While many investors have been scared away from tech giants at the center of this year’s equity rout, the companies are likely to continue plowing money into buybacks that will offer at least one source of continuing support for the stocks. The big tech firms could be tempted to hold onto their cash to guard against the economic turmoil created by President Donald Trump ’s tariff policies. However, buybacks remain attractive because companies like Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. are sitting on piles of cash worth north of...

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While audiences consider "Landman" a good TV show, many cast members of the hit show consider Fort Worth's JD's Hamburger's a great place to get lunch. The Texas-based show is filming its second season in Fort Worth. According to JD's Hamburgers owner Gigi Howell, the show has brought more attention and business to the restaurant. "We get a lot of crew members that come over and eat with us," said Howell. "You'll see people in the parking lot set up, taking photos over there. You see people stop by and...

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AT&T Inc. crushed subscriber expectations in its first quarter, while saying Wednesday that it plans to restart buybacks sooner than expected.

Wireless investors got a bit nervous in March when AT&T T and Verizon Communications Inc. VZ warned of soft postpaid subscriber trends early in the year. But AT&T’s earnings report Wednesday morning showed that the January weakness was a blip, as the company went on to post 324,000 postpaid phone net additions for the first quarter. Analysts tracked by FactSet were modeling 255,000.

For decades, New York’s Hudson Valley has been something of a local secret. Yes, New Yorkers know it—they’ve been vying for reservations at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and hunting for antiques in Beacon for years. But ask Londoners or Parisians to name a single town or hotel in the region and they’ll likely draw a blank. It’s not the Cotswolds—yet. Now Philippe Zuber, the French chief executive officer of hospitality development firm Kerzner International, hopes to spark global curiosity about the bucolic Manhattanites’ escape, giving it the same illustrious...

Developer Creation Equity plans to start construction this year on a $1.3 billion mixed-use development in McKinney. The 155-acre Long Branch project will feature 1,600 apartments, a 318,600 square-foot office campus with two six-story buildings and a 100-room hotel. The project’s 135,000 square feet of retail space will be anchored by a 65,000 square-foot grocery store. Brands for the hotel and grocer have not yet been announced. The development is also slated to include roughly one mile of pedestrian trails and six acres of green space. Creation is partnering with...

Mortgage applications are an early indicator of sales activity in the housing market.

Mortgage rates shot up for the second week in a row, to a two-month high, as home buyers are taking a break from the market.

Mortgage rates rose nearly 30 basis points in two weeks, due to increased uncertainty over the future of the U.S. economy as the Trump administration continues to levy tariffs on imported goods.