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Supreme Court rules families cannot sue over loan discount fee

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that loan applicants cannot sue a mortgage company for charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a loan discount. The unanimous ruling was a defeat for three couples in Louisiana, who claimed that Quicken Loans overcharged them as much as $1,100 at their mortgage closings for a "loan discount" or "processing" fee.

Trump Flies into Ex-Soviet Georgia For Tower Project

American property mogul Donald Trump flew into the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Saturday to expand his global real estate empire, lending his name to a glitzy tower on the Black Sea coast there.

Bank of Canada Head Urges Caution on Housing Market

Parts of the Canadian housing market, especially condominiums in some major cities, have seen prices jump to levels that warrant caution, the head of the country's central bank said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.