Refinancing a mortgage loan often makes a lot of financial sense -- especially when mortgage refinance rates are very low. The refinancing process involves taking out a new home loan that's used to repay your existing mortgage debt. If your new loan has a lower rate than your current mortgage, you should be able to reduce your repayment costs and thus pay off your loan more easily.
Mideast fears and surging yields triggered another ugly market reversal. Nvidia and Microsoft fell while Tesla dived.
Leo Silvester was sentenced to nine years for his key role in a huge drug smuggling ring
Mostly clear skies with some clouds through the week with temperatures ranging from the 60s to low 80s.
Flames were seen engulfing an apartment as a fire broke out at a highrise building in downtown Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, April 15.Video recorded by Emma Strack shows smoke billowing from a balcony of a residential building, located near York Street and Bremner Boulevard.Local police said the fire broke at around at around 12:23 p.m. It spread to a second balcony, and shattered glass was spotted falling to the ground below.No injuries were reported and the fire was distinguished before 1pm. Credit: Emma Strack via Storyful
The FTSE 100 is set to open much lower after a sell-off in the US yesterday evening. Heavy losses on Wall Street have set the tone for a weaker session in London, with IG index braced for the FTSE 100 index to open at least 1% lower. Asia markets are also in the red following falls of about 1.8% for Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong.
The BBC's political editor said the former PM's time in office left the UK "an international laughing stock".
Traffic chaos has hit three motorways following a three-vehicle crash on Tuesday morning - with the M25 and M26 shut, and traffic tailing back for three miles on the M20. A 10-mile stretch of the M25 is shut clockwise in Surrey, between junction 5 at the M26/Sevenoaks, and junction 6 at Godstone. Around 10 miles of the M26 westbound has also been shut, from junction 2A at the A20, to where the motorway joins the M25.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have been on a mission since falling to the New Jersey Devils in the opening round of the playoffs last spring. They responded by finishing with the NHL's best regular-season record. Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Monday night to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy. Jack Roslovic, Adam Fox and Alexis Lafreniere also scored and Chris
Oil prices are lower amid a calm reaction by financial markets to events in the Middle East. The FTSE 100 has slipped from record territory but Wall Street markets are pointing higher after Friday’s big sell-off. In today’s corporate developments, car dealership business Inchcape has sold its UK arm while recruitment firm Page Group has posted an update.
STORY: More and more people are using Baidu's chatbot. Dubbed ‘Ernie’, its now got 200 million users. That was according to the Chinese search giant on Tuesday. Chief executive Robin Li launched the bot in March last year. It was made available to the public in August. Now the user number figures mark a doubling since the last update in December. Li says Ernie has also won some 85,000 enterprise users. Earlier this year, he said Baidu was starting to make revenue from the product. It has provided services that include helping other firms make their own AI models. But the bot faces a battle to stay ahead of local rivals. Recent data show that one made by an Alibaba-backed startup is fast catching up. Called ‘Kimi’, it’s not far behind Ernie, and growing much more quickly. Chinese AI services also remain far behind western rivals. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is by far the most popular worldwide, with close to 1.9 billion views last month.
A former Marine who threw a Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022 was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday.
Some North County leaders are raising concerns after a viral video taken over the weekend shows a boat with migrants barreling towards Carlsbad.
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Luis García Jr. and the Nationals take on Will Smith and the Dodgers on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, 2024
Atlanta Hawks (36-46, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (39-43, ninth in the Eastern Conference)Chicago; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Bulls -3; over/under is 220.5PLAY-IN GAME: The Bulls and Hawks square off with the winner advancing to play for the eighth seed.BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks square off for the NBA Playoffs Play-In Tournament. The winner advances in the tournament to play for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference Playof
Miami Heat (46-36, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (47-35, seventh in the Eastern Conference)Philadelphia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE 76ers -4.5; over/under is 207.5PLAY-IN GAME: The 76ers and Heat square off to decide the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat take the court in the NBA Playoffs Play-In Tournament. The winner claims the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.The 76ers are 3
Beiersdorf sales of 2.6 billion euros ($2.76 billion) for the first quarter grew by 7.3% on the same period last year, beating the 6.2% increase expected by analysts polled by Vara Research. Sales at its consumer skincare division grew by 10% in the first quarter, offsetting a 5.4% decline in sales in its tesa division, which makes adhesives for industry.
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