November home sales struggle as supply stalls

A ”For Sale” sign is outside a residential home in Oro Valley, Arizona, on December 12, 2025. Michael Yanow | Nurphoto | Getty Images High home prices, stubbornly high mortgage rates and now less supply are all weighing on potential homebuyers. Sales of previously owned homes rose just 0.5% in November from October and were…

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Instacart to pay $60 million in FTC settlement

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Instacart will pay $60 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it misled users with false advertising and deployed “unlawful subscription enrollment” practices. The federal agency alleged that Instacart used deceptive tactics in its subscription sign-up and “satisfaction guarantee” advertising that caused…

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UnitedHealth Group releases results of independent audit

UnitedHealthcare sign is displayed at its office building in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., Dec. 11, 2025. Tim Evans | Reuters UnitedHealth Group on Friday released the first results from a sprawling independent audit of its business practices and committed to a wide range of steps to track and implement improvements in three specific areas. The health-care…

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What we’re hearing on the WNBA’s CBA negotiations

Dec 18, 2025, 07:53 PM ET It had been a few quiet weeks since the WNBA and Women’s National Basketball Players Association agreed to extend negotiations for the collective bargaining agreement. But on Thursday, the union made a splash when it announced its players have authorized the WNBPA executive committee to “call a strike when…

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