Alex Veiga

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  • traderFinance

    Stocks retreat from all-time highs after new inflation report shows prices remain elevated

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Stock brokerFinance

    The S&P 500 hit an all-time high just before Nvidia earnings

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Mortgage ratesReal Estate

    30-year mortgage rate holds steady at lowest level in nearly 10 months

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Real estateReal Estate

    Existing home sales inch up in July on modest pullback in mortgage rates

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Ed BastianFinance

    Delta stock soars as it brings back profit outlook, pulling airlines up with it

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A home for sale in Sudbury, Mass., is shown on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)Finance

    The housing market just returned to a pre-pandemic status quo that pushes out ‘traditional’ buyers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • James Lamb works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025.Finance

    What is a bear market? How Trump’s tariff blitz caused a market meltdown that could send the S&P 500 to lows not seen since 2022

    By Stan Choe, Alex Veiga, and others
  • A worker carries a piece of trim into a home under constructionFinance

    Builders say Trump tariffs will add $7,500 to $10,000 to the cost of building a home. The outcome? More expensive or smaller houses

    By Alex Veiga, Mae Anderson, and others
  • A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal’s Cocoli locks in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Finance

    BlackRock strikes $23 billion deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control

    By The Associated Press, Didi Tang, and others
  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 22: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 departs Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for Houston on January 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Finance

    Southwest Airlines prepares its first sweeping layoffs ever, slashing 15% of its workforce

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable with Latino leaders Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Politics

    $25,000 in aid or an immigration crackdown? Harris and Trump battle over how to tackle America’s housing affordability crisis

    By Sally Ho, Alex Veiga, and others
  • FILE – A person walks past the San Francisco Marriott Union Square hotel on July 11, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Finance

    Marriott will pay $52m and boost security to close probes over data breaches that affected 300 million customers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seal at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DCFinance

    America’s largest owner of single-family rental homes agrees to pay $48m to settle claims it saddled tenants with hidden fees

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Hunter Biden is pictured outside the court room wearing a dark navy suit and tie.Politics

    Hunter Biden avoids tax trial with surprise guilty plea

    By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, and others
  • Young loving couple shows the keys to a new apartmentPersonal Finance

    Mortgage rates sink to 15-month low—a glimmer of hope for homebuyers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press