Late last year, US Xpress, a large Chattanooga, Tenn., trucking company, reached a multi-year deal worth more than $200 million to purchase 1,665 International LT semi-tractors. Navistar's share of the U.S. and Canadian market for trucks and buses in the Class 6 through 8 weight segments rose to 17
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Facebook's (fb) announcement of dramatic changes to its News Feed to prioritize “meaningful social interactions” — meaning fewer public posts and paid ads, and more photos of friends and family — has drawn concern from companies and brands that rely on the platform to reach their audiences, not
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Hitwise analyzed the top searches driving traffic to real estate sites during the beginning of 2018 and released the data this week. The report titled Real Estate Industry: Key Trends & Competitive Strategies looks at more than how these terms influence the real estate market, but rather how consumer
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The fund owned 258,351 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after buying an additional 48,378 shares during the quarter. Restaurant Brands International accounts for 5.8% of BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd's investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. BTG Pactual
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Weaver is calling for a full ban on home purchases using foreign capital and says the NDP is not doing enough. He says the new speculation tax in the 2018 budget will punish Canadians as well as foreigners. “If the government wanted to deal with this they could bring in legislation next week to clamp
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Trez Capital (“Trez”) is one of Canada's largest private commercial mortgage lenders and provides mid-market property developers and owners with quick approvals on flexible short to mid-term bridge financing. Trez has provided innovative financing for commercial properties in major centres
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The firm owned 34,550 shares of the insurance provider's stock after selling 3,300 shares during the quarter. … A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. … The Company operates through the title insurance and services segment, and specialty insurance segment.
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Lee Seow Hiang, CEO, Changi Airport Group, addresses the Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore on Mar. 7, 2018. Stefen Chow/Fortune. By Robert Horn. 2:31 AM EST. With Changi being rated the World's Best Airport by Skytrax for five years in a row, CEO Lee Seow Hiang could easily be
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The tight rental housing market and rising rents that have hit many American cities in recent years could be made worse by the tax overhaul recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. That's because the new federal tax code eliminates some of the incentives for homeownership,
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A roundup of what The Globe and Mail's market strategist Scott Barlow is reading today on the Web. I much prefer to focus on asset prices rather than economic policy. Policy is important, as the ongoing debates over carbon taxes highlights, but policy discussions drag on forever, get watered down, and
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Funeral service was Saturday, March 3 at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with burial following at Forest Park Cemetery in The Woodlands. Born in Kountze and a former resident of Lumberton, she was an examiner for Capital Title Company of Texas. Survivors include her children, Lacey Davenport of
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is “prepared for the UK to become a third party”, according to panellists at this year's Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) European Asset Management Conference. The ALFI panel that looked at the European regulatory landscape,
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With the central bank meeting again on Thursday and Friday, don't rule out another shock. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg LP and its owners. To contact the author of this story: Shuli Ren in Hong Kong at sren38@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this
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Bank investors may have gotten a little bit uneasy this week after the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is exploring the possibility of launching Amazon-branded checking accounts for customers. On the surface, it may appear that Amazon is directing its famous
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When 500 movers and shakers in Asia's real estate scene huddled in Hong Kong today to talk about the latest trends in property investment, the discussion quickly turned to technology, from e-commerce to the blockchain, and its role in transforming the industry. Delivering the keynote address at the
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NEW YORK — The former chief executive officer of a payday lending company that had been under investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked to be considered for the top job at the agency, The Associated Press has learned. Such a request would have been extraordinary in
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Foreign capital is following the broader market shift that has investors allocating more capital to commercial real estate debt.
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1 top producer company-wide. In 2017, Annie recorded more than $86 million in sales volume. Annie is among the country's top agents. She ranks #27 in the Bay Area according to The Thousand list compiled by REAL Trends and The Wall Street Journal, and is #6 in San Francisco on the Leading 100
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Bank South Pacific PNG has the largest lending market share of 59 per cent with K7 billion (bn) in loan volumes an increase of K53 million (m) in this quarter. The remaining banking business combined in Solomon Islands, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu hold K3.9bn in loans and increased by
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The US Senate on Tuesday cleared a key procedural hurdle needed to move forward with a major bank deregulation bill that could pass the chamber in the coming days. If it becomes law, the bill would significantly loosen Wall Street regulations that were put in place by the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank
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