US Strikes Tallest Bridge in Iran After Trump Threatens To Bomb the Country Into the ‘Stone Age’

Record Share Of Home Sellers Cut Listing Prices In February: Report A record share of home sellers cut their listing prices in February as competition for homebuyers necessitated steep price reductions, an April 9 report by real estate platform Redfin said. About 34.2 percent of sellers reduced their listing prices in February, up from 31.5 percent in the same month a year earlier, according to Redfin’s analysis of MLS data. That was the highest February share since the firm began tracking MLS records in 2012. The sellers who cut their listing prices reduced...

New Ayatollah's First Message: Hormuz Strait Stays Closed, Warns 'More Fronts' Could Open Summary: Bloomberg: Trump admin set to temporarily suspend Jones Act shipping rules to help cool rising oil prices. Ayatollah Mojtaba in first public message says the closure of the Strait of Hormuz should be continued as a tool to pressure the enemy Mojtaba vows to keep attacking US bases, and signals 'new fronts' could soon open President Trump simultaneously says the US is stopping Iran "from having Nuclear weapons" and "destroying" the Middle East and "the World". Shipping turmoil escalates as multiple vessels...

Battered Budget Airlines Ask White House For $2.5 Billion Lifeline Budget airlines have requested a $2.5 billion relief package from the Trump administration following a meeting with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy early last week. This comes as elevated jet fuel prices squeeze operations, and after President Trump confirmed late last week that a possible U.S. takeover of bankrupt Spirit Airlines is under consideration. The Wall Street Journal reports that a group of budget airlines, including Frontier and Avelo, has requested federal support in exchange for convertible equity stakes in the airlines....