New Fed Chair, QE & Lower Rates: Where The 2026 Piotroski-Graham Value Stocks Are Hiding

Chairman Powell's term ends in May, and speculators currently see the most likely replacement is one of two Kevins. Odds ...
U.S. News & World Report

Why the Fed Rate Cut Won't Move Mortgage Interest Rates

The FOMC cut the federal funds rate by a quarter-point, but that's unlikely to cause 30-year mortgage rates to fall by the same amount. The December rate cut might be advantageous for builders and ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
CNN

The Fed just cut interest rates for the sixth time. Here’s why you’re not seeing much of a difference in your loans

Thanks to its latest decision on Wednesday – its final one for 2025 – the Federal Reserve has now reduced its key overnight lending rate by 1.75 percentage points since it began its rate-cutting cycle ...
Fast Company

Fed rate cut announcement today: probability, live stream, date, time, and how to watch

The economy has had a volatile year marked by ongoing headwinds and uncertainties. Persistent inflation, unpredictability around tariffs, and a stock market that many fear is in the midst of an ...
New York Post

Instacart caught using shady algorithm to charge different prices to individual customers — in the same stores, bombshell study reveals

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
WAND

Illinois Department of Human Services working to minimize SNAP error rate amid threat of federal funding cuts

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently reported Illinois' error rate for SNAP benefits has reached 11.5%. State lawmakers are ...
NPR

SNAP will face ongoing crisis as states shoulder costs tied to payment error rate

Together, we chart the course. You count on public media for stories that help you understand your world — voices that bring us closer together. People like you power public media. You make it ...
MarketWatch

Fed and bond market are on different pages about interest rates: chart

Concerns about policies under a second Trump administration, inflation concerns and worries about Treasury supply are likely factors in driving up longer-duration Treasury yields, even as the Federal ...
Reuters

IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...
U.S. News & World Report

IBM Says Conventional AMD Chips Can Run Quantum Computing Error Correction Algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -IBM said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices, a ...