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  • 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
  • Lina KhanFinance

    Federal judge derails FTC’s sweeping ban on non-compete agreements

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • we’ve just got the keysPersonal Finance

    30-year mortgage rates drop to 6.47 percent—lowest in a year

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • A for sale sign stands outside a residence in Niles, Ill., Monday, July 1, 2024. On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Personal Finance

    30-year mortgage rate climbs to just under 7%, pushing up borrowing costs for the first time since May

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • An open house sign sits outside a home in the 18000 block of Weston Place in Tustin, CAFinance

    Real estate agent commission rules are about to change, shifting costs between buyers and sellers

    By Alex Veiga, Heather Hollingsworth, and others
  • people looking at laptopFinance

    The huge $418 million realtor settlement means you can find a home online without having to pay a buyer’s agent commission

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • The building that houses the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) headquarters stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Students who receive compensation for teaching or conducting research “in connection with their studies” wouldn’t be considered employees, who have the right to unionize and are protected from various unfair labor practices, the NLRB said in a press release Sept. 20. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Judge blocks ‘arbitrary and capricious’ labor board rule on contract and franchise workers that would’ve made forming unions easier

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A sale sign stands outside a home in Wyndmoor, Pa., June 22, 2022. One of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages has agreed Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, to pay $70 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve more than a dozen lawsuits across the country over agent commissions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Finance

    Real estate brokerage Keller Williams will pay $70 million to settle inflated agent commission lawsuits nationwide

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A sign is seen outside the Activision building in Santa Monica, Calif., June 21, 2023. In an announcement made late Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California’s civil rights agency on behalf of women employed by the video game maker. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)Tech

    Activision Blizzard to pay $54M to settle gender discrimination lawsuit, agrees to ensure ‘fair pay and promotion practices’

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • UAWSuccess

    Detroit’s Big 3 will produce billions worth of electric vehicles they’re not sure people will buy in their deal with the UAW

    By Tom Krisher, Alex Veiga, and others