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Higher mortgage rates and uncertainty in the broader economy continue to weigh on consumers — and consequently on the nation’s homebuilders.Builder sentiment in June dropped 2 points from May to 32 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Anything below 50 is considered negative. The index stood at 43 in June 2024.Analysts had been expecting a slight improvement, given recent tariff negotiations and pullbacks by the Trump administration.This index has only seen a lower reading than June’s level twice since 2012 – in December 2022, after mortgage rates shot up from record lows during…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:25 PM ET, Mon June 16, 2025 Riviera Travel is launching exclusive summer offers for North American guests. Travelers can enjoy an airfare credit of up to $750 per person, savings of up to $4,000 on new bookings and special pricing on select sailings.  In addition, to better support travel advisors, Riviera Travel has expanded its office hours. As of June 14, the company’s U.S.-based reservations team is available Monday through Friday fro 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern.“These new offers not only highlight the incredible breadth…

Instagram is testing the ability for users to repost posts, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The move doesn’t come as a surprise, as the social network was spotted developing the feature as far back as 2022. Some users have reported seeing the feature on their accounts, with one noting that users will be able to repost their own content in addition to other users’ posts. Of course, not everyone will be on board if Instagram decides to roll out the change officially, especially since it would add yet another content format to a platform already overcrowded with posts,…

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CNN  —  It’s been a year of historic milestones for a certain Middle Eastern airline. Just weeks after announcing the largest widebody aircraft order in Boeing’s history, Qatar Airways is celebrating another huge achievement. The Qatar flag carrier has just been named the winner at this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. It’s the ninth time Qatar Airways has received the honor in the 26-year history of the awards, which are known as the Oscars of the aviation world. Setting standards “This recognition is far more than an award, it is a celebration…

The Johnson & Johnson logo displayed on a monitor.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTwo Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies about their low tax bills and whether they support extending massive tax cuts for the industry in the GOP reconciliation bill.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., accuse Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and Amgen of paying little to no federal taxes for profit earned in 2024 and years prior, despite generating tens of billions of dollars annually from their drugs.In separate letters to each company on Tuesday, the lawmakers…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:25 PM ET, Mon June 16, 2025 PONANT EXPLORATIONS is launching a new itinerary in Baja California, Mexico, in the winter of 2027. Called “Exploration in the Heart of Baja California,” the new voyage was developed after three years of partnership with local communities. It will be offered January through March aboard the 184-guest Le Bellot. One departure, named “Baja and the Sea of Cortez: In Search of the Great Whales” and sailing February 10-20, 2027, is being offered in partnership with Smithsonian Journeys. Two Smithsonian Journeys experts will accompany the small-ship cruise, offering insights about…

It doesn’t look like much, but Finland recently flipped the switch on the world’s largest sand-based battery. Yes, sand. A sand battery is a type of thermal energy storage system that uses sand or crushed rock to store heat. Electricity — typically from renewable sources — is used to heat the sand. That stored heat can later be used for various ends, including to warm buildings. The economics are compelling, and it’s hard to get any cheaper than the crushed soapstone now housed inside an insulated silo in the small town of Pornainen. The soapstone was basically trash — discarded from…

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Rome CNN  —  A tip from a member of the public to a popular Italian television show led to the arrest on a Greek island of an American man suspected of murdering a baby girl and hiding her mother’s body in a busy park in Rome. “On June 13, in Skiathos, police officers of the island’s police department, in collaboration with (Italian) state police… identified and stopped an American citizen, credibly suspected of the murder of a newborn and the concealment of her mother’s cadaver, whose lifeless bodies were found in Rome on June 7 inside Rome’s Villa Doria Pamphili…