Austin Aries Title Defense, 'Bogus Adventure Match' Set For MLW Card, Impact Announces …

Austin Aries Title Defense, 'Bogus Adventure Match' Set For MLW Card, Impact Announces …

A subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., the parent company of IMPACT Wrestling, GWN is available on all major over-the-top (OTT) platforms and devices, including online at GlobalWrestlingNetwork.com, iOS and Android, Xbox, and coming soon to Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Smart TVs.
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Summit Industrial Income REIT Announces Acquisition of Property and New Financing

The REIT will pay $14.9 million for the property, financed by a new $10.0 million five-year mortgage with an expected 3.82% interest rate, with the balance in cash from the REIT's credit lines, generating a very strong 6.0% capitalization rate. The REIT expects to close the transaction on or before June 1,
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Building greener thinking into the Middle East's real estate

“The drive for sustainability in real estate is definitely picking up steam,” says Chris Aird, Associate – Construction and Real Estate Project Management, for Projects in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt at JLL. “Sustainable energy production measures are becoming more prevalent as regional governments
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The sharp decline in the growth rates of mortgage borrowing seen in the past year has ended; the …

The growth rates in mortgage borrowing appear to have levelled off an an annual rate of above 5.5% after declining sharply in the past year. The latest Reserve Bank figures monitoring sector credit show last month the annual rate of growth in mortgage borrowing was at 5.8%, which was the same as in
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Regulator warns bank reforms threaten financial stability

A top US bank regulator has fired a parting shot at lawmakers by warning that a bank-deregulation bill that has passed the Senate could pose a threat to financial stability. Tom Hoenig, who is due to step down as vice-chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in coming weeks, said in a
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CUSO digital banking provider connect financial software solutions joins The Corelation certified …

MURRAY, UT (March 28, 2018) — Connect is excited to announce its membership in the Certified Partner Program with Corelation Inc. Connect has developed, tested and successfully deployed its digital banking interface for Orion credit union in Memphis, TN. “This core integration leverages
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Rate rises, red tape to keep a ceiling on Canadian house prices: Reuters poll

Meanwhile British Columbia – home to Canada's most expensive real estate market – announced last month it would crack down on property speculators by expanding its foreign buyers tax and introducing a new speculation tax. “Tighter regulation and rising interest rates have led to an increase in
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Singapore February bank lending rises 0.1 percent from month ago

SINGAPORE, March 29 (Reuters) – Singapore's total bank lending in February rose 0.1 percent from the month earlier, on the back of increased loans to businesses, central bank data showed on Thursday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city-state amounted to S$650.9 billion last
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Brazil central bank stimulates banking sector

Brazil's central bank has eased reserve requirements for the banking sector in a move aimed at boosting liquidity as the country's economy slowly climbs out of recession. One week after the central bank cut its benchmark Selic interest rates to a new record low, it announced late on Wednesday it would
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Eticket4 Announces an Amusing Airdrop Campaign Before the Completion of ICO – Each …

Eticket4, an international p2p-marketplace for buying and selling tickets for sports, music, theater and other events to secondary market participants, announces Airdrop campaign. The Eticket4 token generation event ends soon.
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Punjab National Bank to honour 352 LoUs and FLCs collectively worth Rs 6500 crore

Punjab National Bank will honour 352 maturing letters of undertaking (LoUs) and foreign letters of credit (FLCs) issued by it, collectively worth Rs 6,500 crore, the lender said in a statement. The decision was made by the bank's board and will help settle LoUs with seven banks in connection with the
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Singapore bank lending inches up in February

Loans through the domestic banking unit – which tracks lending in all currencies, but mainly reflects Singapore-dollar lending – stood at S$650.93 billion last month, up just 0.05 per cent from S$650.62 billion in January. There was a slight growth in business loans, which edged up 0.03 per cent to
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Linksys is changing hands again with Foxconn buying Belkin for $866 million

“This move will accelerate our vision of delivering technology that makes the lives of people around the world better, more convenient, and more fulfilling. I am thrilled to take our brand portfolio of Belkin, Linksys, Wemo and Phyn to new heights,” said Chet Pipkin, CEO and founder, Belkin International.
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Daimler, BMW Reach a Deal to Merge Car-Sharing Units

Car2Go and DriveNow were both originally started as ventures with established vehicle-rental companies, but Stuttgart-based Daimler and Munich-based BMW each bought out the other owners this year, setting the stage for a tie-up. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg. Daimler AG and BMW AG
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Saudi Bank Pegs Growth Hopes on Mortgages, Women Buying Cars

Al Rajhi Bank is also planning to expand its corporate-lending business on optimism that businesses will start borrowing again later this year, after loans to the private sector fell in 2017, Chief Executive Officer Steve Bertamini said in an interview. Rising demand for corporate and housing loans should
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Crypto's Billionaire Trading King Has Suddenly Run Into Problems

When news of the Japan warning emerged last week, he responded by sharing a Chinese proverb with his more than 139,000 Twitter followers: “New (often better) opportunities always emerge during times of change.” In a series of interviews with Bloomberg News over the past two months, Zhao has
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VW Unveils a Pickup Truck Concept For Americans

Volkswagen has unveiled the Atlas Tanoak, pickup truck concept named after a species of tree native to the U.S. West Coast, a signal that the German automaker is considering chasing one of the biggest volume segments in America. The dual-cab short-bed pickup is just a concept, a detail VW was
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Silicon Valley Execs Champion Controversial Housing Bill

California is bracing for a high-profile fight over the state's housing crisis. It's a clash that pits Silicon Valley technology executives, who want to cut regulations that make it hard to build multi-story apartment buildings, against existing home owners and affordable housing advocates. The housing crunch
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EU Proposes Lower Fees for Bank Payments, Currency Conversion

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Banks in the European Union will have to cut fees on cross-border payments in euros and on some currency conversions within … The measures, if agreed by EU states and lawmakers, are expected to lower consumers' costs but will reduce profits mostly for banks outside the 19
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How Debbie Wheeler's Security Background Prepared Her To Be Delta's First Chief Information …

Prior to Delta, she served as the CISO at Fifth Third Bank, Ally Financial and Freddie Mac. “Delta is a company known for making investments to take care of its people and its customers. This really matters when you're talking about the world I work in every day,” Wheeler explains. Wheeler shared more
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Sarabjit "Ruby” Walia Appointed Head of Digital for HSBC's US Retail Banking and Wealth …

Sarabjit "Ruby” Walia Appointed Head of Digital for HSBC's US Retail Banking and Wealth …

HSBC Bank today announced that Sarabjit “Ruby” Walia was appointed Head of Digital for its US Retail Banking and Wealth Management Group (RBWM). Walia is responsible for setting the strategy, operating model and performance standards for HSBC's digital channels in the US and Canada. He will
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Singapore Boasts It's Beating Hong Kong to Be Asian Business Hub

Hong Kong has become more “China-centric,” enabling Singapore to take the lead when multinational companies look to set up their Asian headquarters in the region, according to the country's Economic Development Board. With Hong Kong becoming more focused since 1997 on servicing the
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Ecuador Cuts WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's Internet at Embassy

Assange frequently tweets more than a dozen times a day, sharing news stories and comments that often focus on global politics and digital security issues. In recent days, Assange had criticized Germany's detention of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont. He wrote that the European arrest
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Govt's housing schemes do not distort market

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said yesterday the affordable housing schemes offered by the government through initiatives like the 1Malaysia People's Housing Scheme (PR1MA) do not distort the local property industry. Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) senior
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IMLA: Lending set to rise for eighth straight year

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 is predicted to rise for the eighth year in a row to reach the highest level since 2007, according to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association's (IMLA) fifth annual market review and forecast. IMLA said that falling inflation will underpin sentiment despite Brexit
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Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR) Position Boosted by Swiss National Bank

Swiss National Bank increased its holdings in Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR) by 2.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form … In other news, CFO Richard Lee Jr. Phegley acquired 1,750 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 28th.
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loanDepot debuts prime jumbo mortgage deal

Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are joint leads on the $300m Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance 2018-MTG1. loanDepot last issued a securitization in 2015. That deal was backed by consumer loans and structured byJefferies. According to a presale from Moody's Investor Service, .
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Singaporeans spending fortune on cosmetic surgery for pet arowana fish

(File pix) An arowana at the home of Kenny Lim, a local hobbyist, in his aquatic menagerie of stingrays and arowanas, in Singapore, March 22, 2018. The New York Times/Todayonline Photo. By TODAY ONLINE – March 29, 2018 @ 9:39am. SINGAPORE: Eugene Ng jabbed a pudgy finger against the
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Taiwan rises as China reins in foreign spending

Within the first two hours of Art Basel in Hong Kong's (ABHK) opening on Tuesday, Lévy Gorvy gallery had sold a 1975 painting by Willem de Kooning with a $35m price tag, making it the most expensive purchase ever reported at the fair. The abstract canvas was sold by the Microsoft co-founder and
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Is COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) Co Ltd. (SGX:F83) Undervalued?

Great news for investors – COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) is still trading at a fairly cheap price. According to my valuation, the intrinsic value for the stock is SGD8.28, but it is currently trading at S$0.47 on the share market, meaning that there is still an opportunity to buy now. However, given
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Real estate acquisition preps Chaminade for expansion

“The Saticoy property is a rare find for our school community,” said Robert Webb, Chaminade president. “The acquisition of this property allows us to think boldly and creatively about our future facility and programmatic needs of our students. “In concert with our new strategic plan, we will envision our
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Home-Selling Can Come With $18000-Plus Price Tag

“From decluttering and staging to pre-inspections, agents and homeowners often spend months behind the scenes prepping a home—well before it's listed on the market,” Wacksman says. “If you're planning to sell this year, try to take some time to research what costs you may be responsible for and
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Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Seek Clear Regulations After Banks Shutter Accounts

Two Chilean cryptocurrency exchanges, BUDA and Crypto MKT, recently saw a number of banks in the country shut down their accounts for dealing with cryptocurrencies. In response, the companies decided to call on the country's banking association, Asociación de Bancos e Instituciones Financeras
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Multifamily Trends May Herald Bigger Senior Living Units

As baby boomers move out of suburban homes, many are flocking to multifamily rentals, especially high-end apartments in urban areas, according to Mark Culwell, managing director of multifamily development for privately held real estate services company Transwestern. “Everybody realized that the
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Groupon Apologizes After a Racial Slur Was Used to Describe Boots Listed on the Site

“We are appalled that this language was displayed on our site,” a Groupon spokesperson told Fortune. “This product description was provided by a third-party seller via our self-service platform. Regardless, this is completely unacceptable and violates our policies — to say nothing of our values.
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Tesla Bonds Are in Free Fall

In August, they lined up for the chance to finance Tesla Inc.'s ambitious rollout of its Model 3 sedan. Wooed by Musk's personal appeals, bond investors pretty much ignored the carmaker's prolific cash burn and repeated failures to meet production targets and lent it $1.8 billion at record-low interest rates.
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Pending home sales increase for first time in three months

A gauge of signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes increased in February for the first time in three months, highlighting uneven progress in the industry, according to data released Wednesday from the National Association of Realtors in Washington. The index rose 3.1%
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Amazon Loses $53 Billion in Market Value, Becoming FAANG's Biggest Loser

Benjamin Mandel of JPMorgan Asset Management and Bloomberg's Elena Popina discuss the fall of Facebook stock. … Facebook Inc. gave up the top loser spot to Amazon.com, which lost $53 billion in market value on Wednesday after Axios reported that President Donald Trump is “obsessed” with
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Orchid Island Capital And Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment: MBS Pricing For Q1 2018

The focus of this article is to provide readers fixed-rate agency mortgage-backed security (“MBS”) price movements during the first quarter of 2018 (through 3/23/2018). This includes pricing for both 15- and 30-year fixed-rate agency MBS holdings. Due to the constant fluctuations of mortgage interest
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Housing groups sue Facebook for allegedly allowing landlords, real estate companies to discriminate

In the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in New York City, several fair housing groups accuse Facebook of allowing landlords and real estate companies to illegally tailor their advertisement audiences on the basis of sex, family status, number of children and other factors. This practice, the housing
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Housing Stratification: Fewer Starter Homes, More Premium Homes

Housing Stratification: Fewer Starter Homes, More Premium Homes

The bubble of the mid 2000s represented a major turning point for the US housing market. The entry level segment of the market experienced far more distress than other higher priced segments and was riddled with underwater borrowers and foreclosures. The initial market response was a plunge in
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Adani Is Said to Delay Australia Coal Shipment, Eye Export Deals

Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd. will miss its original deadline to start shipping thermal coal from one of the world's biggest planned mines due to funding difficulties, even as it eyes export deals with Asian companies. The billionaire Gautam Adani-backed company has abandoned a 2020
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Investors Aren't Breaking Up With Tech—Yet

After all, the portfolio manager of the $4.5 billion Wells Fargo Growth Fund beat 93 percent of peers over the past year by piling into Amazon.com Inc. and Google's parent Alphabet Inc. But between Facebook Inc.'s privacy scandal and the back-to-back fatal crashes at Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla
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Angel Oak hires new mortgage head as new issue nears pricing

Namit Sinha has been hired as head of mortgage strategies at Angel Oak, after spending four years at Canyon Capital where he set up the firm's residential loan trading business as well as covering structured credit. He was previously at Nomura Securities as executive director of mortgage trading, .
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Hasbro CEO Admits Making Mistake With 'Last Jedi' Toys

Chief Executive Officer Brian Goldner says the company made an error by releasing toys too far ahead of the franchise's most recent movie, “The Last Jedi.” That contributed to disappointing sales of the products during the holidays — a season that was already hurt by the bankruptcy of Toys “R” Us Inc.
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Asian Banking Is About to Get Interesting

Their next steps are likely to be hikes, with the Philippines following suit. While these nations' central banks are minnows relative to the Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China, their rate decisions would show that emerging-market policymakers expect their economies to heat up after a long period of
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UPDATE 1-India's PNB to settle nearly $1 bln to peer banks in claims over fraud

In what has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India's banking history, two jeweller groups have been accused of defrauding banks by raising loans from overseas branches of Indian lenders using nearly $2 billion of fraudulent guarantees issued by rogue PNB staff at a Mumbai branch. PNB's board
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FHFA Announces Date for GSE Common Security Debut

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) will begin issuing a new common security called the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS) on June 3, 2019. The new security, which will be issued through the GSEs' joint venture
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AfDB seeks Sh200bn in public market deal for on-lending

Market News. AfDB seeks Sh200bn in public market deal for on-lending. Wednesday, March 28, 2018 20:57. By JAMES NGUNJIRI … It is the regional lender's first public market deal of 2018 and is to be redeemed on March 22, 2021. AfDB is rated the highest quality ratings by Moody's Investor Service,
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Icons of real estate share stories, impart wisdom

The panel, called Icons of Real Estate, consisted of Chad McWhinney, Kevin Brinkman, Connie Dohn, Larry Kendall and Martin Lind, who collectively have over the past four decades played critical roles in changing the landscape of Northern Colorado through myriad community developments,
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IBERIABANK names chief diversity officer

IBERIABANK has hired Monica R. Sylvain and the company's first chief diversity officer, the company announced. Sylvain, who was also named an executive vice president, will report to President and CEO Daryl G. Byrd and serve as an executive officer on IBERIABANK's leadership team. “We know that
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Terra Firma Capital Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2017 Financial Results

Loan and mortgage investments at December 31, 2017 is $119.0 million, an increase of $23.0 million or 24% from September 30, 2017. Revenues decreased by $400,000 to $3.0 million, compared to $3.4 million during the three months ended last year. Net income and comprehensive income
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Banking on sustainable energy projects in Ireland

Ireland must adopt more efficient and green energy. Herein lies an opportunity for businesses and developers in Ireland. Energy Cork will host a one-day conference on 12 April at the Clayton Hotel Cork City entitled “Energy Finance for a New Era”. National and international bankers, investors, energy
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Lender consolidation looms as liquidity dries up

There is an oncoming liquidity crisis that will force consolidation in the mortgage industry as margins tighten and funding sources dry up. … While MSRs for sale are scarce and that is a positive for prices, some mortgage bankers are not seeing the benefit because that is being offset by lower gain-on-sale
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Compliance a crucial aspect of real estate lending technology

When it comes time to considering technology, one area non-bank lenders in real estate finance cannot ignore are compliance challenges, Digital Risk LLC's senior vice president of client services Leo Loomie cautions. Mr. Loomie works with large banks, non-bank lenders and GSEs on managing loan
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Charlotte Talks: Charlotte's Hot Housing Market, Spring Real Estate Outlook

Charlotte has one of the hottest housing markets in the country, but that's not necessarily a good thing if you're in the market to buy. Rising sale prices, combined with an historically low inventory have made it particularly tough for first-time home buyers. Home builders are focusing on the luxury market
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Home Prices Surging Despite Increasing Mortgage Rates

Home mortgage rates have been climbing since the start of 2018, but that isn't having an impact on home values, with prices jumping 6.2% in January. This week, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 6.2% annual gain in home prices in January. That is lower
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Plainview firm charged with overbilling

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced the lawsuit against Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, which focuses on foreclosure, and its affiliates Enterprise Process Service as well as Paramount Land, a title company. Authorities said the organization engaged in a scheme “to generate false and
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Privacy Crisis Costs Facebook Top Five Ranking in S&P 500 Market Cap Club

Bruised by a privacy crisis, the social media giant lost its position among the top five S&P 500 companies by market value to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., as noted in Bespoke Investment Group LLC research. Facebook fell out of the club on March 19 and the gap widened to about $42 billion
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Facebook Ordered to Comply With US Tax Probe of Irish Unit

Facebook Inc. must allow a U.S. judge to inspect documents it has avoided showing the Internal Revenue Service as part of an investigation into the company's use of an Irish subsidiary for tax purposes. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ordered Facebook on Tuesday to let her review a selection of
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Wells Fargo donates mortgage-free home to Fortson veteran

Wells Fargo donates mortgage-free home to Fortson veteran

FORTSON, GA (WTVM) – Wells Fargo and Military Warriors Support Foundation partnered to donate a mortgage-free home to an Army veteran and his family. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. On Wednesday, a small ceremony was held for the family before they saw the home for the first time. The home was
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Big North American banks still banking on extreme fossil fuels

JPMorgan Chase has a big sustainability strategy that takes up pages of their website. The TD Bank runs a big Friends of the Environment Foundation that is emblazoned on the top of my cheques. Yet according to the Financial Times, along with the Royal Bank of Canada, they are the three lead banks
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Peter Munk, Entrepreneur Who Founded Barrick Gold, Dies at 90

Peter Munk, the Canadian immigrant who founded Barrick Gold Corp. in the early 1980s and transformed it from a small-scale operation into a global empire, has died. He was 90. He died Wednesday in Toronto, according to a company statement. No cause was given. Peter Munk. Photographer: Scott
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Family behind Coddingtown in Santa Rosa reorganize real estate pursuits

The family behind two of Sonoma County's largest commercial properties — including Coddingtown in Santa Rosa — on Wednesday said they finished splitting business holdings into two organizations. Investment company SOMO Living, LLC, whose largest holding is the 175-acre SOMO Village
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Bitcoin Bull Tom Lee Says HODL On During Slumps for Big Gains

Bitcoin advocate Thomas Lee is leaning on his years of experience as a stock analyst when warning cryptocurrency investors that they need to be patient in the wake of this year's more than 40 percent decline. Thomas Lee. Photographer: Chris Goodney/Bloomberg. “Market timing is generally
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Inspector General Confirms Probe of Warrant to Spy on Trump Aide

Members of Congress from both parties vouched for the inspector general's independence when Trump tweeted his view that the watchdog was partisan. “Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse?” the president wrote. “Will take forever, has no
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BNP Paribas Real Estate: visit your future home with the latest holoportation technology

28/03/2018 – Discover our news on BNP Paribas Real Estate: visit your future home with the latest holoportation technology – The bank for a changing world – BNP Paribas.
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Sioux City woman wins $20000 in prizes on Wheel of Fortune

Aggie Schoening, of rural Woodbury County, won nearly $20,000 in cash and prizes on “Wheel of Fortune,” which aired on Wednesday. A lifelong fan of the game show, … SIOUX CITY — Aggie Schoening can now check becoming a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune” off her bucket list. The rural Woodbury
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Skin in the game: Real residential brokerage will offer agents equity pay bonuses

Real, a tech-focused residential sales brokerage, plans to launch an equity-based bonus pay package for its agents later this year, The Real Deal has learned. … Real hasn't decided in what form the equity will be awarded. … Brokers pay Multiple Listings Service fees and local real estate board fees.
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US Supreme Court Grapples With Partisan-Gerrymandering Lawsuits

“It seems to me that that would be definitely to retaliate against a certain voter, the voter for the orange party who used to be in the majority is now in the minority,” Kennedy said. “He's got a complaint under your view?” The challengers in the Wisconsin case are pressing a somewhat different legal theory,
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Call For Action Team Helps Solve Boston Real Estate Tax Mix-Up

BOSTON (CBS) — “The minute the bill comes in, the money goes out.” Daphne Georges was talking about her real estate tax bill. As long as she has been living in her Jamaica Plain home, she has always paid the bill right away. So, she was surprised when her latest bill stated she had never paid last
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Ocwen Helps 45000-Plus Families Avoid Foreclosure in 2017

“Ocwen leads the industry in offering innovative mortgage loan modifications, and is proud to help homeowners across the country find solutions that allow them to remain … 31, 2017, Ocwen has granted approximately 765,200 loan modifications nationwide and forgiven more than $18.5 billion in debt.
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5 ETFs with Amazon Up and Trump Isn't Happy

Trump blames Amazon for the decline of brick-and-mortar retailers and the pain that has caused real-estate developers. According to the Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, Trump believes Amazon is a negative force for smaller, locally owned retailers and wants to find a way to curve the company's
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Muskingum County Real Estate Transfers

303 Delbert F. and Kathryn J. Ross to Kenneth and Angela R. Ayers, 3950 Morgan Lane, Roseville, $20,000. 304 One Main Financial Services Inc. to Forest and Carol Bollinger, 531 Branch Road, Zanesville, $94,500. 305 Gary L. and Viola Janet Linn to KAP 2806 LLC, 2625 Bell St., Zanesville,
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Mortgage Apps on the Rise

The Market Composite Index, which is a part of the survey and measures mortgage loan application volumes increased 5 percent on an unadjusted basis compared to the previous week, while the refinance index rose 7 percent from last week, the survey indicated. The seasonally adjusted Purchase
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Cortez Masto and six other senators seek hearing on banking bill for pot industry

A bipartisan group of seven senators, including Catherine Cortez Masto, on Wednesday wrote to the leaders of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, urging them to hold a hearing on a bill that would allow banks to work with state-licensed marijuana businesses. “A hearing would
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NWI Real Estate Trends 2018: Predictions from the Experts

Jeanne Sommer, owner and broker of Century 21 Alliance Group, forecasted that real estate markets in Northwest Indiana are expected to grow both in volume and pricing. However low inventory, a hurdle for buyers across the country, is a problem echoed in the region. Especially for individuals on a
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GSEs Launching Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

The FHFA reports that Freddie Mac began using CSS for data acceptance, issuance Support, and bond administration activities related to current single-class, fixed-rate, MBS back in November 2016. CSS has also been using the CSP to process approximately 1,000 new securities per month, as well as
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Unexpected growth seen in “Global CCTV Camera Housing Market” as it may reach high% of …

Global CCTV Camera Housing Market Study Report 2018-2025. The examination report examines deeply about the market based on a few criteria, including type, geographical regions, and application to give a detailed understanding to the investors and firms that are looking forward to the expansion.
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

The report, 'Banking on Climate Change 2018', is the ninth annual report ranking bank policies and practices related to the financing of some of the most carbon-intensive, financially risky and environmentally destructive fossil fuel sectors. The report also details the negative impacts of these sectors on
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Cynthia Nixon says public housing conditions 'devastating'

Cynthia Nixon says public housing conditions 'devastating'

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sex and the City” star and governor's race candidate Cynthia Nixon visited a housing complex on Wednesday and said the conditions she saw were “devastating,” in some cases resulting in death. Some residents hold umbrellas while using toilets under leaky ceilings. Moldy
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Bank of America's bot is “Erica” because apparently all digital assistants are women

Bank of America is about to launch its new virtual assistant. Like most other AI-powered bots, the program will use natural language processing so that the bank's customers can ask it to perform tasks. The new app is called “Erica,” and will be there for all your banking needs–another gendered,
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Proptech – the emerging disruption in real estate

A good example of such an application would be Zillow, the largest real estate portal in the US. It provides a “Zestimate” or a valuation for the property the user is querying about, as well as a forecast of property value trends of up to a year. These features provide users with more visibility and support
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Judge rules Cook County can pursue part of predatory lending lawsuit against Wells Fargo

On Monday, Feinerman ruled that Cook County may pursue federal Fair Housing Act claims against Wells Fargo, to the extent the bank's alleged “equity stripping” practices raised the cost of administering and processing a higher number of foreclosures but he dismissed the county's claims alleging
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Columbia County Real Estate Broker earns Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Awards

Local real estate professional Molly Hruska was recently recognized by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate and the … Hruska, a full-time broker since 1990, is a Certified Residential Specialist, holds the Graduate Realtor Institute designation, and is a past Columbia County
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Affordable housing group says fears about Airbnb's effect on New Orleans housing have come true

An affordable-housing group released a report saying the proliferation of Airbnbs is contributing to rising housing prices. … —Breonne DeDecker, Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative “Short-term rentals are removing rental housing from a market that is already in crisis,” said Jane Place
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Trump Replaces Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin With Presidential Physician

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin walks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland in August 2017. Joshua Roberts — Reuters. By Bloomberg. 6:38 PM EDT. (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he will replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Rear Admiral
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Criticizes Facebook's Approach to Privacy

Apple CEO Tim Cook had harsh words for Facebook and the recent uproar over how the social network handled user data. Cook said Wednesday in an interview with tech news site Recode and MSNBC that Apple is “not going to traffic in your personal life,” a dig at rival companies that collect and share
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Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16 Billion Housekeeping Industry

Real estate services company Redfin Corp. employs more than 1,000 real estate agents in 80 markets. Unlike traditional firms that rely on commission-based agents, Redfin hires them so they can focus on serving their customers' interests rather than just closing deals, Chief Executive Officer Glenn
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Zuckerberg's Just Doing What He'd Have Been Forced to Do

As with so much news-flow relating to data over the past two years, there's an overwhelming sense that the barn door is casually being closed long after the horse has bolted. 1. Admittedly, Facebook would only have been forced to implement the new GDPR measures in Europe. But it would have been
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Radian buys direct-to-consumer title insurer Entitle Direct

Eric Ray, Radian's senior executive vice president of technology and transaction services, will be responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for the company's title and settlement services businesses, the company said in a release. “We are delighted to welcome Entitle to the Radian family of
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How Much Housing Wealth Do Older Homeowners Have?

According to a study by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, housing equity for homeowners aged 62 and older increased by $149 billion between Q3 2017 and Q4 2017, hitting a massive total of $6.6 trillion. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association revealed that figure in
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Elon Musk's Boring Company to Sell Life-Size Stone Lego Bricks, Because Why Not

At a price of $500 each, this promotion generated $10 million for The Boring Company. Two promotions, $11 million. Did you think that Musk would stop there? If you assumed this, we wouldn't blame you. After all, these promotions were probably already enough to earn him the title of World Promo
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Canadian P&C people on the move

She was previously chief privacy officer and vice president with title insurance company TitlePLUS. She joined LAWPRO in the 1990s with a mandate to develop and build a lawyer-centric title insurance option and related technology tools for Ontario's real estate bar. Since Waters became president and
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Trending: Sustainable Cocoa for an Ethical Easter?

And third, has the company extended its commitment beyond West Africa to protect forests all over the world, refusing to buy deforestation cocoa no matter where it's from? For each of these questions, chocolate companies, retailers and cocoa suppliers were given a green “good egg” for leadership,
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Digging for cobalt riches: Congo races to fix a deadly problem

The pits can be dangerous and in 2016, Amnesty International found children involved in sorting, washing, crushing and carrying cobalt. Since then, major buyers have sought to avoid the informal mines, opting for international companies that run industrial operations, such as Glencore. Some, like
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Who Are The Top Investors In VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ:VVPR)?

In this article, I will take a quick look at VivoPower International PLC's (NASDAQ:VVPR) recent ownership structure – an unconventional investing subject, but an important one. The impact of a company's ownership structure affects both its short- and long-term performance. Different types of investors
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Amazon Slides With Another 'Long Day' for Tech Traders

But the sector soon took a downturn after Axios reported that President Donald Trump is said to be looking at whether to go after Amazon.com Inc. with antitrust or competition law. Amazon fell as much as 6.2 percent, its worst day in more than six weeks. Other megacap peers including Apple Inc. and
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Slide show: Montreal's luxury housing market is heating up just as foreign buyers are becoming …

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Bloomberg Markets: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy

GUEST: Varun Sivaram Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology Council on Foreign Relations Discussing his book “Taming The Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet.” It's a look at how solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative
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How 300 homeowners may have broken affordable-housing rules — and what happens next

How 300 homeowners may have broken affordable-housing rules — and what happens next

In other cases, the title companies appear to have missed the restrictions altogether, he said. In those cases, the title company may be liable and cover the cost of the mistake — but not always, due to time limits and other restrictions. Woodbury said that the city has tried to ensure that homeowners stay in
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No Holiday Cheer for Saks Owner Unable to End Sales Slide

Hudson's Bay has axed 2,000 jobs, reorganized management and centralized e-commerce operations under a plan to win back customers, who are increasingly turning away from department stores in favor of online retailers like Amazon.com Inc. The Toronto-based company, which is also facing a
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Brexit Transition Means Business as Usual for Banks, BOE Says

U.K. financial regulators sought to reassure banks and insurers that they can rely on a transition period to ease their adjustment to Brexit, putting pressure on the European Union to do the same. The statements on Wednesday from the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority are their latest
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Polish Ruling Party Support Plunges Amid EU Clash, Bonus Scandal

Poland's ruling party suffered its biggest drop in popularity in two years as clashes over democratic standards and a Holocaust law, a government shakeup and a public bonus scandal were compounded by mass street protests. The Law & Justice party saw its support drop more than a quarter to 28
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Democrats Take Positive View of Walmart in Reversal for Retailer

A customer uses a self-checkout kiosk at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in Burbank, California. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg. Walmart Inc., which has taken more progressive stands on everything from worker pay to gay rights in recent years, has won over the majority of Democrats — a
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Kabbage Data Shows Mobile is the Future for Small Business Lending

Kabbage has always been a forward thinking small business lender so it isn't surprising to see them interested in researching mobile usage so heavily for their small business borrowers. They currently allow small businesses to apply, qualify and withdraw funds from their app which is available in the
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Manhattan Housing Market Shrugs Despite Big Wall Street Bonuses

Despite the biggest Wall Street bonuses since the Great Recession, Manhattan recorded a 15% drop in luxury home buying in the first quarter of 2018, according to data on luxury contracts, a disparity that highlights the diminishing weight of bonus season on the city's housing market. Wall Street bankers
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Fortune .400: Baylor's Thomas cashing in with breakout season

Andy Thomas has a great ability to “stay on plane” as a hitter, said Baylor coach Andy Rodriguez, leading to hits to all fields. Jose Yau. baylor baseball. Buy Now. After playing sparingly as a freshman, Baylor's Andy Thomas has put together a breakout season as the Bears' every-day first baseman.
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Biglari Capital Lowered Its Stake in Investors Title Co (ITIC) by $1.88 Million as Share Price Rose …

Weybosset Research & Management Llc increased its stake in Apple Inc (AAPL) by 170.82% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Weybosset Research & Management Llc bought 3,150 shares as the company's stock declined 3.81% with the market. The institutional investor held
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Realty market rises from demonetisation's ashes

The real estate market in the state capital has been on a recovery mode over the last year and added to this was the non-revision of guidance value of properties. More than 70% of the revenue for the department comes in from Bengaluru where the transaction of apartments and plots has picked up and
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New York foreclosure firm accused of cheating Fannie Mae out of millions

“Specifically, Rosicki falsely represented that the fees charged by Enterprise and Paramount were the actual, reasonable, and necessary costs incurred in performing service of process and title searches, and that those fees were competitive in the relevant markets.” HousingWire attempted to contact
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I Am Buying The Drop Of This 11.9% Top-Notch Mortgage REIT

The mortgage REIT just declared a stable first quarter dividend of $0.50/share which translates into an 11.9 percent dividend yield. While I expected management to hike its Q1-2018 dividend based on strong core earnings and ample dividend coverage, New Residential Investment remains a “Strong
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BBX Capital Real Estate and CC Homes Announce the Completion of Bonterra — CC Homes

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwired – March 28, 2018) – BBX Capital Real Estate, a division of BBX Capital Corporation ( NYSE : BBX) (“BBX Capital”), and its joint venture partner, CC Homes — a Codina-Carr Company (“CC Homes”), today announced the completion of its Bonterra community
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Cambridge Analytica, a London-based data analytics firm which worked on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, has been the subject of a blizzard of recent news stories following revelations that the company harvested 50 million Facebook user profiles and used that information to micro-target
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Is Buying Titan International Inc (de) (NYSE:TWI), Having Lower Short Interest a Winning Strategy?

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.9 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.39, from 1.29 in 2017Q3. It worsened, as 12 investors sold Titan International, Inc. shares while 51 reduced holdings. 21 funds opened positions while 36 raised stakes. 51.74 million shares or 0.05% less from 51.76 million shares in 2017Q3
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Govt to provide buying houses maximum support for exports boost

KARACHI: The government, realizing the pivotal role of buying and sourcing houses in promotion of regional and international trade, is ready to provide all kind of support and facilitation to these; also re-activate those which have suspended their operations in Pakistan for one reason or another, said
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Sarabjit “Ruby” Walia Appointed Head of Digital for HSBC's US Retail Banking and Wealth …

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HSBC Bank today announced that Sarabjit “Ruby” Walia was appointed Head of Digital for its US Retail Banking and Wealth Management Group (RBWM). Walia is responsible for setting the strategy, operating model and performance standards for HSBC's digital
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Lennar is the latest big name to partner up with this red-hot San Francisco fintech

According to The Wall Street Journal, Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) will begin using technology from San Francisco-based Blend to help customers speed up the mortgage application process through online options and tools to get loans. The companies claim that could shave more than a week off of the
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Revised fourth-quarter growth of 2.9% beat Wall Street's expectations

The U.S. economy expanded by 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, much better than Wall Street analysts had expected and very close to President Trump's goal of 3 percent growth. The strong growth can be largely attributed to Americans opening their wallets
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New Owners of Air India to Get Planes And $5 Billion of Debt

An Air India Ltd. aircraft passes over traffic as it prepares to land at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg. India is selling a controlling stake in its flagship carrier along with two-thirds of the loss-making airline's about $7.8 billion debt, as Prime Minister
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Perry Ellis International to Post Q1 2019 Earnings of $0.71 Per Share, KeyCorp Forecasts (PERY)

Perry Ellis International to Post Q1 2019 Earnings of $0.71 Per Share, KeyCorp Forecasts (PERY)

Zacks Investment Research upgraded Perry Ellis International from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $28.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 5th. BidaskClub cut Perry Ellis International from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday,
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Social grant beneficiaries liable for R10 'banking fee' for the next three months

More than 5.4-million beneficiaries who collect their social grants at ATMs and shops using their South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) cards will, for the next three months, incur a R10 “banking fee”. This was revealed by the agency's Dianne Dunkerley in Parliament on Wednesday. She also
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Safra family's real estate arm buys Soho building for $24M

The real estate family office for the Safra family has purchased a mixed-use Soho building for $23.5 million, property records show. The building at 13 Prince Street stands five stories tall with 20 apartments and three commercial units. JSRE Acquisitions purchased it from 224 Enterprises Inc., which is
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The Four Questions Everyone Should Be Asking

Again, mortgage loan parameters are pretty standard regardless of where one obtains financing, but a direct question at the beginning of the process asking for an all-inclusive list of documents that will be required can make the difference. The problem with many “shops” is that there are too many cooks
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UK to Review Visas for 700 Rich Russians as Part of Crackdown

Hundreds of wealthy Russians who moved to the U.K. promising to invest millions of pounds in businesses will have their visas reviewed under plans for a crackdown following the nerve agent attack on a former spy. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said her officials will be trawling through the cases of 700
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US Economic Growth Revised Higher on Spending, Inventories

The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists showed a 2.5 percent pace. While the survey shows consumer spending slowing to a 2.1 percent rate, Fed officials remain upbeat about the prospects for households. Policy makers this month boosted their median forecast for economic growth
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Argentina Rejects Investor Advice for IMF Credit Line

Argentine companies and provinces found themselves shut out of capital markets, compounding concern that a $9 billion sovereign-bond sale in January had crowded markets. Caputo's team promised it would seek to finance the nation domestically for the rest of 2018, seeming to ease investor anxiety.
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TD Bank adopts nCino's digital lending platform

TD Bank this week became the largest financial institution to adopt nCino's Bank Operating System digital lending platform. The $312 billion-asset bank on Tuesday announced it will use the technology across its corporate and commercial lending divisions as part of a digital transformation. The first
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WHEDA wins a $5238656 Capital Magnet Fund award

Funding for the Capital Magnet Fund comes from the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. For 45 years, WHEDA, as an independent state authority, has provided low-cost financing for housing and small business development in Wisconsin. Since 1972, WHEDA has
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Castle & Cooke Mortgage Honored as a “Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance”

“A company is only as good as the people who work there,” said Castle & Cooke Mortgage President and Chief Operating Officer Adam Thorpe. “We focus on hiring the best and brightest in our industry and then reminding them how valuable they are by listening to their feedback, rewarding them for their
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People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

The team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty brought home several awards from its network's annual sales performance awards event, including an honor for the entire firm, which earned a spot in the Elite Circle, ranking as the No. 21 highest-performing office in the Berkshire Hathaway
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Foxconn to buy LA-based Belkin for $866 million

Foxconn Technology Group and Belkin both do big business with Apple Inc. Now they're doing big business with each other. Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd., a subsidiary of the Taiwanese company that manufactures iPhones overseas and is planning a $10 billion LCD screen plant in Mount
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Schuring Recommending Changes To Payday Lending Bill

The current bill would cap payday lending interest at 28%. Republican Rep Kirk Schuring recommending a move away from strict caps, saying they could lead to shutdowns of payday storefronts. “If it is too restrictive then you might have someone who really needs emergency dollars won't have access
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Property Coin ICO: A Securities Token for a Real Estate Portfolio

Aperture is a new platform that is focusing on the real estate marketplace putting a new spin on property crowdfunding. While not the first blockchain based real estate startup, Property Coin (PCX) is in the midst of a security token offering that is claiming first when it comes to crypto denominated
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"Overheated" Southeast Texas housing market

Southeast Texas realtors are calling the housing market “overheated” due to prices climbing from Tropical Storm Harvey. According to realtor, Ann Scoggin at Coldwell Banker, availability for homes to buy is short which makes the area a sellers market. Scoggin says that because of the availably for
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JPMorgan CEO: Banking Bill “Doesn't Really Have Anything to Do With Us”

JPMorgan Chase will not benefit from a recent bipartisan bank deregulation bill that passed in the Senate, the bank's CEO Jamie Dimon claimed to The Intercept last week after an event in Washington. “The banking bill is only really affecting smaller banks, so it doesn't really have anything to do with us,”
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Sticking With Dividend ETFs as Rates Rise

Sectors that do not — such as real estate, telecommunications and utilities — combine for less than 8% of FDRR's roster,” reports InvestorPlace. Many FDRR holdings also offer dividend growth potential or have already displayed impressive track records of payout growth. Companies with a record of
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Tesla Shares Fall to Lowest Point in a Year on Model 3 Worries, Crash Probe

Elon Musk and Tesla shareholders are taking a beating, as the electric carmaker's stock fell to its lowest point in over a year on Wednesday. Tesla shares continued their selloff from a day earlier, tumbling 8% in trading Wednesday on news that U.S. investigators were looking into a fatal March 23 crash
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Mortgage Rates at 2-Week Lows

In other words, mortgage rates haven't returned to previous lows as quickly as Treasuries. That may not be the greatest news for today's mortgage rates, but it means that there's room to improve if Treasuries are able to keep the recent trend alive. Looked at another way, the absence of improvement
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Saudi Stock Exchange Joins FTSE Global Equity Index Series

“Over the past year, Tadawul has continued to work closely with Saudi government bodies and leading emerging market investors to introduce capital market reforms to bolster the effectiveness of the market and foster an attractive investment climate for local and international investors,” said Sarah Al
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Top Customer Experience Firm Announces Highly Anticipated Banking Event Series to Premiere …

Top Customer Experience Firm Announces Highly Anticipated Banking Event Series to Premiere …

“This can be accomplished by understanding and adapting to customer needs, embracing change and new technology, and facing industry challenges head-on. But many banks and credit unions struggle with how to do this successfully. Those that attend Surviving to Thriving in the Banking Industry will
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TRANSACTIONS: Meridian secures $14.1M Brooklyn mortgage, GCP totals $33.7M in loans

TRANSACTIONS: Meridian secures $14.1M Brooklyn mortgage, GCP totals $33.7M in loans. By REW … A mortgage of $3,150,000 on an 18-unit multifamily property on Ogden Avenue in the Bronx. … $6,158,000 acquisition financing for a 62-unit multifamily on Piney Branch Way in La Plata, MD.
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The Most Lucrative Real Estate on the Planet

If you thought you missed the boat on the wireless boom-think again. The seeds of telecommunications that have minted billionaires in the U.S. are now budding in the explosively fertile land of Latin America. We're still only at the start of this game, with wireless telecom spending expected to hit $917
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UBank's new chatbot is a hit with mortgage applicants

RoboChat, a new AI-powered assistant that guides customers throughout the home loan application process, has boosted UBank's completion rates by 15%. Built by IBM Watson and launched in May 2017, RoboChat was based on the hypothesis that artificial intelligence could make the home loan
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Foreign buyers are fueling housing price increases in Quebec

The presence of foreign buyers in Quebec's real estate market is putting “marginal upward pressure” on prices, according to new data from the province's Finance Ministry that sheds some light on the impact of non-Canadian property purchases on Quebec's housing market. From 2016 to 2017, the
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California Housing Market Surging After Last Year's Wildfires

As Northern California rises from the ashes, so too does its housing market, suggests just-released Trulia data. After catastrophic fires swept through the area five months ago, it's not only are resident choosing to stay—new ones are also aiming to move in, the report says. The heightening demand is
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Changes to our mortgage range

Changes to our mortgage range. On Tuesday 27 March 2018 we're withdrawing selected 5 year fixed rate products and increasing our 60% LTV 2 year tracker, as well as reducing our 95% 2 year fixed rate product.
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SALE OF PENTHOUSE AT THE LION SETS LIONSHEAD REAL ESTATE RECORD

March 28, 2018—The sale of the penthouse at The Lion, a recently launched luxury property designed in “alpine modern” style, set the price per square foot (PPSF) record for a real estate transaction in Lionshead Village when it closed on March 20, 2018. The transaction's PPSF was $3,063.90.
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The Morning Risk Report: Former NATO Chief Enters Latvian Banking Fray

Its central bank chief is under investigation for allegations of bribery and money laundering, and its third-largest lender collapsed following U.S. allegations of money laundering. Mr. Rasmussen said in his letter the U.S. Treasury Department's allegations undermined Latvia's progress, AP reports.
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This Company Beat the Odds to Become One of the World's Most 'Innovative' Drug Giants

What makes a drug company “innovative”? This is a term that regularly gets tossed around in the biopharma industry—a high-risk, high reward sector wherein a promising experimental treatment in the early stages may ultimately prove a commercial bust. A medicine that suggests long-term value may
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UBA London subsidiary gets full banking licence

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced that its London subsidiary has obtained regulatory approval to carry out wholesale banking activities in the United Kingdom.A statement by the bank on Tuesday noted that with this authorisation, UBA is now the only sub-Saharan African bank to conduct
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Hilco Real Estate Retained To Sell Land Portfolio Owned By IDI Logistics

NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Hilco Real Estate has been hired by Atlanta-based IDI Logistics, one of the world's leading investors and developers of logistics warehouses and distribution parks, to market nineteen development parcels located in high-image industrial parks across
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Record Stock Streak Adds $12 Billion to Casino Tycoon's Fortune

Macau's top casino operator is on a record winning streak as the effects of a Chinese anti-graft campaign fade — and that's enriching its owner to the tune of $12 billion. Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. has jumped about 200 percent during a seven-quarter winning streak, placing it among the top four
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Orange eyes energy, banking in fresh Africa drive

Orange announced plans to diversify its Africa business by expanding its play in the energy sector and launching full retail banking services across eight markets. In separate statements, the company outlined plans to extend its role in electricity provision into five new markets and unveiled moves to
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Humane Society celebrates paying off Hickory facility mortgage, honors longtime supporter

HICKORY — The Humane Society of Catawba County's celebrated twice Tuesday by paying off a 10-year-old, $1 million loan that helped build the Hickory location and recognizing longtime supporter and donor, Pat Anderson. “Everyone knows that the facility is named after Pat, but we felt that just
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Why Housing Stocks & ETFs Can Have a Spring in Their Step

Last week, existing and new U.S. home sales data for the month of February released, which gave mixed signals about the industry. Despite persistently low inventories and a shoot-up in price, existing-home sales recovered in February after two consecutive months of decline and beat market
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Dubai's biggest bank approves $600m cash dividend payout

Dubai's biggest bank, Emirates NBD, has approved a cash dividend for shareholders of 40 percent amounting to more than AED2.2 billion ($600 million) for 2017. At the bank's general assembly meeting, Emirates NBD chairman, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said the UAE economy and the
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Govt To Provide Buying Houses Maximum Support For Exports Boost: Secretary Commerce

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 28th Mar, 2018 ):The government, realizing the pivotal role of buying and sourcing houses in promotion of regional and international trade, is ready to provide all kind of support and facilitation to these; also re-activate those which have suspended their
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New technologies set to disrupt UAE banking sector in 2018

As the UAE banking sector comes to terms with new regulations and the implications of VAT, KPMG's third edition of the annual UAE banking perspectives report reveals how technological innovation and strong corporate governance will enable banks to transform into robust financial institutions.
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Monarch Title Company New Location

Monarch Title Company is opening a new location in Osage Beach. This will be in addition to their locations in Columbia, Jefferson City, Boonville, and Brookfield. Monarch Title was opened in November of 2001 in Columbia by Maureen and Mike Dalton. Since then, the company has expanded to serve
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Meritage Homes (MTH) and The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Meritage Homes (MTH) and The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Meritage Homes (NYSE: MTH) is one of 79 publicly-traded companies in the “CONSTRUCT/BLDG SERV” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Meritage Homes to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings,
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Millions of social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 'bank charge'

Over 5.4 million beneficiaries who collect their social grants at ATMs and shops using their South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) cards will for the next three months incur a R10 “banking fee”. This was revealed by the agency's Dianne Dunkerley in Parliament on Wednesday. She also assured
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UK Retail Woes Send Stores Into Financial Distress, BOE Warns

Signs of pain on the U.K. high street grew in the first quarter, according to a report by the Bank of England's network of agents. Weak consumer spending means there is now “some evidence of financial distress in retail and leisure,” the central bank warned on Wednesday, citing a summary by its agents
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Fintech craze changing face of lending

Kenyans have a long list of mobile lending services to choose from. FILE PHOTO | NMG. Facebook · Twitter · LinkedIn · Google · Whatsapp · Messenger. The numbers are in and the jury is out. The world over the fintech craze that underpins lending outside the traditional banking ecosystem continues
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Haute Residence's 5th Annual Real Estate Summit Returns To NYC

Haute Residence invites you to an informative day of luxury real estate and development as they host the 5th Annual Haute Residence Luxury Real Estate Summit. The event will invite the biggest developers, brokers and visionaries from New York and Miami to join forces at New York City's CORE: Club
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Real estate agents took 'outrageous and egregious' advantage of senior: regulator

MONCTON, N.B. — Two New Brunswick real estate agents have had their licences revoked after taking what the regulator calls “outrageous and egregious advantage” of a vulnerable senior. The provincial real estate industry regulator says Tanya Hannah and Maurice Poirier, owners of Century 21
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New bank launched in Australia to challenge big four monopoly

Challenger bank Judo Capital has launched in Australia this week, with the ambition of servicing Australia's underbanked SME sector. In an industry long dominated by the big four banks – ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac – the new bank has a view to
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Tinley Park Woman Wins Car On 'Wheel Of Fortune'

A Tinley Park woman won a car and more than $30,000 in cash and prizes during an appearance Tuesday on “Wheel of Fortune.” Donna Martin, a retail merchandiser for a greeting card company, also made it to the game show's final puzzle, but she wasn't able to solve it. Mason, who also has worked
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Fannie/Freddie Joint MBS Arrives in June, 2019

The long-planned Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS), designed to replace the current to be announced- (TBA) eligible MBS issued separately by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) will become a reality on June 3, 2019. While still more than a year away, the Federal Housing Finance
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Let's hope resolution on military lending lands soon

LAS VEGAS — Chatter about the Military Lending Act buzzed at both the American Financial Services Association Vehicle Finance Conference and the NADA Show here last week. What's next for the U.S. Defense Department's latest, befuddling interpretation of the act that could put auto lenders and
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Tax Cut's Warts Show Up in Short-Term Lending

The latest sign that it may not live up to its hype is coming from a corner of the financial market that stock investors rarely think about — short-term loans. The three-month lending rate, which is still priced, at least for now, off Libor, has been rising rapidly. The rate, which spent much of the past decade
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Facebook Frozen Out at Big European Bank

The transparency level of a company of that size, the governance level—they need to think about that a lot. This is not a startup anymore, this is a huge international global conglomerate. How they manage investors and how they manage the governance is really questionable. What specifically do they
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raceAhead: What Do You Need?

I've seen a spate of stories lately about the toll that activism has been taking on the leaders of the Movement for Black Lives and others. For the newcomers, the people who started after the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Alton Sterling and others, the impact on their lives — spirit, health,
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Waypoint Residential Acquires 194-Bed Student Housing Property Serving Mercer University

BUSINESS WIRE)–Waypoint Residential, a vertically integrated real estate investment management firm that focuses on the U.S. rental housing sector, today announced that it has acquired The Lofts at College Hill, a 194-bed purpose-built student housing property serving Mercer University in Macon,
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Popping the myth of the dull banker

Probably like many of you, I see articles here and there about banks not being particularly innovative. The premise is that banking business models were largely formed in an industrial era but that the American economy and indeed, most of the world's economy, is now in the digital era. There was an
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Great Southern Bank announces consolidation

PAOLA — Great Southern Bank announced last week that the banking center located at 1 S. Pearl St. on the northeast corner of Paola's Park Square soon will close and be consolidated with the Great Southern Bank located less than a mile away at 1515 Baptiste Drive. A letter was sent to Great
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How Cloud Platforms Help Solve Commercial Real Estate's Data Security Challenges

Whether it be in related to acquisitions, development projects, financing deals, leasing, asset management or property management, CRE firms need quick and easy access to their information, which historically has had a tendency to get lost in stacks of printed paper and outdated hard drives, or deleted
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Netflix Adds Former Obama National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador Susan Rice to Board

Netflix's board now includes Susan Rice, the former United Nations ambassador and National Security Advisor under President Barack Obama. The appointment, announced on Wednesday, Netflix, gives the video streaming giant a high-profile former government official at a time of increased regulatory
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Cynthia Nixon calls public housing conditions 'devastating'

She is challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor. Cuomo is fighting for $550 million in state funding for the New York City Housing Authority. He said Wednesday he won't sign the state budget unless it includes “real and immediate remedies” for the authority's
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Suze Orman: Here's the No. 1 thing to do now if you want to buy a home soon

That's because a high score tells lenders that you have a proven track record of being responsible with your money. “It means we're more likely to want to give you a loan, because we know you're going to pay us back,” Brian Hoovler, branch operations assistant manager at Bay Equity Home Loans, tells
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Commentary: Here's What Could End Fur's Grip on Fashion

Commentary: Here's What Could End Fur's Grip on Fashion

A worker steams a faux fur coat. Fashion companies Gucci and Versace have announced they will soon go fur-free. Peter KovalevTASS via Getty Images. By Devorah Rose. 2:35 PM EDT. Once upon a time, there was nothing more modern than an authentic fur statement piece. At once a status symbol
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Foreign buyers are starting to drive up home prices in Quebec

Foreign buyers of real estate in Quebec are putting “marginal” pressure on prices while still accounting for a tiny sliver of the market relative to Vancouver and Toronto, according to new data released by the French-speaking province. Non-Canadian residents generated 1,307 property transactions in
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ESPN's 'Get Up!' banking on personalities of Mike Greenberg, Michelle Beadle and Jalen Rose

From left, Jalen Rose, Mike Greenberg and Michelle Beadle on the set of “Get Up!”, a new morning show on ESPN filmed at their new studio at South Street Seaport's Pier 17, on March 20, 2018. Photo Credit: ESPN Images / Joe Faraoni. By Neil Best neil.best@newsday.com @sportswatch March 28,
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Paula Peeler Building Relationships With Home Owners in Oklahoma City

She knows all the 'right' local people…builders, finance, title company. We didn't know anything about the area, and working with Paula was like working with a friend…” A native of Midwest City, part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, Peeler draws on over 25 years of experience in the local real
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SWIFT, SAP Streamline Corporates' Multi-Bank Relations

The payments messaging firm and the enterprise software conglomerate revealed they are working together to streamline corporate treasury's integration into the SWIFT network via financial institutions. Dubbed SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity, the solution was built on SAP Cloud Platform technology.
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Housing market continues its high activity in Q4 – NBP

The report explained that “the increase in supply was accompanied by small increases in housing prices and the costs of their production, especially in construction areas. Financing of purchases continued with a significant share of the population's own funds, and the credit activity in 2017 accelerated
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AFN Partners With ValueInsured on Downpayment Protection

American Financial Network Inc. (AFN) has introduced AFN Protection+, a product that protects a homebuyer's downpayment and is available immediately on all applicable AFN mortgages. AFN Protection+ will include +Plus downpayment protection by ValueInsured, embedded directly into a
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The Investors Title (ITIC) Position Boosted by Wells Fargo & Company MN

Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 37,173 shares of the insurance provider's stock after purchasing an additional 1,954 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN's
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Drug Wars – Companies Fight Patents In Court With A Fortune At Stake

Dan Berger, Ph.D. is a former colleague of mine from Wyeth. When Wyeth went away so did we, albeit in different directions. Dan became a patent agent – a very specialized field in which a very high-stakes game is played – invalidation of drug company patents by other companies, usually generic
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Help may be on the way for home buyers using VA loans in hot Puget Sound market

Nearly one in five Pierce County buyers used a VA loan to buy a home. In Thurston County, the figure was more than one in four. In multiple-offer situations in this housing market, listing agents prioritize most financing above VA loans, said Heather Hendrix, senior mortgage specialist with Directors
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Real estate agents took 'outrageous and egregious' advantage of senior:regulator

MONCTON, N.B. — Two New Brunswick real estate agents have had their licences revoked after taking what the regulator calls “outrageous and egregious advantage” of a vulnerable senior. The provincial real estate industry regulator says Tanya Hannah and Maurice Poirier, owners of Century 21
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Encore Wire (WIRE) Analysts See $0.69 EPS; Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte SA …

The company??s products include NM-B cable, a non-metallic sheathed cable for use as interior wiring in homes, apartments, and manufactured housing; UF-B cable, an underground feeder cable for conduct power underground to outside lighting and other applications remote from buildings; and SE
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FHFA officially sets date for Fannie, Freddie single security

As part of the first phase of the single security rollout, Freddie Mac began using the Common Securitization Platform in 2016 for certain functions such as data acceptance, issuance support, and bond administration activities related to its current single-class, fixed-rate, mortgage-backed securities.
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2 Moncton real estate agents lose licences after 'outrageous' abuse of senior

Tanya Hannah and Maurice Poirier, who own Century 21 Absolute Realty Inc. in Moncton, were found unsuitable to be licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act by the Financial and Consumer Services Commission, which called the matter a case of senior financial abuse. He lost his home, his only
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Apathy, blind spots and fixes: 10 insights on workplace harassment

While the #MeToo movement has prompted important discussions about workplace equality, a comprehensive SourceMedia study shows sexual harassment continues to be an issue in many industries. The research, conducted in February and March of 2018, reveals which industries have the highest
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Housing prices surge in post-fire Santa Rosa

The 2017 Northern California wildfires, which burned at least 245,000 acres, seemed poised to spell the end of Santa Rosa at one point; however, less than six months later, real estate site Trulia says that housing demand in the North Bay city has rebounded and even surpassed pre-fire conditions.
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Houston Area Real Estate: Finding Your New Home

Quality homes are available all over the Houston area, and you can find the right one with realtor.com. By Bryan Kirk … If you're ready for a new home, find that part of Houston suits you and check out the real estate listings in Patch's town-by-town listings from our partners at realtor.com. Houston Area:.
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Banking sector is safe, sound despite recent challenges – BoG Governor assures

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has assured depositors that the Banking sector is safe and sound and there is no cause for worry. Dr Ernest Yedu Addison at a Press conference in Accra on Tuesday said despite the latest developments in the banking sector, the challenges
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Real estate fraudsters to repay $30 million to investors

… District of California, money was raised from investors by representing that promissory notes issued by AFCIII provided “secure, predictable annual returns of between 6% and 8.25% with preservation of principal because the investments were to be primarily secured by deeds of trust on real property.”.
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In Tennessee, One-Level Homes Are Essential

One-level homes are once again growing in popularity, according to owners, Realtors and home builders. “It's come full circle from the 1970s” when ranch-style houses were in demand, said Michelle Patterson, a Realtor with the Patterson Team at Re/Max Choice Properties in Hendersonville.
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