Mortgage Rates Go Up? (And FICO Blows Up the Credit Bureaus)
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Perplexity makes its $200-a-month AI browser free worldwide in a bid to grab market share before Google and OpenAI dominate the space. Fair Isaac cuts out Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, sending their stocks tumbling while FICO soars 18%. Taco Bell wins fastest drive-thru for the fifth year in a row, though AI hasn’t made service any faster or friendlier. Oil prices rise after a fire at Chevron’s California refinery tightens supply. Mortgage rates climb despite the Fed cutting interest rates, frustrating homebuyers. Elon Musk briefly becomes the first person ever worth $500 billion before sliding back under the milestone. Maxwell House temporarily rebrands as “Maxwell Apartment” in a marketing stunt. And Tyson Foods agrees to pay $85 million to settle pork price-fixing allegations.
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