Here’s why GM’s stock is having its worst day in over a year
The automaker lowered its full-year profit expectations as it plans to pause some truck production.
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Pending home sales sink to 25-year low as buyers flee high mortgage rates
Contract signings to purchase homes fell in September to the lowest level on record, as buyers fled the housing market in the wake of the average 30-year mortgage rate crossing over 7%.
Money-saving habits to cope with higher prices — from our readers
I asked people what they’re doing to make life more affordable today. I’ll definitely be trying some of these.
Salesforce gets a chilly investor response to a $6 billion deal at a 58% premium
Salesforce said on Tuesday that it is making a nearly $6 billion acquisition at a 58% premium, but Wall Street’s response was frosty.
My unmarried partner of 17 years left me his $1.1 million home. His children are crying foul. Should I share my inheritance?
“I never paid rent, although I put about $45,000 toward a new kitchen and a roof.”
Agents can trade 24/7 — but Yat Siu warns you could lose access at any time
The Animoca Brands chairman explains that AI agents can make trades while you sleep, but users need to plan for the day they lose access to the bots.
Meet the college students trying to reverse an obscure ban on trading onion futures
In the U.S., investors can legally trade futures contracts tied to all sorts of commodities, from pork bellies to oil to the computing power needed to power artificial-intelligence models.
FINMA approves Switzerland’s first Bitcoin ETF for retail investors
The Swiss regulator cited a growing appetite for cryptocurrency investments and said that multiple fund providers have submitted Bitcoin ETF applications.
Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M
The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation.
Tx launches USTX stablecoin to pull RWA liquidity onto its chain
The Brale-issued token can be minted with USDC from eight networks and is designed to settle tokenized stocks and other assets on tx.
Lloyds and Barclays among UK banks named in crypto transfer complaints, advocacy group says
UK banks are facing scrutiny over crypto transfer limits and bans as Stand With Crypto reports thousands of complaints ahead of the country’s 2027 regulatory regime.
How The Economy Collapsed (As a Political Issue)
Republicans and Democrats no longer have the same facts. It's the perceptual bias, stupid.
People Who Lived Through The 2008 Recession Are Sharing The Moment They Realized The Economy Was Crashing, And You Really, Really Need To Read This
Welp.
France's supermarket fridges were vulnerable online for months
Related: Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055304 - Oct 2026 (1007 comments)
Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analyst
I never felt comfortable signing up for cloud budgeting apps and having them store all of my financial data on their servers. I also didn't find locally hosted options that I liked using.That led me to build Maali (https://maali.app) o...
Show HN: Privacy Layer for Frontier Models
Kinda crazy how many people submit their sensitive information to frontier models. Tax documents, health data, financial transactions etc.Built this as a proof of concept. Venice AI is on a similar wavelength where they limit identity connected to pr...
Netflix FTX trailer was ‘enough to upset me’ in first 30 seconds: former FTX COO
Constance Wang criticized the streamer’s portrayal of her former FTX colleagues as not matching her own experience with Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison.
Kazakhstan court orders curbs on Coinbase, BingX and four others
Nine other crypto platforms voluntarily restricted app access in Kazakhstan, prompting the regulator to withdraw its claims against them.
XRP 30-day exchange inflows pass 6B tokens as whales move to the sidelines
More than 6 billion XRP reached exchanges tracked by CryptoQuant in the 30 days to Oct. 19, the most since March.
Mt. Gox pushes creditor repayment deadline to 2027 in sixth extension
Mt. Gox extended its repayment deadline by another year as some creditors remain unpaid due to incomplete procedures and payment processing issues.