Monthly Archives: May 2021

Existing-Home Sales Decline 2.7% in April

Existing-home sales are down 2.7% to 5.85 million, the third straight month of decline.
Year-to-date – months January to April – sales are still up 20%.
The median existing-home sales price rose to 19.1% year-over-year to $341,600, both record highs. Continue reading

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Tesla and Apple among the biggest decliners

Technology shares led U.S. stocks lower as surging commodity prices stoked concern about whether inflation will derail a growth rebound in the world’s largest economy and spoil a record stock rally. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled 2.6% amid the … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence, commonly referred to as AI, represents both a risk and a benefit to the security of society, according to Bruce Schneier, security technologist, researcher, and lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. Schneier made his remarks about the risks of AI in … Continue reading

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