Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: November 15, 2022 | Rates remain low after dropping last week

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Mortgage rates dropped dramatically late last week and are holding steady today….

Get ready for the great American land rush — a mad scramble for space that’s going to transform the entire country

As the population and the economy continue to grow, America will need more space for green energy projects, residential buildings, factories, and farms. Shutterstock; Rachel Mendelson/Insider A mad scramble for space that’s going to transform the entire country The United States of America, home of purple mountain majesties, amber waves of grain, and seas of…

A top oil analyst explains why oil is about to surge to $120 – and stay there for 2 years as Europe battles supply shocks

Good morning. Phil Rosen here, reporting from a dark and cold New York City. If you’ve even peeked at markets recently, odds are you’ve caught some of the massive blast of crypto news that Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX unleashed last week.  It’s drawn comparisons to Lehman Brothers’ epic 2008 implosion, and somehow billions of dollars evaporated…

The world’s biggest ad buyer says advertising on Twitter is ‘high-risk’ amid surging fake accounts and hate speech

Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Constanza Hevia/AFP via Getty Images GroupM, an advertising giant, has dubbed Twitter “high-risk” for advertisers since Elon Musk’s takeover. It cited resignations among key staff, the day after head of trust and safety Yoel Roth quit. Advertisers are also concerned about impersonators pretending to be major corporations after verification changes. Advertising…

Twitter engineer who was fired publicly by Elon Musk and locked out of his laptop calls the company a ‘bunch of cowards’

Twitter owner Elon Musk. Yasin Ozturk/Getty Images A Twitter engineer who was reportedly fired by Elon Musk told Forbes the firm was a “bunch of cowards.” Musk had tweeted to say “he’s fired” after Eric Frohnhoefer questioned him on Twitter. Frohnhoefer said the company had not formally spoken to him about his sudden dismissal, per…

Trump begged Jared and Ivanka to join him for his campaign launch — but both refused, New York Post reports

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at Mar-a-Lago for the wedding of Tiffany Trump in November 2022. Ivanka Trump/Instagram Trump tried to persuade Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to join his 2024 launch, per the NY Post. An unnamed source told the paper that the couple flat-out refused to get involved.  Both Ivanka Trump and Kushner…

FTX’s collapse shows the Fed’s tightening is crushing speculative assets like crypto – and don’t expect a pivot anytime soon, UBS says

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) FTX’s collapse shows Federal Reserve tightening is crushing speculative assets, UBS said Tuesday. Its aggressive interest rate hikes have injected “vulnerability” into crypto, the bank CIO said. “It is too soon to assume a shift in Fed policy,” Mark Haefele warned,…