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30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.95%, WTI oil $96.09, gold $3,940. Stocks were mixed Tuesday and yields turned back up. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% on Nov 3 and the Nasdaq 0.
30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.91%, WTI oil $96.46, gold $3,970. Stocks slipped again Monday while oil kept falling. The S&P 500 lost 0.5% on Nov 2 and the Nasdaq 1.1
30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.94%, WTI oil $99.78, gold $3,919. Stocks had a rough Friday and oil is falling this morning. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8% on Oct 30 and the
Kia sold 80,008 vehicles in the U.S. in October, up 16% and its sixth record month in a row. American Honda sold 119,952, up 8% and its best October since 2020. With Hyundai's record 73,452 (+5%) on T
Hyundai sold 73,452 vehicles in the U.S. in October, up 5% from a year ago and its best October on record. Sales to regular buyers (retail, not rental fleets) rose 9% to a record 62,646. Hybrids set a
The AAA national average for regular is $4.17 a gallon this morning, down 11.6¢ from a week ago ($4.29) and 22.7¢ from a month ago ($4.40). It's still $1.13 above a year ago ($3.04).
China's passenger NEV retail sales were 1.148 million in October, down 10% from a year earlier but up 6% from September, according to preliminary data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
China's passenger-car association (CPCA) estimates that makers shipped a record about 1.8 million new-energy vehicles in October, up 12% from a year ago and 8% from September, beating the old record o
China's automakers reported October numbers on Nov 1. BYD sold 490,168 vehicles, up 11% from a year ago and its highest month of 2026, as pure-electric passenger cars topped 300,000 for the first time
Realms open today, Nov 4, at 3:00 p.m. PST (6 p.m. ET, 23:00 UTC; midnight CET on Nov 5) at the same moment worldwide. You choose a ruleset (Normal, PvP, Roleplay, RP-PvP; Hardcore later) rather than
A hotfix first seen on Nov 3 in the data the launch realms send. It applies the Hunter numbers from Blizzard's Nov 2 notes: Aspect of the Hawk and Trueshot Aura give more ranged attack power, Barrage
Blizzard's Nov 2 update to the Beta Development Notes (posted Nov 3) lists everything changed since Oct 15: class damage goes up with more health on higher level creatures, the Rogue trees are rebuilt
Week 2 (Epic v43.00): Lil Uzi and Cuddle Team Leader claim a fort of their own, while Buggy and the Megalodon crash onto the Island. New weapons and strange new Sprites. Zoro, Sanji and the Chopper Si
Epic's Oct 30 post lists a Captain's Day; the v43.00 notes bring Gold Sprites back (bonus XP from eliminations) on November 12. Beebom reports the date carries update v43.10 (not stated by Epic). Game