Trump Aides Told to Skip White House Correspondents' Dinner

Trump Aides Told to Skip White House Correspondents' Dinner

While the report concluded that Trump nor any of his associates conspired with Russian efforts to interfere in the election, much of the news coverage
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Troubled hotel loans on the horizon? Hotel Lawyer perspective from the Spring 2019 Trigild …

… the industry is saying about lending and debt for commercial real estate. … real estate, construction project risks, ethics questions, hospitality trends,
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NY Jury Hears Conflicting Portrayals of Fake German Heiress

The deliberations cap a more than three-week trial that drew international … Her defense attorney, Todd Spodek, insisted Sorokin had been “buying
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Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN.TO) Money Flow Index Nearing Key Level

The Money Flow Indicator for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI. … Strong trends can present a problem for these classic overbought and
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Elon Musk's Chipmaking Claims Don't Match the Reality

Tesla Inc. co-founder Elon Musk has already shaken up the automotive industry. On Monday he took a swipe at semiconductors, arguing that his own
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Seeking realty business exit, Indiabulls sounds out ally Blackstone, others

… its financial services businesses in a market that has become comparatively tougher for many non-bank entities. “Also, the contribution of real estate
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Record Number of Consumers Waiting to Upgrade Their Cell Phones

Apple Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone supplier, has been under pressure as sales of its popular device slow in major markets. Wells Fargo analyst
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Baby mastering 'Army Crawl'; more signs of spring as garden begins to grow

Winnie thanks Bruce Evans of Phillips-Hansen Land and Title Company for his help with her water rights information. Friday Jim Mitchell helped
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All the Stuff Bears Are Saying to Spoil the S&P 500 Record Party

Built into the S&P 500's recovery is the assumption the Federal Reserve is on hold for the year after rough markets in 2018, questionable economic
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As Ocwen Finl Corp (OCN) Stock Price Rose, Akanthos Capital Management LLC Decreased Its …

… by National Mortgage News – GlobeNewswire” on January 25, 2019. More interesting news about Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE:OCN) were
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BancABC doubles profits on increased lending

BY MISHMA CHAKANYUKA. BANCABC'S after tax profit increased more than two-fold to US$10,8 from US$5,2 million in the full year ended
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News of the day from around the nation, April 23

Toby MacFarlane, a former senior executive at a title insurance company, will also plead guilty to allegations that he paid $450,000 to get his children
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Commentary: Montana Woman Recognized Among Fortune's Greatest World Leaders

Imagine sitting home and learning Fortune Magazine just listed you among the world's greatest leaders. That's exactly what happened to Marilyn
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Housing ETFs May Not Bloom This Spring: Here's Why

Pressure on the U.S. housing market is prevailing even with a dovish Fed and declining mortgage rates. Sales of previously owned houses, which
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Social Media ETF Rises as Twitter Trounces Earnings Expectations

Facebook is set to report its earnings on Wednesday. SOCL is up 15.79 percent year-to-date. For more real estate trends, visit ETFTrends.com.
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Move Over Ring Finger, Thumbs Are The New Accent Nails

Playful, practical, and with way more real estate to get creative, thumbs are the … In-the-know nail pro Hang Nguyen combines two major spring trends
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Changes in banking industry lead to decision; NHS graduation rates soar over statewide averages …

There's been a lot of change in the banking industry over the past 11 years while Tim Viere has been the President of the First National Bank of
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Burger King's Russian business could hold IPO this year -banking sources

VTB Capital, Russian lender VTB's investment arm, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan are among banks organising the IPO, sources said. (Reporting by
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Lending Club

LendingClub is a US peer-to-peer lending company, headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was the first peer-to-peer lender to register its
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Pulte to target more first-time home buyers at lower prices

PulteGroup Inc. said Tuesday it believes one way to help solve the affordability problems that home buyers are facing is to increase its focus on
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CBRE research shows mild decline in Q1 industrial and logistics real estate availability

CBRE research shows mild decline in Q1 industrial and logistics real estate availability

Research recently released by industrial real estate firm CBRE showed that the first quarter availability rate for United States industrial real estate,
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Saudis Plan Cautious Response to US Action on Iran Oil

“Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and the U.S. are all working together to offset the loss,” Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, told Bloomberg
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Real Estate Bull 3X Direxion (DRN) Money Flow Index Levels in Focus

Real Estate Bull 3X Direxion (DRN) shares have seen the Money Flow … Traders may use the indicator to determine stock trends or to identify
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Google Spinoff's Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval

Unlike Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Air, another would-be drone delivery company, Wing will sell items from local merchants. Now that it has gotten FAA
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Charles to replace Knoflach at BNP Paribas Real Estate

Nathalie Charles is taking over as deputy CEO and global head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) from Barbara Knoflach.
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The Cost of Elizabeth Warren's Student-Loan Plan

Because today I am calling for something truly bold: wiping out all mortgage debt for all borrowers. Because what good is a taxpayer-funded college
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Home Point Financial Acquires Platinum Mortgage Wholesale Division

Home Point Financial Corporation, a Michigan-based national mortgage originator and servicer, has announced the acquisition of the wholesale
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Flagstar's mortgage revenue boosts first-quarter earnings

An expansion of 12 basis points in net margin on mortgage rate lock commitments to 72 basis points during the first quarter led the increased revenue.
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Edward Jones named one of 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For by Fortune Magazine …

Financial services firm Edward Jones ranks No. 7 on the 2019 Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, according to global research and
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Mortgage lenders are taking on more risk, Urban Institute reports

Credit standards have slowly but steadily loosened to their lowest levels in years, with the accompanying default risk of mortgage lenders nearing its
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The latest chapter of Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins' fall from grace is a tale of succession and …

In a report out Tuesday, Fortune's Polina Marinova chronicled the downfall of Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, once a giant-maker of Silicon Valley
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What It Means To Be White

Back by popular demand, but mostly thanks to an influx of new readers filling my inbox with some pressing questions, I'm re-running part of a column
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Maxwell's digital mortgage software now available through Ellie Mae

“We built our integration with Ellie Mae's Digital Mortgage Solution to solve this and design a best-in-class experience that seamlessly links both
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Other Real Estate Owned and Technical Amendments

Other Real Estate Owned and Technical Amendments. An unpublished Proposed Rule by the Comptroller of the Currency on 04/24/2019
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Sapiens International Co. (SPNS) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Sapiens International Co. (NASDAQ:SPNS) have been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the eight ratings firms that are currently
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Ex-Sheriff John Green admits taking bribes: 'I betrayed the confidence' of Philly citizens

In exchange, Green granted Davis and his companies — Reach Communications Specialists Inc. and a title company called RCS Searchers — a
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Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump's 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census in a clash that
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Setting the Bar High: Prioritizing Standards and Accountability in Real Estate

Real estate is the career of choice for many. The idea of independence—being able to make your own schedule and run a business based on
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Agree To Purchase Fortune Brands Home & Security At $35, Earn 3.2% Annualized Using Options

Investors considering a purchase of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (Symbol: FBHS) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of
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Should Title VII Civil Rights Protections Include the LGBTQ Community?

The Supreme Court is taking on three cases that will determine whether a federal civil rights law regarding workplace discrimination applies to the
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Pentagon's Designer of $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Is Stepping Down

Pentagon's Designer of $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Is Stepping Down

“JEDI is coming (the nerds have won my friends),” Lynch wrote in the email obtained by Bloomberg News. “You're all the really critical part of that.
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Chinese tech giant Tencent invests in Argentine mobile banking startup

By Cassandra Garrison. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd has invested in Argentine mobile banking service Uala,
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Oh, Look, Another Fannie-Freddie Plan That's Sure To Go Nowhere

Ever since the federal began bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the tune of $187 billion, in the process taking an 80% stake in the up to that
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Pop Star Who Challenged Uganda's Leader Now Faces House Arrest

A Ugandan pop star who plans to run for president faced effective house arrest as authorities prevented one of veteran leader Yoweri Museveni's main
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Twitter Earnings, Google Drones, Family Offices (Podcast)

Jitendra Waral, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Internet & Consumer Products Analyst and Selina Wang, Bloomberg News Global Technology Reporter
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Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) stock dipped -23.10% Quarterly performance

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) stock dipped -23.10% Quarterly performance … Trends are indicating the direction of the market.
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What if I don't have any savings and I want to buy a house?

One of these 100-percent financing products is a USDA Guaranteed loan. … programs are usually substantially higher than a traditional mortgage.
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United Community Bank names head of Commercial Banking Solutions

United Community Banks Inc., which has several locations in Cobb County, announced veteran commercial banker John Golding as its new Head of
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Regions Bank names new small business lending specialist for Baton Rouge areas

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Regions Bank on Tuesday announced Amie D. Barton will serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending
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New-home sales climb for a third straight month in March

The number of properties sold for which construction hadn't yet started grew to 200,000, the most since November 2017, indicating lower mortgage
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Del Mar Executive To Plead Guilty In College Bribery Scandal

A former insurance title company executive accused of paying a $450,000 … MacFarlane, 56, a former senior executive at a title insurance company.
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Square 1 Bank Promotes Lynden to EVP, Technology Banking Practice

Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank, announced the promotion of Sean Lynden to executive vice president, technology banking.
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Study Links High Home Prices to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Now, here is a story that would make Elon Musk happy: Home prices in the nation's top 20 neighborhoods with the greatest number of electric vehicle
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' Compensation Skyrocketed 48% to $36.1 Million in 2018

Reed Hastings got one heck of a raise in 2018. The CEO of Netflix earned $36.1 million last year, a 48% increase over his 2017 totals of $24.4 million.
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You Can Have Breakfast at Tiffany's in Los Angeles Next Month

Holly Golightly is headed to Beverly Hills just prior to Mother's Day. Jewelry shop Tiffany & Co. plans to open a pop-up café outside of its Rodeo Drive
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Banks' MSME lending still short – BSP data

Nevertheless, MSME lending in 2018 was P10.147 billion higher than the P537.638 billion extended in 2017. Broken down, big banks extended
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LendingClub gets out of direct SMB lending, wants to be a platform again

In an announcement today, the lender formally launched a partnership with SMB lender Funding Circle and Opportunity Fund, a nonprofit small
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CIBC Innovation Banking provides Coconut Software with $1.75 million of Growth Capital Financing

TORONTO, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce $1.75 million in debt financing with Coconut Software.
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Chapter 11 Filing for WMC Mortgage

A week after General Electric agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement to resolve federal claims involving the alleged misrepresentation of sub-prime loans
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Neuberger Berman Raises $1.7 Billion for a Direct Lending Fund

(Bloomberg) — Neuberger Berman has raised $1.7 billion for a fund that will directly lend to mid-sized companies bought out by private equity firms.
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Blackstone Mortgage Trust Q1 net portfolio growth of $298M

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Q1 net portfolio growth of $298M

Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) Q1 core EPS of 71 cents rose from 69 cents in Q4 2018; beats consensus estimate of 68 cents. Q1 income
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Investors in Brad Lamb, Fortress condo project to receive partial payout

Investors will receive a partial payout on the syndicated mortgage loan they provided for the James condominium project in Toronto, launched by
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Bill Gates is committed to giving away his fortune — but he keeps getting richer

(Gates's fortune surpassed $100 billion once before, briefly in 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom. Adjusted for inflation, that'd be $150 billion
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Homebridge Expands in Mid-Atlantic Region, Adds Yerman as Regional Manager

Yerman joins Homebridge with nearly 30 years of mortgage industry … combined with the capabilities found at a major national financial institution.
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$0.69 EPS Expected for Encore Wire (WIRE); KISSEI PHARMACEUTICALS CO LTD ORDINARY S …

Analysts expect Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ:WIRE) to report $0.69 EPS on May, 7. … apartments, and manufactured housing; UF-B cable, an underground feeder cable for conduct power underground to outside lighting and
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'We have to do something': City Council considers regulating payday loans

The group rallied for about an hour before heading inside to encourage the council to pass an ordinance that would regulate payday lenders
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Victims of reverse mortgage scam want protection from Ditech bankruptcy

“There's a lot of people who could be negatively affected,” Tenenbaum told HousingWire. “We just want to make sure that the bankruptcy does not do
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Kellner Capital Has Lowered Its Holding in USG (USG) as Share Price Rose; Fpr Partners …

… TO TAKE PART IN FREDDIE MAC MORTGAGE PILOT PROGRAM; 24/04/2018 – ARCH REINSURANCE IN REINSURANCE TRANSACTION WITH
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Banks Learn How to Tap Sustainable Profit From The Gold Rush In Transaction Banking

LONDON, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Intellect Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), part of Intellect Design Arena, the fastest growing financial tech
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'Avengers: Endgame' China Midnights Rocket To Record $27M – International Box Office

But as we noted yesterday, this is a tricky comp since it can't be assumed that the advance ticket buyers on Endgame didn't also see Infinity War
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Unisys releases upgraded version of Elevate open banking platform

Unisys has released an upgraded version of its Elevate omnichannel banking platform, which it says will allow banks to share data with other
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China's Tencent backs Argentina mobile banking startup Uala

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd has invested in Argentine mobile banking service Uala, which also counts
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Oil Risks Spiking to $100 Later This Year, BofA's Blanch Says

Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses the U.S. ending Iran sanction wavers as he expects to see
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Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump's Census Citizenship Question

Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census in a clash that
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Kellogg CEO: "We Have Great People, We Have a Great History"

Steve Cahillane believes that Kellogg will continue to succeed in the new era of changing consumer tastes. SPONSORED FINANCIAL CONTENT.
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Why Housing Is (Un)Likely To Trigger Next US Recession

While the housing market has historically been the catalyst for many U.S. recessions, it's unlikely to be the cause of the next economic downturn.
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Market research presented at Outlook Williamson is available online

Market research presented at Outlook Williamson is available online … The new research includes insights about demographics, real estate, workforce
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Litigation Lending Services Seeks 30% Commission if RMBL Case Continues Past August

Australian funder Litigation Lending Services will seek a 30% commission rate if the RMBL Investments case it is funding doesn't finalize by August of
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Farm Bank Lending Rises to $108 Billion in 2018

U.S. farm banks increased agricultural lending by 5.3%, or $5.5 billion, to $108 billion in 2018, according to the American Bankers Association's
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Noted banking analyst Mike Mayo warns State Street shareholders executive pay is too high

Two weeks ago several Wall Street bank executives including State Street's current CEO Ronald O'Hanley were hauled before the House Financial
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Study: $76.4M in Texas Home Values Erased by Flooding Tied to Sea Level Rise

Study: $76.4M in Texas Home Values Erased by Flooding Tied to Sea Level Rise

McAlpine and Porter have since created 19 housing market-specific models. By analyzing approximately 13.7 million real estate transactions, and
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Fed Proposal to Bring Clarity, Transparency Bank Control Determinations

The Federal Reserve today issued a proposal to revise its existing rules for determining control of a banking firm by another company under the Bank
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Report: Social Security to Run Out of Funds in 2036

The financial landscape for Social Security and Medicare federal entitlement programs, two of the most important programs in the social safety net for
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Is Investors Title Co (NASDAQ:ITIC) Going to Burn These Institutional Investors?

Investors Title Co (NASDAQ:ITIC) institutional sentiment increased to 1.47 in Q4 2018. Its up 0.36, from 1.11 in 2018Q3. The ratio increased, as 28
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The Secrets of STOCK: Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI)

Here we welcome to the world of short-term trend followers of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI). Now we here analyzed the 20 SMA
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Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, Llc Buys Eaton Vance Tax-mgd Dvsf Eq Inc Fd, Eaton …

Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, Llc initiated holding in Blackrock Enhanced International Dividend Trust. The purchase prices were between
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NRIs spend fortune to come, vote in India

At a time when voter apathy is high among voters in India, more so, in the 'me generation' who prefer to go on a picnic or laze around in their homes
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Glut forces LNG producers to offer flexible deals from global portfolios

Glut forces LNG producers to offer flexible deals from global portfolios … from global supply pools instead of dedicated projects as buyers leverage a
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Stock Bulls Have Come to a Fork in the Road

For starters, it was just two weeks ago that the International Monetary Fund cut its global … ARE BONDS BUYING THE GOOD NEWS SCENARIO?
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The Voice for Real Estate 98: FHA Tightening, Gen X, Floods, Fair Housing

Loan applicants could be affected as FHA tightens standards for higher-risk borrowers. REALTORS® have stepped up to help in the aftermath of
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Alphabet's Waymo Reviving Detroit Plant With Self-Driving Cars

The Mountain View, California-based company will lease the factory and start work on its self-driving vehicles this summer, creating “hundreds” of jobs
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SVB Financial Group Appoints New Leadership in Funds Management and Commercial Banking …

Effective May 1, John China, SVB's former Head of Technology Banking, will become President of SVB Capital, the company's venture capital funds
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Brookfield financing mall portfolio mortgage through $295M CMBS transaction

Mall operator Brookfield Properties Retail Group is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to partially finance a new mortgage for a
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CBS Suspends CEO Search, Signs Joseph Ianniello Through End of Year

CBS Corp. suspended its search for a new chief executive officer and said acting CEO Joseph Ianniello agreed to stay on through the end of the year.
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Why Twitter's Earnings Topped Wall Street Expectations

… that are drawing a wider audience of consumers and advertisers. Bloomberg's Selina Wang reports on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Brainstorm Health: Biotech R&D, Tobacco 21, Criminal Opioid Case

… Rey Mashayekhi. What It Means to Be White, by Ellen McGirt. The Best Places to Work in Consulting and Professional Services, by Fortune Editors
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West Springfield principal admired by students after winning "Wheel of Fortune"

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Pete and Lynn Gillens' appearance on Wheel of Fortune was recorded in Los Angeles a month ago but
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Democrats Threaten Contempt Vote on Former White House Aide

A House committee chairman is threatening to hold a former White House official in contempt after Trump administration lawyers convinced him not to
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Blackstone Mortgage: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

NEW YORK (AP) _ Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc. (BXMT) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $76.6 million. On a per-share basis, the
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Walgreens Will Raise Age to 21 for Buying Tobacco Products

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., facing criticism for selling tobacco products to minors, said it will lift the age for purchasing cigarettes and vaping
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Abyss Averted in Stocks as Valuations and Rates Restore Bull Run

Abyss Averted in Stocks as Valuations and Rates Restore Bull Run

… Columbus, Ohio, said in an interview at Bloomberg's New York headquarters. … “So, despite the rise in the equity markets, the absolute and relative
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Salt Lending (SALT) hits new $0.00590614320000002 price after 4.46% step up on April 22-23

Salt Lending (SALT) had a good 24 hours as the crypto jumped $0.00590614320000002 or 4.46% trading at $0.138442164. According to
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Illinois Treasurer talks cannabis banking, college savings during trip to Peoria

PEORIA — Medical marijuana businesses in Illinois could soon have full access to banking services. That's thanks to a push by State Treasurer
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UPDATE 1-China's Tencent backs Argentina mobile banking startup Uala

BUENOS AIRES, April 23 (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd has invested in Argentine mobile banking service Uala, which also
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ABA Report: Ag Lending Growth Tops 5 Percent in 2018

The nation's farm banks increased agricultural lending by 5.3%, or $5.5 billion, to $108 billion in 2018, according to the American Bankers
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Redfin: This is how much an open house can boost your home sale

Technology has transformed the housing market by digitizing almost every aspect of the home buying process. In 2019, Americans are able to sell,
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How technology is disrupting — and improving — the real estate industry in Texas

Gone are the days when real estate agents can take a hefty commission from his or her clients … How is technology finding its way into real estate?
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Meet Vladimir Potanin, the richest documented man in Russia, who made his $22 billion fortune in …

The 58-year-old businessman made his fortune in the nickel industry after spearheading Russia's controversial “loans-for-shares” program. Potanin is
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Google Offshoot's Drones Get the FAA's Go-Ahead to Make Local Deliveries

An offshoot of Alphabet's Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the
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Freddie Mac Prices $1.1 Billion Multifamily K-Deal, K-091

MCLEAN, Va., April 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K
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Auditions for Morgan Stanley's No. 2 Job Start With Wealth-Management, Banking Shuffle

Shelley O'Connor, who co-heads the firm's wealth-management division, will give up that role and become CEO of its two regulated bank entities,
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Anastasia Nicolaou Joins NAIOP as New Government Affairs Associate

NEEDHAM, MA – NAIOP Massachusetts, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, is proud to welcome Anastasia Nicolaou as its
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Amazon Now Delivers Packages Inside Your Garage

… another choice for Prime members so they can choose to have packages securely delivered,” an Amazon spokesperson tells Fortune in an email.
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Waymo Set to Bring a Motor City Plant Back to Life to Manufacture Driverless Cars

The birthplace of America's auto industry and driving culture will soon have one of the world's first plants making driverless cars. Alphabet's Waymo
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GE Mortgage Unit Opens Ch. 11 To Wrap Up Subprime Claims

On April 12, the U.S. Department of Justice announced GE would pay it $1.5 billion to resolve liability for some 250,000 home loans totaling $65 billion
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#5 E-money Lenders that are Altering the Lending Business in India

Traditional money lending or loans was restricted to banks and informal organizations and individuals. These informal bodies or individuals have had
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Institutions back Octopus Healthcare to raise £58.8m for healthcare real estate

Institutional investors have backed Octopus Healthcare to raise £58.8m (€68bn) to invest in healthcare infrastructure real estate. The specialist UK
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Private Insurance Would Not Be Eradicated Under Medicare for All—But It Would Take a Huge Hit

Sen. Kamala Harris defended Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All legislation Monday night at CNN's town hall, correcting moderator Don Lemon's
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Fed proposes blueprint for bank-controlling companies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed a framework for determining when a company has taken control of a bank
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Back to the same record, but it's a different stock market

“Even though rates were low, you could see housing and autos looking weak, and in the stock market, every now and then, you'd see a sector of the
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First-time homebuyers consider Atlantic Canada the most affordable: BMO report

First-time homebuyers consider Atlantic Canada the most affordable: BMO report

“While a financial gift can help, a home financing solution that fits a … 55 per cent of first-time buyers would choose a fixed-rate mortgage due to rising
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Drifting Housing Market Isn't Sign of Strong Economy

INDICATOR: March Housing Sales and April Philadelphia Fed NonManufacturing Survey. KEY DATA: New Home Sales: +4.5%/ Existing Home Sales:
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Need a Loan? Lending Trends That Are Increasing Your Chances of Getting the Funds You Need

In the years following the recession, bank lending shrunk by 18 percent – a direct impact of tougher lending restrictions and a wave of pragmatism
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BlockFi Cuts Minimum Deposit, Launches Crypto Lending in India

New York–based BlockFi, a provider of crypto-backed lending products, has lowered the minimum required Bitcoin balance to earn interest to 0.5 BTC
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Susan Dobroski drives Toybrary lending service

After raising two boys, Susan Dobroski knows that sharing toys is the key to sibling harmony. But on a larger scale, she also believes that toy sharing
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Wells Fargo's Interim CEO Shouted Down at Bank's Annual Meeting

C. Allen Parker is finding out how tough it can be to head up a scandal-plagued company. The interim chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co. was
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3 Transportation ETFs on the Move in 2019

The index represents the transportation segment of the S&P Total Market Index (“S&P TMI”). … For more real estate trends, visit ETFTrends.com.
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HFF Secures Financing Totaling $37.85 Million for Florida and Georgia Apartment Communities

HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Beachwold Residential, to place two 10-year, interest-only, fixed-rate loans with Freddie Mac. The loans will be
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Is Buying Jumei International Holding Limited American Depos (NYSE:JMEI), Having Lower Short …

The stock of Jumei International Holding Limited American Depos (NYSE:JMEI) registered a decrease of 21.49% in short interest. JMEI's total short
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US Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly

The unpredictable weather in southern Minnesota means that spring planting season is brief and often frantic, sometimes requiring 24-hour shifts if the
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Real Estate Insider: Pullman Parc for-sale units hit the market

Other developers on the project are Detroit-based Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services Inc. and Detroit-based Woodborn Partners LLC.
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CPF buying majority of Canada pork company HyLife

CPF will propel HyLife's growth into the fast-growing Asian, North American and international markets while proudly showcasing Manitoba's locally
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Long Island Housing Market Enjoys First-Quarter Surge

Home sales are on the rise on Long Island so far this year, according to a Long Island Business News report. Houses pending sales in Nassau and
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Frank Clark trade impacts Ravens' fortune in Draft Wire's latest mock

The Seattle Seahawks are set to trade pass rusher Frank Clark to the Kansas City Chiefs. The deal is expected to contain Kansas City's first-round pick
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Europe Doubles Down on Iran Support as Trump Targets Oil Exports

The non-renewal of waivers that were due to expire on May 2 roiled energy markets and risks upsetting major importers including China and India.
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Flagstar Bank and City of Detroit to Support the Community of Old Redford

Loan Officers from Flagstar were on hand to talk to residents about affordable housing options available to them, including a new mortgage product
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EPS for Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) Expected At $0.63; Brixmor Property Group Has 1.11 …

$1.54; 13/03/2018 – Arch Capital Group Ltd. Confirms Participation in Freddie Mac's New Mortgage Pilot Program; 14/05/2018 – Arch Capital Group
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Kushner Says Mueller Probe Damaged US Democracy More Than Russia Did

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, said Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was more damaging to
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Data monetization in open banking and insurtech

Agrawal's introduction to elements of the open banking framework was in line with IDC's prediction that banks are moving to a wider corporate-based
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Lenders slash fixed home loan rates but borrowers aren't interested

Last year banks and smaller lenders hiked variable home loan rates out of cycle with the official cash rate as funding costs rose, but now things are
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'Bloomberg Markets: The Open' Full Show (04/23/2019)

'Bloomberg Markets: The Open' Full Show (04/23/2019)

Jonathan Ferro highlights the market moving news you need to know heading into the Opening Bell on Wall Street. US equities find themselves less
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Gov't expands list of ARFIs for agri-agra lending network

According to Fonacier in the memo, “under existing rules and regulations, a lending and/or investing bank intending to utilize its exposure to an
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'No Money,' 'No Motive:' Case Against Ex-UBS Officer Called Weak

Wormald said that Choucair also spoke to journalists, including former Bloomberg News employee Jeff McCracken, to get information. Abdel-Malek's
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Blackstone Mortgage Trust Reports First Quarter 2019 Results

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CoStar Group and JLL Renew Five-Year Agreement for CoStar's Commercial Real Estate Data …

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USC coach who prepped fake rowing profile for Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade to plead guilty …

MacFarlane, a former senior executive at a title insurance company from, paid half a million dollars to facilitate the admission of his son and daughter
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USC coach from North Hollywood and dad from Del Mar to plead guilty in college admissions …

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