How high can mortgage rates go with Iran conflict 2.0? 

Key insight: Data is starting to show where AI is eating jobs, and operations, data analysis and customer support are vulnerable. Supporting data: At JPMorganChase, the number of operations and support staff decreased by 4% and 2%, respectively. Forward look: Experts expect banks to cut back on their use of outsourcing and offshoring, where work…

Average house prices have increased for the first time since the outbreak of the Iran war in a boost for homeowners. The newly-named Lloyds House Price Index, rebranded since the bank retired the Halifax name, showed average property values rose 0.2% in June. The slight rise in house prices is an improvement on the previous…

Shares of Oklo (OKLO 0.95%) sank 27% in the first half of 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The nuclear reactor upstart is seeing enthusiasm for the sector wane after a monstrous run in 2025. It is also taking advantage of its high price to sell more shares to raise funds. Even…

Real-time B2B payments may not be losing to skepticism. They are losing, for now, to payment systems that work just well enough. That is one of the more useful takeaways from the PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Ready and Willing: B2B Payments Are Headed for Real-Time Rails. Here’s How They’re Getting There.” The report finds that instant payments outperform traditional methods…

Paramount Skydance‘s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery hit its first official roadblock when a judge granted a temporary restraining order on the merger as part of a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general. California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed off on the order Monday after hearing arguments from both sides in an Oakland courtroom…