Steve Kopack

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Mortgage rates just fell below 6% for the first time in years - NBC News

Business January 11, 2026

Mortgage rates on Friday fell below 6% for the first time in years, after President Donald Trump ordered his representatives to begin buying $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds, his latest push to lοΏ½...

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's amended takeover offer - NBC News

Business January 8, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday rejected Paramount Skydance's amended takeover offer, the latest in a series of rejections in David Ellison's pursuit of the streaming and cable giant. The media οΏ½...

Stocks close sharply lower as AI anxiety returns - NBC News

Business December 19, 2025

Stocks dropped sharply Wednesday as jitters about the booming artificial intelligence sector once again returned to the top of investors' minds. The catalyst for the tumble was, once again, a story οΏ½...

Jared Kushner's private equity firm drops out of Warner Bros. takeover battle - NBC News

Business December 17, 2025

Jared Kushner's private equity firm says it is dropping out of the group of firms that planned to back Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. "Withtwostrong competitorοΏ½...

Jobs reports to finally lift fog on U.S. labor market - NBC News

Business December 17, 2025

An answer is finally coming to a question that economists, consumers and even the chair of the Federal Reserve have been asking for months: What is happening with the nations labor market? Emerging οΏ½...

Federal Reserve reappoints all regional bank presidents - NBC News

Business December 13, 2025

The board of the Federal Reserve System said Thursday that it had reappointed all regional Fed bank presidents, just days after the Trump administration began suggesting that it wanted to make major οΏ½...

Layoff announcements hit the highest level since the pandemic - NBC News

Business December 5, 2025

Layoff announcements this year have hit their highest level since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the U.S. economy, consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Thursday. Its onlοΏ½...

Small businesses suffered major job losses in November, ADP says - NBC News

Business December 4, 2025

Private employers in the United States shed 32,000 jobs in November, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting to see an increase of 40,000. ADP chiefοΏ½...

Shopify suffers Cyber Monday outage for some businesses - NBC News

Business December 2, 2025

Shopify reported Monday that its platform was suffering from multiple service outages, as Cyber Monday sales kicked off. Some merchants that use Shopify's service to sell goods online may experiencοΏ½...