New applications for mortgages have fallen 6.9% from a week ago, a decrease in demand that hasn’t been seen since 1995, according to a survey released today (Oct. 18) by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The association keeps a weekly index tracking changes in mortgage applications. Applications for a 30-year…

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The return on Elon Musk’ $44 billion investment to turn the microblogging social platform Twitter (rebranded to X) into an “everything app” has been spiraling downward. The latest web traffic data from SimilarWeb shows just one example of how.

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As of yesterday (Oct. 17), new, unverified accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines are required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact with other posts on X, according to the site’s Support page.

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Autoworkers are still in headlines and on picket lines. Now, Detroit’s casino workers also are on strike. Like their auto industry counterparts, thousands of gaming industry workers are looking to their record-revenue-setting employers for pay increases, better healthcare and retirement provisions, and job security in…

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RTO may not be an acronym you used on the regular, but after hearing about the big (and small) companies demanding workers “return to the office” it’s likely one now commanding a share of your attention.

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