Shares of [cloud provider 8x8](https://www.8x8.com/) are up nearly 40% year-to-date, capitalizing on the rapidly growing $40 billion enterprise communications market. Vik Verma, CEO of 8x8, was with Cheddar to discuss innovations in the industry.
The cost of financing a home surged again this week as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to its highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers.
A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds (90,000 kilos) of fish in excess of legal quotas has been convicted in federal court in New York.