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Profit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low due to high pricesSep 27, 2025 1:30 pm - It pays less and less to buy and flip a home these days. From April through June, the typical home flipped by an investor resulted in a 25.1% return on investment, before expenses. That’s the lowest profit margin for such transactions since 2008, according to an analysis by Attom, a real estate data company.
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Gen Z’s credit scores are dropping. Here’s what to do if yours is tooSep 27, 2025 12:51 pm - The total national average credit score dropped two points this year to 715, according to the report from credit scoring company FICO. But Gen Z's average score dropped three points to 676, the largest year-over-year decrease among any age group since 2020.
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The surprising truth about dividend growth stocksSep 27, 2025 12:00 pm - Dividend growth investing isn’t about maximizing current income, nor should it be confused with traditional growth investing.
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‘Beast mode’ to ‘teraflop’: 10 words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary updateSep 27, 2025 9:30 am - NEW YORK — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of the...
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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources saySep 26, 2025 10:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the han...
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Montgomery’s ninth-inning homer leads White Sox to 10-9 win over NationalsSep 26, 2025 9:23 pm - Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Lenyn Sosa was 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
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Democrats say Bill Pulte ‘abused’ his role with mortgage fraud probesSep 26, 2025 8:52 pm - Senate Democrats are pressing Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s firebrand housing finance official, for information on how authorities are investigating claims of mortgage fraud by the White House’s political adversaries and raising questions about how personal documents became a key political and legal weapon.
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Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois projectSep 26, 2025 5:26 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local offic...
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Pete Crow-Armstrong reaches 30-30-30 as Cubs pound Cardinals 12-1 to close in on top NL wild cardSep 26, 2025 4:44 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot to become the first Cubs player with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season, Seiya Suzuki iced the game with a grand slam and Chicago pounded the St. Cardinals 12-1 on Friday to close in on the top National League wild card.
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Gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, medical examiner confirmsSep 26, 2025 4:40 pm - The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday.