company blamed him for declining revenue. "If Limbaugh walks -- his contract ends this year -- Cumulus will lose the No. 1 rated talk radio program in the country, probably to rival syndicator Clear Channel. Show More Summary
By Soha Group: The European Central Bank cut interest rates and, after a bit of volatility, the euro (FXE) ended the week flat. The euro has been trading in the $1.305 - $1.315 range for the last month and not even a rate cut could make it move much, but the European sovereign bond and equity markets rallied on the news. Show More Summary
By The Oxen Group: Summary The market continued higher this past week on the back of better than expected employment data, the Fed's continuation of QE with no end in sight, and an ECB rate cut on borrowing rates. The market got the trifecta of positive news that we were talking about last week, which was very solid for the market. Show More Summary
Earlier this week the North Dakota House rejected HB1198, which would have ended certain tax exemptions for the oil industry, but offset those tax increases with a reduction in the oil extraction rate. Unfortunately, that failed, so the bill came back to the House today just the tax increases and not the rate reductions. Rep. [...]Show More Summary
Succinct Summation for the week ending May 3, 2013. Positives: 1. The markets hit new highs with the S&P 500 > 1600, Dow over 15,000. 2. April Payrolls +165k. Upward revision of 114k to the February and March. Unemployment rate falls to 7.5% 3. Average hourly earnings rise.2%, in line and average duration of unemployment falls. 4. Jobless claims...Read More
A full week into the May sweep, there were almost nowhere but up for most shows to go last night after the lows and the first round of the NFL Draft of April 25. That however ended up not being the case for everyone and especially not for American Idol (2.5/8). Show More Summary