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US homebuilder sentiment edges up with help from incentives

Mortgage rates have been hovering in the 6.3% to 6.4% range for the past couple of months

US President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on Dec 15, 2025. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on Dec 14, 2025.

Trump condemned for saying critical filmmaker brought on own murder

DONALD Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting “perverse” and “sick” remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker’s criticism of the...

Japan has continued imports under a US sanctions exemption that expires on Dec 19.

Tokyo Gas to steer more than half of overseas investments to US in next three years, CEO says

The Japanese utility has a long-term contract to procure 1.1 million tonnes of LNG annually from Russia’s Sakhalin-2 project

The H-1B programme allows US employers to hire foreign workers in speciality fields.

Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states

Currently, employers typically pay between US$2,000 and US$5,000 in fees

US President Trump's order is aimed at thwarting state-level AI regulations, handing a policy win to tech industry leaders who’ve pressed for preemption of local rules.

Trump signs order aimed at curbing state AI laws

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt a growing number of state laws governing the technology with a nati...

The tax guidance is the latest win for large corporations and would provide additional tax benefits to companies on top of the tax incentives they won in US President Trump’s tax bill which passed Congress in July.

Trump administration plans to boost tax break for corporations

THE US Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver large tax savings to companies including Salesforce and Qualcomm.

The crash of Do Kwon’s Terra cryptocurrency caused billions of dollars in losses and triggered a cascade of crises in the crypto market.

TerraUSD creator Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over US$40 billion crypto collapse

Kwon pleaded guilty in August to two counts, conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud

The rental market typically cools in October and November as New Yorkers head into the holiday season.

Manhattan rents hit record high as Mamdani won mayoral election

Rent prices in some of the city’s outer boroughs also continued to rise