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For the last several months, personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey has been telling aspiring homeowners that it’s a great time to buy a house — even though monthly housing costs are at a record high.

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams on Friday said that the U.S. central bank needed independence from the White House in order to get inflation back to its 2% target.

“While he splits his time between a part-time job and his consulting business, I’ve been unable to work for several years because of health problems.”

Shares of videogame retailer and original meme stock GameStop surged on no apparent news this week.

U.S. stocks have swung to an upbeat start in May, with Wall Street’s “fear gauge” easing to its lowest level since the end of March as investor anxieties tied to inflation appeared to subside.

Paramount Global has named Chris McCarthy as interim principal executive officer of its new three-executive leadership team, the media conglomerate said.

The electric utility company replaces Pioneer Natural Resources Co. after the latter’s acquisition by Exxon Mobil Corp.

Whirlpool Corp. said Friday that it plans additional layoffs to the 1,000 it announced as part of a global restructuring plan in late April.

Shares of Luminar Technologies Inc. dropped more than 9% in extended trading Friday after the maker of lidar and other sensors for self-driving vehicles said it was cutting its workforce by 20% as part of a restructuring plan.

“As more consumers make tequila their spirit of choice, we’ve seen them gravitate towards high-quality, premium tequilas,” Patrón executive says.

Apple said it will increase its cash dividend by 4%, which is good news for Warren Buffett’s company.

The Nasdaq stock exchange is “warming up” to the idea of continuing to list Canadian cannabis companies even if they have exposure to the U.S. market — and a U.S. cannabis company could be next, an analyst at Jefferies said.