Richard “Dick” Parsons, the affable troubleshooter who helped some of the most beleaguered U.S. companies navigate the 1990 savings-and-loan meltdown, the dot-com bust and the 2008 financial crisis,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the second week in a row to its highest level since mid-July, reflecting a recent jump in the bond yields that lenders