The No. 1 decision for aging retirees: Stay at home or move into a senior community?

The short, but glib, answer to the headline question posed for Viking Therapeutics (VKTX 0.11%) investors is “no,” because the likelihood is that the $4.6 billion market cap company will be bought up by a larger pharmaceutical company if it has success in its clinical trials, and particularly with its lead drug candidate VK2735. Still,…

As the nation marked 250 years of independence, new data revealed that just over 65% of American households now own their homes, amid the ever-changing U.S. housing market. A new Realtor.com analysis of federal housing legislation indicated that notable surges in U.S. homeownership have each been preceded by an act of Congress—from the Homestead Act of 1862 to the Housing and Economic…

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a joint federal-provincial plan to convert unsold condominiums into affordable housing would be like buying something “on liquidation.”

They’re rolling over balances, using debt strategically, and carefully managing taxable income. They have money in the bank and even more in tax-advantaged accounts. Call them “interest-maxxers”: a new generation of optimization-obsessed Americans trying to squeeze more from their savings through elaborate systems of DIY money management. Their methods may sound like madness, but the…

Australia and India finalized a long-delayed administrative arrangement on Thursday to permit Australian uranium exports to New Delhi, breaking a decade-long regulatory stalemate. The agreement permits commercial shipments under strict International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards to guarantee that New Delhi uses the nuclear fuel exclusively for civilian power generation. Although Australia holds roughly 28…