Microsoft is slashing hundreds of customer-support roles and saving over $500 million by transitioning call-center operations to AI-powered systems, a move illustrating both technological progress and unsettling job displacement (economictimes.com). The shift leverages generative-AI bots to field queries, troubleshoot issues, and escalate ...

A lender tried to delay releasing a lien after getting paid in full. Utah’s top court ruled that’s not how it works—here’s what mortgage pros need to know. By Matthew Sellers A Utah developer paid off a property debt in ...

The budget bill signed by President Trump on July 4 will make massive cuts to the CFPB’s budget. The huge bill changes the amount that the CFPB may receive from the Federal Reserve from a maximum of 12% of the ...

Planning to buy an electric car? You'd better hurry.\ New GOP spending and tax cut plan looks to boost American-made auto sales with a tax incentive allowing a deduction for the interest you pay on your loan. CLEVELAND — Included ...

Fireworks exploding near the White House and Capitol Hill during Fourth of July were more than just recognizing Independence Day. President Trump and Republicans cheered passage and the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, which included a ...

The first three grants are part of Keep It Colorado’s Transaction Cost Assistance Program (TCAP) that re-grants GOCO funds to nonprofit land trusts to help cover the costs associated with conservation easement transactions. It helps landowners who have urgent opportunities ...

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Santander has agreed to buy TSB for £2.65bn in a deal that will make it the fourth-largest mortgage lender in the UK. The Spanish giant says the move, agreed last night with TSB-owner Banco Sabadell, “further strengthens Santander’s position in ...

Jonathan Gould, comptroller of the currency nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg WASHINGTON ...