A group espousing digital technology as well as free and unhampered wifi connection called for the revisiting of Republic Act ...

Lower volume growth expected due to persistent inflation and consumer shift towards private-label and unbranded products.

A recent article by Integral economists Ted Tomasi, Will Cooper, and Dave Anning, published in the December 2024 issue of The ...

Cost implications may affect pricing or profit margins for comic book stores in 2025.

Savers can still snag interest rates above 4.25%. The average national interest rate for savings is 0.42%. Interest rates for savings accounts will continue to drop through the beginning of 2025.

Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) can be defined as the fee payable by the merchant to the bank for processing debit or credit services. The payment contains the processing costs for each transaction made ...

Each point costs 1% of the purchase price of a home and usually knocks the rate down by 0.25%. On a $400,000 home, you'd pay $4,000 for one discount point. The lender may even allow you to buy ...

Mortgage rates are climbing again, in yet another unwelcome sign to homebuyers. The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged just shy of 7% in the final week of 2024 ending on January 2 ...

Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. mortgage rates rose this week to the highest level since July.

ALIBABA Group Holding agreed to sell its shares in Sun Art Retail Group to private equity firm DCP Capital, unloading another high-profile physical commerce asset at a discount to focus on its core ...

The Bank of England (BoE) decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.75% in its final monetary policy decision of the year, leaving borrowers and markets uncertain about whether 2025 will bring ...

offering a more precise and timely indicator of rate movement. In addition, the criteria for included loans (e.g., amount of down payment, credit score, inclusion of discount points) varies ...