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U.S. home prices will rise relatively modestly this year and next despite tight supply and expected U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, according to housing analysts polled by Reuters who said purchasing affordability will improve but would remain strained. Forecasts for U.S. house prices have barely changed since the previous survey three months ago, despite more aggressive expectations in financial markets for interest rate cuts, suggesting this upswing will be more subdued than in the recent past. Much of that price appreciation has to do with homeowners who have locked in low 30-year mortgage rates - most under 5% and some even below 3% - and who are unwilling to part ways with their homes on such cheap deals.

Bridge, founded by Square and Coinbase alumni, recently raised $40 million in a round led by Sequoia and Ribbit.

Global stocks rose on Friday and were set for a fourth straight month of gains despite a bout of heavy selling in early August, boosted by U.S. growth data that helped the dollar snap a weeks-long losing streak and kept bond markets on edge. U.S. stock futures also pointed to an extension of Wall Street's positive run, with Nasdaq contracts 0.7% higher and those tracking the S&P 500 index up 0.4%. The stunning recovery from an early August sell-off reminiscent of October 1987's "Black Monday" came as traders priced a so-called Goldilocks scenario in which the U.S. economy keeps growing, but not so much to prevent interest rate cuts.

Italy has seen hundreds of millions of tourists this summer, and the number keeps growing. A new tax might help address it—or not.

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A group of investors in 2022 alleged that Elon Musk and his company had manipulated the price of dogecoin using their X (then Twitter) accounts.