Silver Standard Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

Mortgage Rates Continue Modest Rise to 3.82%

Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing ZillowThe weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 3.82 percent, up 9 basis points from the same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell Friday, then hovered around 3.69 percent before rising and

Ecuador campaign urges Brad Pitt not to make oil movie

Activists have launched a campaign urging Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt not to make a movie based on what they call a biased account of Ecuador’s battle with oil giant Chevron over environmental damage in the Amazon. The campaign was launched after Pitt’s production company, Plan B, bought the rights to a book called “Law of the Jungle” that chronicles the legal battle by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio