Hourly billing rates at elite U.S. law firms have reached a historic milestone, with top litigators now charging up to $4,000 per hour — a new record that underscores the rapid escalation of legal ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The topmost hourly billing rates at U.S. law firm Susman Godfrey have reached $4,000 an hour for 2026, surpassing already sky-high fees charged by the priciest lawyers ...

Roughly two-thirds of the world’s population now lives in regions where total fertility rates, births expected per woman, are below the 2.1 threshold needed for natural population replacement, per the ...

AIKEN — Dominion Energy South Carolina has filed a rate increase request that would add about $20 to the average monthly bill of residential customers. The filing with the S.C. Public Service ...

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The Federal Reserve cut rates by 0.75% in 2025 amid economic uncertainty. Inflation and unemployment trends are diverging, complicating future Fed decisions on rate cuts. Odds for a January 2026 rate ...

Mortgage rates ticked lower this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Despite President ...

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• The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point as expected, lowering borrowing costs for the third time this year. • Wall Street rallied after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out ...

A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday in a 9-3 vote, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. The FOMC's "dot plot" ...

In Novel Ruling, Fed. Judge Deciphers Rate on OT Bonus Pay for Hourly Employees "I do not draw broader conclusions about whether all non-hourly pay should receive the heightened multiplier, how to ...