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Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte explains how President Donald Trump is making home ownership affordable again on ‘Making Money.’ Mortgage rates increased to the highest level since mid-February, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate …

Martin Lewis has issued crucial advice to Brits to save money on their energy bills. The money-saving expert has urged consumers to “fix energy bills today”, instead of staying on a variable rate. He warned of “global economic changes” to come, which could cause bills to soar in the future. …

 BNY Wealth CIO Sinead Colton Grant looks at the financial landscape of the economy on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Walmart – the nation’s largest private employer – is cutting more than 1,000 corporate jobs as the company tries to lower its expenses and streamline decision-making as pressure from tariffs mounts.  Walmart …

More than 180,000 women are still owed thousands of pounds in unpaid pensions after the Department for Work and Pensions failed to send them the money. Just 12,379 victims of the underpayment scandal have been identified after five years – leaving an estimated 180,000 people still waiting for payments of …

Constellation Research founder Ray Wang discuses the amount of foreign investment going into A.I. and quantum computing on ‘Making Money.’ The U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are taking their artificial intelligence collaboration a step further, with the announcement of an international Stargate deployment. OpenAI revealed on Thursday that President …

Just about everything is going wrong for our beleaguered Chancellor. She’s been humiliated by the Prime Minister, who publicly reversed her decision to axe the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners. Now she’s under pressure from deputy PM Angela Rayner, who is pressing for sweeping tax hikes and no …

Ryan Paul, manager of ride and show engineering at Universal Creative, discusses the difference between Universal Epic Universe and other parks. Universal Epic Universe opening day is here. The newest Universal theme park in central Florida hosted weeks of previews for team members, media and annual passholders ahead of opening …

Labour’s dramatic climbdown on winter fuel payments has ignited hopes that more of the planned welfare cuts could soon be reversed. Top of the list is a growing demand to scrap the controversial two-child benefit cap, which is blamed for driving hundreds of thousands into poverty. The Prime Minister appears …

President Donald Trump on the costs associated with the Golden Dome. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he chose the design for the Golden Dome missile defense system that aims to block a variety of threats posed by China and Russia and previewed the price tag of the ambitious project. Trump …

People claiming the State Pension and Universal Credit are set to receive payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) early this week. The change in payment date is due to a second May bank holiday this month, which falls on Monday (May 26). The bank holiday means the …