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Growth is up and inflation is cooling, according to leaders in Davos, but pending home sales dipped and private credit is quietly swelling. Fuel up! 🚀

With the new year comes new goals, fresh resolutions, and let’s not forget the real character development … new emojis. Among this year’s list of new additions are a smiley face with squinting eyes, a pickle, an eraser, and more. This week, we explore rates below 6% after a federal mortgage [...]

New year, fewer goals? Researchers are finding that clinging to the wrong goals can actually drain our energy, whereas quitting – when done intentionally – can be surprisingly healthy. Perhaps this year, the most productive resolution will be knowing when to let go. This week, we explore [...]

Can you move an entire city? Sweden’s northernmost city, Kiruna, home to roughly 23,000 people, is doing just that. Built on an iron-ore mine, the city is relocating residents and buildings nearly 2 miles east, one by one, to make room for the mine’s expansion. Fuel up! 🚀

Zootopia 2 is a box office hit, but its influence is slithering beyond the theater. In China, fans are buying venomous vipers inspired by a new animated character, Gary De’Snake. The surge in demand has prompted crackdowns on snake sales, while Gary plush toys which are now flying off store [...]

Are you geared up for the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, or even the headline-grabbing Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl this holiday season? College football has come a long way from the straightforward bowl sponsors of the ’90s and early 2000s. Today’s [...]

Hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies go perfectly with the holiday season. But you know what doesn’t go well with the holidays? A polar vortex. This weekend and into early next week, some of the coldest temperatures across the globe will hit the central and eastern U.S. While we’re out here [...]

Most Americans find holiday hosting joyful, but only for about 6 days. According to a survey by Talker Research, after those 6 days, about a third of hosts begin dropping hints that it’s time for guests to pack up, while 1 in 5 just outright say it! The desire to host may be strong, but the [...]

If you’re traveling this Thanksgiving, get ready to make some new friends. With the government shutdown now over, air travel has returned to “normal” after a stretch of delays and canceled flights. According to Airlines for America, a record number of people are planning to travel for [...]

Something to be thankful for: the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner on the decline. According to the American Farm Bureau , the average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 is $55.18. This is down 5% from 2024 – the third straight year of declines. The record high was seen in 2022 and was $64.05. [...]