Bloomberg US home sales in December had their biggest plunge since the early months of the Covid-19 lockdowns as listings sank to record lows. Transactions fall 11% from a year earlier, the biggest annual decline since June 2020, according to a report by Redfin Corp. Demand is still fierce, but what’s holding back deals is a lack of inventory: ...

  Bloomberg Apple Inc removed several Wordle games from its App Store after users confused them with another word-play title popularized by Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities. The only remaining product on the App Store with that title appeared to be Wordle!, a time-based game created by Steven Cravotta more than five years ago. Apple confirmed the move to Bloomberg. ...

  Bloomberg Venezuela probably grew 4% in 2021, signalling an “economic recovery” in 2022, President Nicolas Maduro said in his annual state of the union speech, maintaining his firm grip for a ninth year on a mandate considered illegitimate by the opposition, the US and several European countries. “I can state that Venezuela, after five years of economic warfare, has ...