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Consumer loans and credit cards are sensitive to interest rate hikes. Long-term government bonds could also rise, affecting mortgages. But banks may not raise rates by much, to stay competitive.

A dealer in the Los Angeles area describes bidding wars for the few vehicles that are on the lot.

The transmission line, in the works for years, would start in Quebec and bring hydro power through Maine to Massachusetts.

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While a judge said that Swift had a strong case against the claim, he concluded that a reasonable jury could find in favor of the plaintiff, meaning it should go to trial.

Demand for homes continues to outpace supply.

A researcher found that five real estate Investment corporations own more than 5% of the single-family housing stock in a county just outside Nashville.

Some businesses might mark down the products that don’t make it before Christmas, according to one analyst. Others might just store them.

The pandemic exposed weakness in the United States’ meat processing infrastructure. Now, there’s interest in boosting capacity at the local level.

“This has big implications,” says Harvard’s Graham Allison, one of the report’s authors.