"Late Spring Buyer Rush": US Pending Home Sales Just Surged By The Most In Almost 2 Years

Lula Leads After Last-Minute Voting Extension As "Bolsonaro Trade" Implodes; Trader Warns Of "Circuit Breaker" Chaos Summary: With 99.7% of ballots counted, Lula has 51.8% of the vote, while Bolsonaro has 48.2%. Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Extends Voting Time By Two Hours Brazil Runoff Enters Final Hour: Left-Right Showdown Could Reshape Latin America's Political Balance Latest Election Update With 99.7% of ballots counted, Lula has 51.8% of the vote, while Bolsonaro has 48.2%. 8 hours ago, Bolsonaro was 82% odds on to win... Earlier, Lula asked a Brazilian Supreme Court judge to extend voting nationwide by two...

30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Reaches Highest Level In Almost A Year Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The average weekly rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is at its highest level in nearly a year, contributing to elevated housing costs and dampening buyer interest. A home for sale in Alhambra, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images For the most recent week, the mortgage rate was at 6.55 percent, according to a July 16 statement by Freddie Mac. This is the highest level since the week ending Aug....

Claude Hacked Three Real Organizations During Botched Test Anthropic's efforts to test Claude's offensive cybersecurity skills produced an unintended real-world result: Its AI models gained unauthorized access to three outside organizations. The company said the incidents occurred during "capture the flag" evaluations designed to measure whether Claude could identify vulnerabilities, exploit simulated systems, and retrieve hidden information. Claude had been told that the targets were fictional and that its testing environment had no Internet access. According to Anthropic, a misunderstanding with evaluation partner Irregular left Internet access enabled inside the testing environment....