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    Yahoo Finance

    Jay Powell just made buying a home this spring even more challenging

    The Fed chair this week doused any hope homebuyers still had that mortgage rates would soften anytime soon.

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    Yahoo Finance

    One of Wall Street's favorite calls to start 2024 has flopped

    Wall Street strategists are becoming less confident in small cap stocks as Fed rate cut hopes diminish.

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    The Canadian Press

    'Won't be a quick fix': Indigo needs turnaround as privatization nears, experts say

    TORONTO — As Canada’s biggest bookstore-turned-gift-giver’s-paradise edges toward privatization, it's evident from a stroll around one of its Toronto stores that the retailer knows some things haven’t been working. Epsom salts and body lotions that previously lined Indigo Books & Music Inc.’s wellness area at the Eaton Centre have been replaced by shelves of books and tchotchkes like cat- and corgi-shaped book lights, magnifying glasses and lap desks. In the children’s section, a red velvet curt

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    Bloomberg

    Israel Launches Retaliatory Strike on Iran, US Officials Say

    (Bloomberg) -- Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iran following last week’s missile and drone barrage from Tehran, according to two US officials, though media from both countries appeared to downplay the severity of the incident.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityIsrael Launches Retaliatory Strike on Iran, US Officials SayRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Blame Climate Change, Not Cloud SeedingThese Are the World’s Best Airports in 2024