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Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer weighs in on soft guidance for 2024 and when he expects housing overhang to pass on The Claman Countdown. Mortgage rates continue to march higher, climbing again for the fourth consecutive week. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday showed that the average rate …

Smartsave has increased the interest on its fixed-rate savings account to a market-leading 5.26 percent, earning an “excellent” Moneyfacts rating. The account is aimed at savers with more sizeable sums to invest as it requires a minimum deposit of £10,000 to open. However, savers can expect to see larger returns. To …

Healthy eating is increasing, and it’s driving hot sauce sales  Fortune Business Insights says the hot sauce market is projected to grow over $2 billion by 2030, and it’s because more people are stepping outside the box when it comes to healthy eating. Darren Tompkins owns Headlock Hotsauce in Houston. He says …

Six ‘straightforward’ ways to give yourself a tax cut as burden soars to record high (Image: Getty) As Britain grapples with its highest tax burden on record, people are being urged to check if they’re using all available tax allowances to make a saving. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) …

Substack columnist Michael Shellenberger discusses the woke rhetoric from Google’s AI platform on ‘The Bottom line.’ After the 2016 election, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged that investing in artificial intelligence would be a great opportunity for the tech giant to combat “misinformation.”  These comments, made during an “all hands” employee …

Eight in 10 side hustlers want to become their own boss – so they don’t have to work for anyone else again. A poll, of 1,500 people who have a side hustle or plan on setting one up, found 79 percent would love to work for themselves so they have …

Varney & Co. host Stuart Varney argues Democrats’ uncommitted vote could force Biden to change policy on Israel.  During his “My Take,” Wednesday, “Varney & Co.” host Stuart Varney argued that Michigan’s “uncommitted” protest vote against President Biden is a sign of a “badly split” Democratic Party and could affect …

Scotland’s First Minister has said he hopes to move his party’s long-standing pledge to reform council tax “at a quicker pace” than has been done before. The SNP has pledged since it took office in 2007 to reform the levy, but no concrete proposals have ever made it to Holyrood. …

Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Christina Augilera is offering a few lucky fans the chance of a lifetime. The “Genie in a Bottle” singer partnered with Airbnb to give four guests the superstar treatment in Las Vegas. “Welcome to Vegas, baby! This city has been …

Local councils are sitting on millions of pounds worth of living cost support, and there’s only a limited time left for people to claim it. The Household Support Fund is targeted at the most vulnerable households and is typically used to help them with the cost of essentials like groceries, …