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23 Savvy and Inspiring Small Bath Designs
23 Savvy and Inspiring Small Bath Designs
Take that water closet off the backburner and make it a showpiece with these design ideas …read more
From:: DIY this old house
Grow Your Own Mojito Garden
Grow Your Own Mojito Garden
Mortgage Rates Move Lower
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing fixed mortgage rates reversing course once again and moving lower amid mixed economic and housing data. “U.S. Treasury yields dropped following announcements that many blue chip companies’ earnings failed to meet expectations,” says Sean Becketti, chief economist, Freddie Mac. “This drove the […] …read more
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U.S. stocks end week with solid losses
U.S. stocks fell for the fourth straight session on Friday, leaving indexes with the biggest weekly losses in months. Investors sold stocks of materials, energy and industrials companies after a dramatic slide in oil and gold prices as well as disappointing earnings results from companies such as Caterpillar and Freeport McMoran Inc. Amazon.com shares soared 10% after surprise profit growth, but gains were not enough to stem selling pressure on main indexes. The S&P 500 closed 22.50 points, or 1.1%, lower at 2,079.65, booking a 2.2% weekly loss. The weekly decline for the benchmark is the steepest since March. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 57.78 points, or 1.1%, to 5,088.63, ending the week with a 2.3% weekly loss. The tech-heavy index retreated from its record closing level set on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 163.39 points, or 0.9%, to 17,568.53, recording a 2.9% weekly loss.
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FCC approves AT&T’s $49 billion deal to buy DirecTV
Shares of AT&T rose 2% on news that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially approved the company’s $49 billion purchase of DirecTV , which was up just under 2%. The deal, which had been in review for more than a year, comes under the conditions that AT&T will increase its fiber-broadband service, provide set-price standalone Internet service to low-income households and count its services under any broadband data caps. Shares of AT&T are up 3% in the year-to-date, while the S&P is up 1%.
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Oil settles with a weekly loss of more than 5%
Oil futures on Friday suffered a loss of more than 5% for the week as the glut of crude supplies and concerns about possible weakening demand from China pressured prices. September crude fell 31 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $48.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, losing 5.4% for the week.
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Gold futures fall for a fifth straight week
Gold futures on Friday logged losses for the session and the week to settle at their lowest level since February of 2010. Recent strength in the U.S. dollar and expectations for a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year are among the reasons gold has dropped roughly 6.8% month to date. August gold shed $8.60, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,085.50 an ounce for the Comex session. That was the lowest settlement for a most-active contract since February 2010 and prices marked a fifth weekly loss in a row.
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Baker Hughes U.S. oil-rig count up 21 in latest week
The total number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil climbed as of Friday, according to the latest data from Baker Hughes . The number of active oil drilling rigs saw a weekly rise of 21 to 659. The total active rig count, which includes natural-gas rigs, was at 876, up 19. Compared to last year, the total rig count has fallen by 1,007, with the oil rig count down 903. August crude was down 54 cents, or 1.1%, at $47.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was trading at $48.06 just before the data.
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