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Housing affordability is so elusive that Beazer Homes is rewriting the playbook
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Since mortgage rates spiked in 2022, many large homebuilders have tried to make homes more affordable by...
Toys ‘R’ Us is opening new stores: See the full list of holiday 2025 locations
Toy retail brand Toys “R” Us will open new flagship stores and seasonal holiday shops just in time for the holidays. The initiative is in partnership with specialty retailer...
Why Trump decided to spare San Francisco from the National Guard
President Donald Trump was geared up for a show of federal force in San Francisco, a city he’s blasted as everything wrong with liberal governance. Then conversations with some...
Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education
Right now, MIT alumni and friends are voicing their support for: America’s scientific and technological leadership Merit-based admissions and affordable education Advances that increase US health, security, and prosperity...
Sports betting is in the spotlight again as the FBI investigates the NBA
The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting...
Gucci’s owner is digging out of its sales slump. The stock just hit a 2025 high
Kering released its third-quarter 2025 financial results on Thursday, showing it reduced the slump it had seen in the previous quarter. The French luxury goods house, which owns brands...
Alaska Airlines resumes flights after IT outage
Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Friday after it had to ground its planes for hours because of an information technology outage. The airline said in a statement...
Trump announces he’s ending U.S. trade talks with Canada. Here’s why
President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious behavior”...
Target layoffs will hit 8% of global corporate workforce: Why the retailer is slashing jobs before the holidays
Yesterday, Target Corporation announced news that no one wants to hear—especially just before the holidays. The Minneapolis-based retail giant informed employees that it is gearing up to eliminate 1,800...
The Download: carbon removal’s future, and measuring pain using an app
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for carbon removal? After years...
