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Green steel startup Boston Metal is doubling down on critical metals
The startup Boston Metal has raised a $75 million funding round to produce critical metals, MIT Technology Review can exclusively report. The company has been known largely for its efforts to clean up steel production, an industry that's responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse emissions today. With the additional money, the new focus could
Embracer Follows Ubisoft In Splitting Off New Publisher To Handle Huge IP, Tomb Raider & LOTR Included
Say hello to Fellowship Entertainment by Ben Kerry 11 hours ago Embracer Group has today announced plans to create a secondary publishing label called Fellowship Entertainment, in order to "capture the full potential of the high-quality assets" that the group currently owns. The Swedish game publisher says that it hopes to spin off Fellowship Entertainment
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Daughter Apple Martin in Nancy Meyers Movie
Gwyneth Paltrow's Daughter Apple Martin Makes Directorial Debut With Student Show Apple Martin doesn’t fall far from the tree. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin ’s daughter will be following in her mom’s acting footsteps and making her movie debut in Nancy Meyers’ upcoming film, Deadline and Entertainment Weekly reported on May 18. The 22-year-old—who graduated
Mortgage Lender Newrez Embraces Crypto Assets in Loan Decisions
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Part of the Team Since Apr 2025 About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has... Last updated: January 17, 2026 Newrez
Mortgage Rates Stay Relatively Flat After Noisy Inflation Data
Takeaway: Core CPI inflation came in at 2.6% year over year, much lower than consensus expectations of 3.0%. That’s the largest difference between expectations and reported CPI in recent memory. Rates will fall ever so slightly, but not nearly as much as they normally would given the seismic miss because the data are heavily distorted
Mortgage Rates to Hold Steady After Fed Cuts for First Time in 2025
Takeaway: Rates will remain mostly steady after the Fed executed the already priced-in 25 bps cut and painted a muddy picture in their projection for future rate cuts. Rates fell initially when the Fed’s statement was released, as the projection showed two more 25 bps rate cuts for the two remaining meetings in 2025—one more
Mortgage Rates to Fall Following Weak July Jobs Report
Mortgage rates will fall today following a weaker-than-expected jobs report that increases the odds of a September rate cut. U.S. employers added 73,000 jobs in July, fewer than the roughly 100,000 expected by forecasters. Almost all of the job creation previously reported for May and June was revised away and the unemployment rate ticked up
The Mortgage Spread Has Dropped to a 3-Year Low. That’s Good News For Homebuyers and Refinancers.
The difference between mortgage rates and the 10-year treasury yield has narrowed, signaling a potential boost for homebuyers. A decrease in the mortgage spread can cause mortgage rates to fall, even without the Fed cutting interest rates. The gap between 10-year treasury yields and mortgage rates (known as the mortgage spread) has dropped to its
Mortgage Rates are Falling. Here’s What Homebuyers and Sellers Should Do About it.
A late-summer window of opportunity with relatively low mortgage rates is upon us, but it may be short-lived. Late August is typically a slow time for housing activity, with people on vacation and preparing kids to return to school. With mortgage rates now falling on news coming out of a Fed meeting in Jackson Hole
Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage surged 13 basis points Friday to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That’s the highest rate since mid-February. Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride all week, as bond yields spiked higher mid-week when President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on dozens of countries went into effect.
Mortgage arrears at an eight-year high
Navigation for News Categories Consumer credit defaults have increased by 42 percent on the year earlier. Photo: RNZ / Michelle Tiang The number of people falling behind in mortgage payments has hit levels not seen since 2017, according to credit agency Centrix. Its January credit report indicates mortgage arrears were at an eight-year high, with
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Green steel startup Boston Metal is doubling down on critical metals
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