Category: 6. Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell to its lowest level of 2025 this week, an encouraging sign for prospective home buyers.

The average long-term mortgage rate dipped to 6.15% from 6.18% last…

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• Effective immediately: New bar on New York State employers’ requiring “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. Also, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law clarifies that an actual or predictable…

Tito’s Handmade Vodka dominated NC’s liquor market, yet again, with consumers buying about 300,000 bottles per month combined of the 750 milliliter and 1.75 liter options. Tito’s – the gluten-free vodka…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: MBWM) (“Mercantile”) announced today the completion of its previously announced merger…

The token will be distributed to shareholders through a partnership with the Crypto.com exchange, Trump Media said in a statement. It is poised to operate on the Cronos blockchain.

Devin Nunes, Trump Media’s chief executive, called it a…

Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2026, North Dakota Medicaid will be providing a 3.2% inflationary increase for all Nursing Facility services. In addition, North Dakota is transitioning to a new classification system titled…

The Trump administration, saying there is an emergency need for electricity, has ordered Tri-State Generation and Transmission to keep its coal-powered Craig Unit 1 running. The unit was scheduled to close Wednesday.

“The emergency…