The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged lower this week, staying relatively close to its low for the year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.21% from 6.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.72%. Borrowing ...
The Associated Press Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic "Peanuts" and its characters, including Snoopy and Charlie Brown, from Canada's WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. The first glimpse of Peppermint Valley made Molly catch her breath. All her life, she’d sat on her rock staring down into ...
WARREN — After nearly five decades as a structural steel fabricator at the corner of Burton Street and Pine Avenue, Livi Steel Inc. is introducing a rebrand and new website to highlight its expanded capabilities. The third-generation, family-owned company, situated across from ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The size of Jamie DeMain’s space may pale in comparison to that of Sam Walton’s co-finds, but both have undergone their own growing trends. “My office is like a little Walmart. Pretty soon, it will be bigger than Walmart,” DeMain, the director of volunteer and visitor ...
BOARDMAN — Against their better judgment, Suzanne Kessler, her mother and sister opened a tennis shop on the strip in Niles. The year was 1975 and area steel mills were already showing signs of fatigue due to foreign competition, increasing operation costs and outdated facilities. “I was ...