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Until inflation slows further and the Federal Reserve is able to start lowering the federal funds rate, mortgage rates are likely to remain elevated. If the latest PCE numbers support the narrative that inflation is remaining stubbornly high, mortgage rates could inch up further. See more mortgage rates on Zillow Real Estate on ZillowMortgage CalculatorUse our free mortgage calculator to see how today's mortgage rates would impact your monthly payments. 15-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Essentially Flat (+0.01%)The average 15-year mortgage rate is 6.12%, just a single basis point higher than last week. Mortgage rates also rose dramatically in 2023, though they started trending back down toward the end of the year.

Persons: you'll, It's, refinance Organizations: Federal Reserve, US, of, Fed, Zillow, FHA Locations: Chevron

☆ US Navy warships shot down Iranian missiles with a weapon they've never used in combat before
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US Navy warships fired SM-3s to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles last weekend. AdvertisementUS Navy warships used a missile interceptor for the first time in combat over the weekend as they defended Israel from an unprecedented Iranian attack. AdvertisementA developmental Standard Missile-3, designed to intercept short to medium-ranged ballistic missile threats, is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie. There are multiple SM-3 variants, which can be fired from a Navy warship's vertical launching system, and the Block I interceptors were first fielded nearly 20 years ago. US Central Command said American forces, specifically, destroyed more than 80 drones and at least six ballistic missiles.

Persons: Navy Carlos Del Toro, —, Del Toro, Arleigh Burke, Carney, Del Toro's, Thomas Hudner, Kerri Kline, CENTCOM, Iran's Organizations: Navy, Service, Aegis, Getty, Combat, for Strategic, International Studies, Missile Defense, US Navy, Mass Communications, Central Command, American Locations: Israel, American, Tehran, Iran, Lake Erie, East

☆ Jamie Dimon made $183 million from selling JPMorgan stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jamie Dimon has raked in $183 million from his planned sale of 1 million JPMorgan shares. JPMorgan's CEO sold stock worth $33 million on Monday, after selling a $150 million tranche in February. Dimon's first disposals in 19 years were for diversification and tax planning, JPMorgan said. AdvertisementJamie Dimon has wrapped up his planned sale of 1 million JPMorgan shares, pocketing $183 million in total proceeds. The boss of America's biggest bank disposed of about 178,000 shares for about $33 million on Monday, regulatory filings show.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon's, — Organizations: JPMorgan, JPMorgan's, Service, Business

☆ Caitlin Clark: Here’s what she said after being selected at No. 1 in the WNBA draft
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Few things in professional sports have ever been as certain as Caitlin Clark being selected as the No. That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to be in there and be like, ‘Go make a layup.’ She’s going to make my life easy. “If you’re a women’s basketball fan or you’re not a women’s basketball fan, I encourage you to watch the show when it comes out,” Clark says. I think I’m just excited.

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☆ The 10 best U.S. companies to work for in 2024, according to LinkedIn—Amazon is No. 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The best companies to work for include big names in tech, health care and financial services, according to new research from LinkedIn. On Tuesday, the networking platform released its annual Top Companies list identifying the 50 best places in the U.S. for professionals to grow their careers. JP Morgan Chase & Co. claimed the No.1 spot, with other recognizable names like Verizon, Amazon and Wells Fargo rounding out the top 10. LinkedIn published two lists as part of its report: one for midsize companies with at least 250 employees and another for large companies with 5,000 employees or more. Citi, which ranked 14th on LinkedIn's list last year, was not eligible for this year's list after announcing it was eliminating approximately 10% of its workforce in January 2024.

Persons: JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Chase, Andrew Seaman, Seaman Organizations: LinkedIn, Companies, Verizon, Amazon, Amazon Wells, Deloitte PwC UnitedHealth, Alphabet Inc, Citi, UnitedHealth, Moderna, Visa, American Express, Procter & Gamble, Harvard Business School, CNBC Locations: U.S

If you live in one of America’s cities, you probably see homeless people all the time. That’s what Mark Horvath discovered firsthand in 1995, when he lost his job and wound up homeless for eight years. On April 22, the Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most significant case in decades about homeless people’s rights. The case will determine whether cities can arrest or fine the homeless — even if there’s no other shelter. As the homeless plaintiffs wrote, this would be “punishing the city’s involuntarily homeless residents for their existence.”

Persons: Mark Horvath, Johnson, ” Organizations: YouTube

☆ Caitlin Clark wore a $17,000 Prada outfit to the WNBA draft. That's about 22% of her expected first-year salary.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Caitlin Clark showed up to the WNBA Draft dressed in Prada from head to toe. According to Business Insider's calculations, Clark's outfit costs $16,875 — or about 22% of her first-year WNBA salary. AdvertisementA close-up of the satin Prada outfit Clark wore to the WNBA Draft. A composite image of the Prada sunglasses and the patent leather Galleria bag that Clark wore to the WNBA draft. AdvertisementAccording to BI's calculations, Clark's Prada outfit totals up to $16,875 — or about 22% of her first-year salary in the WNBA.

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☆ Gold is shining ‘bright like a diamond’ and could hit $3,000, says Citi
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An employee handles one kilogram gold bullions at the YLG Bullion International Co. headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Gold prices continued to hover near record highs days after Middle East tensions flared, boosting the safe-haven appeal of bullion. Gold prices notched another record close Monday, with the most-active June contract for gold futures trading 0.37% higher to settle at $2,383 per ounce, and some say there's more room to run. "The recent gold rally has been aided by geopolitical heat and is coinciding with record equity index levels," Citi wrote in a note dated April 15. Market watchers are closely monitoring a potential retaliation by the Jewish state, which has vowed to "exact a price" from Iran.

Persons: Israel —, Bartosz, Conotoxia Organizations: Co, Citi, U.S . Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, East, Iran, Israel

☆ Trump stock tanks after issuing tens of millions new shares
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( David Goldman | Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock is tumbling again after the company announced a massive new influx of shares. The stock had rocketed higher in recent months in anticipation of merging a blank-check acquisition company with Trump’s media business. Anyone who bought Trump Media at the closing high of $66.22 on March 27 has now lost more than half of their money. Why Trump Media stock is so volatileThere are a number of reasons behind the stock’s eye-popping swings. Unless he were to purchase stock in the new public offering, Trump would own just under half of the company’s publicly traded stock after it issues more shares.

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☆ Lockheed wins U.S. missile defense contract worth $17 billion, sources tell Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $17 billion contract to develop the next generation of interceptors that would guard the United States against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack, two industry sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. Both Lockheed and the Missile Defense Agency declined to comment. The sources did not indicate the length of the contract, but the first interceptor is expected to be operational in 2028. The NGI is currently in its technology development phase and will transition to its product development phase in May, according to written testimony submitted by the head of the Missile Defense Agency, Lieutenant General Heath Collins, last week. The United States then decided to restart the contract process to gather bids on designing the whole interceptor including the "kill vehicle."

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☆ China accounted for two-thirds of new global coal plant capacity in 2023, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The world added more coal power capacity last year than any year since 2016, with China driving most growth and future planned capacity, according to new research. A report by Global Energy Monitor released Thursday found that net annual coal capacity grew by 48.4 GW, representing a 2% year-over-year increase. China alone accounted for about two-thirds of new coal plant capacity. Other countries that brought new coal plants online included Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Korea, Greece and Zimbabwe. Coal power capacity, however, continues to steadily grow.

Persons: Champenois Organizations: Global Energy Monitor, GEM Locations: China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Korea, Greece, Zimbabwe, Paris

☆ Narendra Modi: India’s popular but controversial leader seeking a transformative third term
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

Varanasi and New Delhi CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once famously made a simple election promise: “good days are coming”. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar on April 6, 2024. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking during a rally in Sydney, Australia, on May 23, 2023. Kalpit Bhachech/Getty Images Narendra Modi, then BJP secretary is welcomed at Ahmedabad Railway Station by the party's followers on January 31, 1992. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg/Getty Images India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023.

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☆ Earnings season is here. These are the biggest storylines the market is watching.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon issued a warning in the bank's earnings report Friday. With so much at stake, here's an earnings season cheat sheet of when some of the biggest companies are reporting and the storylines to follow. Themes to watch: AI could reduce the number of junior bank employees thanks to the tech automating their grunt work . Themes to watch: Netflix was dubbed the king of streaming earlier this year after a big earnings report. The bank's earnings report beat analysts' expectations, but advisory revenues were down 21% year-over-year.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, iStock, Rebecca Zisser, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Michael M, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Will Meta, Bob Iger's, Brooks Kraft, Jeremy Barnum, it's, Jeff Currie, Justin Sullivan, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Marco Bottigelli, Yevgen Romanenko, Tyler Le, Michelle Grisé, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Service, Business, JPMorgan . Tech, JPMorgan, New York Stock Exchange, Finance Key Companies, Bank of America, Companies, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Retail, Walmart, Costco, Netflix, Disney, Paramount Global, Boeing, Brooks Kraft LLC, Getty, BI, Healthcare, RAND, Boston Marathon Locations: Israel, Russia, United States, New York, London, Chicago

☆ New York tax preparer charged with causing more than $100 million in losses from fraudulent returns
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. A New York tax preparer was arrested Monday on charges related to causing "substantially" more than $100 million in tax losses through the filing of false returns — one of the largest tax frauds ever by a preparer, federal prosecutors said. The false information allegedly included bogus itemized deductions, fake capital losses, and phony business expenses and tax credits. ATAX New York grossed more than $15 million from 2016 through 2019, according to Thomas Fattorusso, the IRS special agent in charge of criminal investigations. Alvarez was the CEO, owner and manager of ATAX from 2010 through 2020, and the firm during that time prepared more than 90,000 income tax returns, according to prosecutors.

Persons: Damian Williams, preparer, Rafael Alvarez, Alvarez, Thomas Fattorusso, ATAX Organizations: Attorney, Southern, of, New, Manhattan U.S, ATAX New, IRS, Attorney's Locations: U.S, of New York, New York City, New York, York, Manhattan, ATAX, ATAX New York, United States, disgorgement

☆ Apple iPhone first-quarter shipments sink as Chinese challengers rise; Samsung regains top spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple shipped 50.1 million units In the first quarter, down 9.6% from the 55.4 million shipments in the same period a year earlier, according to the IDC report. Among the top five smartphone brands in the report, Apple recorded the sharpest decline year on year. Its market share was 22.5% in the first quarter of 2023. Apple, which surpassed Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in 2023, saw its market share drop to 17.3% from 20.7% a year earlier. Xiaomi's shipments rose 33.8% to 40.8 million units in the first quarter, while Transsion saw an 84.9% jump to 28.5 million units.

Persons: Patrick T, Fallon, PATRICK T, FALLON, Xiaomi, Apple, Ryan Reith, Transsion Organizations: Apple, Grove Apple, Getty, International Data Corporation, IDC, Samsung, Huawei, IDC Worldwide Mobility Locations: Los Angeles , California, AFP, China, Xiaomi

☆ A top Nvidia shareholder reveals his trigger for selling growth stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia shares have continued to soar this year, up more than 80%. "We emphasize risk management much more than many growth investors," Shant told CNBC Pro. When should investors sell growth stocks? When asked about the right time to sell a growth company like Nvidia, Shant pointed to the firm's latest research note titled "Buy and Hold Forever?" [As in] they can't actually make enough to meet expectations in that quarter," Shant told CNBC's Squawk Box Friday.

Persons: they've, Raj Shant, Shant, We're, CNBC's, Jennison, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Nvidia, Jennison Associates, CNBC Pro, Global Equity, Novo Nordisk, Norges Bank, Barclays

☆ Speaker Johnson to advance separate Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan bills after Iran attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes his way to the House floor on Friday, March 22, 2024. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate him from the speakership, later in the day. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday said he plans to move forward with four individual bills to fund Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, separating out key components of a foreign aid package that has been shelved in the House for months. In March, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate Johnson, but did not force a vote on the motion. "He's definitely not going to be speaker next Congress if we're lucky enough to have the majority," Greene added.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, Iran's, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Hakeem Jeffries, John Kirby, Biden, Greene Organizations: House Republicans, Democratic, National Security, House Republican Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran, U.S, Ky, D

☆ Mark Cuban is ‘proud to pay’ $275.9 million in taxes: 'It’s crazy and unreal in so many ways'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I pay what I owe," Cuban wrote on social media site X on Sunday. Long-term capital gains taxes apply to the sale of assets held for more than a year before they are sold. Capital gains rates are based on total taxable income and are generally lower than ordinary income rates. Paying more than a quarter of a billion dollars is "crazy and unreal in so many ways," Cuban wrote on X. "Some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes," Cuban wrote.

Persons: Mark Cuban Organizations: CNBC, Dallas Mavericks, Capital Locations: U.S, Cuban

☆ Apple is no longer No. 1 in smartphones. Here's why that may not matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New data showing a sharp decline in iPhone shipments due to weakness in China is unwelcome news for investors in Apple. Sluggish iPhone sales this year have been well documented, and they're the reason Apple shares have fallen roughly 9% in 2024. First-quarter numbers from International Data Corporation (IDC) show the extent of the weakness, with iPhone shipments dropping 9.6% year-over-year to 50.1 million units — its sharpest year-over-year loss out of the top five smartphone brands. That put Samsung back in first place for phone shipments, after Apple held the crown for all of 2023 . AAPL YTD mountain Apple YTD Echoing Jeff's remarks, Jim Cramer has advised members to have patience and "own, don't trade" Apple stock despite these headwinds overseas.

Persons: Jeff Marks, it's, Jim Cramer, Apple, iPhones, that's, Jim, Apple hasn't, Jim Cramer's, Alexi Rosenfeld Organizations: Apple, International Data Corporation, IDC, Samsung, Apple's Worldwide, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Nvidia, JPMorgan, 5G, The, Bloomberg, CNBC, Getty Locations: China, New York City

☆ BP's EV charging arm cuts jobs, reduces global ambitions: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

EV charging, however, remains one of BP's key growth engines. The changes at BP Pulse are "a step towards ensuring that we can execute our goals with even greater precision and effectiveness". BP Pulse has also stepped away from several bets it made since launching its energy transition strategy under previous group CEO Bernard Looney in 2020. BP last May also shut down its home EV charging business. The company says it expects returns from its EV charging and convenience stores operations to exceed 15% and create $1.5 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization by 2025.

Persons: Murray, Tesla, Bernard Looney, Auchincloss Organizations: BP, Reuters, EV Locations: United States, Britain, Germany, China

“Their tactics have changed – unfortunately, not for the better for us,” Svitlana Grynchuk, Ukraine’s deputy energy minister, told CNN. In the first two years of war, Russian attacks were more scattered, firing salvos of missiles to target large swathes of Ukraine’s energy system. More than 200,000 people were left without power after Russian attacks Thursday. But Ukraine is now confronting a wholly different task: repairing not just substations, but entire power plants. Rather than rebuilding large – and, without air defenses, vulnerable – power plants, it may shift how it produces its energy.

Persons: ” Svitlana, –, ” Grynchuk, Oleksandr Kharchenko, ” Kharchenko, Rather, ” Maxim Timchenko, ”, Evgeniy, Kharchenko, ” Olena Pavlenko, Pavlenko, It’s, it’s, Herman Halushchenko, ” Halushchenko, Maria Tsaturian, Pilipey, Andriy Gota, ” Tsaturian, Grynchuk Organizations: CNN, Energy Industry Research Center, Workers, DiXi, Energy, “, Getty Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Russian, United, ”, Kharkiv, Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s, AFP

☆ Trump's hush money trial won't be G-rated: Stormy Daniels will have no choice but to testify about affair, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Things won't really heat up, though, until Stormy Daniels takes the stand in the next few weeks. AdvertisementA court sketch of Donald Trump in court in Manhattan for a pretrial hearing in his hush money case. The Trump hush money trial, from a strictly penal-code standpoint, is a dry disagreement over purportedly cooked books. "The money is called 'hush money' for a reason," said former Manhattan financial crimes prosecutor Diana Florence. Stormy Daniels, in her documentary, "Stormy."

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☆ I left Goldman Sachs after 20 years to become a pastor after I lost my sense of purpose. I get paid next to nothing but I cherish my freedom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kristen Breuss, from the Midwest, worked at Goldman Sachs in New York and London for 20 years. I joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 as an investment banking analyst at the age of 22. My first two years at Goldman Sachs were ridiculously intense, and I was lucky to get a day off, including Sundays. So in 1999, I pitched the idea of Goldman Sachs basing their global training for investment banking in London, and they said yes. At Goldman Sachs, you had to get back to someone within 24 hours, that was the rule.

Persons: Kristen Breuss, Goldman Sachs, —, Kristin Breuss, we're, I'd, Briggs, Breuss, It's, I'm, Mary's Organizations: Service, Midwest, Myers, St, Paul's, I'm Locations: New York, London, Michigan, LQBTQ, London —, St Mary's London

☆ How Spotify AI plans to know what's going on inside your head, and find the right track for it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Trevor Laurence Jockims | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Over the past decade or more, Spotify has been investing in AI and, in particular, in machine learning. Its recently launched AI DJ may be its biggest bet yet that technology will allow subscribers to better personalize listening sessions and discover new music. The AI DJ combines personalization technology, generative AI, and a dynamic AI voice, and listeners can tap the DJ button when they want to hear something new, and something less-directly-derived from their established likes. Behind the dulcet tones of an AI DJ there are people, tech experts and music experts, who aim to improve the recommendation capacity of Spotify's tools. A Spotify spokesperson said the generative AI tool allows the human experts to "scale their innate knowledge in ways never before possible."

Persons: Y, we've, they're, it's, Julie Knibbe, —, Knibbe, they've, Ben Ratliff, Ratliff Organizations: Spotify, Discover, Technology

☆ I make more than $5,500 a month using an app to pick up restaurant shifts. Here's how I use it to make the most money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cowan's earnings from using FrontHouz regularly average more than $5,500 monthly. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . To manage my responsibilities, I pick up shifts through FrontHouz, a staffing platform for hospitality workers that allows for flexible scheduling. Restaurant shifts are usually posted a week in advance, but it's not uncommon for a last-minute shift to pop up for the same night. Consider dedicating specific days or nights to FrontHouz shifts, particularly when restaurants are busier, like special event nights or popular weekly specials (think: Taco Tuesday or Sunday brunch).

Persons: Kai Cowan, FrontHouz, Cowan, bartend, —, It's, Starr Douglas, Starr, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: Atlanta, FrontHouz

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