Man arrested after video shows attack on Los Angeles real estate agent at open house

Man arrested after video shows attack on Los Angeles real estate agent at open house

Police have arrested a suspect after video showed a man shoving a real estate agent to the ground and groping her at an open house in Los Angeles.
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What Is CrowdStrike? Trump Mentioned the Company in His Ukraine Call

The “transcript” of President Donald Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been released, and there are more questions than
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Real Estate Scam Alert: Business E-mail Compromise

A criminal enterprise hacks into the e-mail system of a participant to a real estate transaction and acts in the role of a title company or a real estate
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What Is WeWork Worth Now? CEO Daily

Good morning. The briefly-lived plans for a WeWork IPO surely will be the high-water mark of the current tech bubble. How could anyone have
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Toronto home buyers are out in force – but cautious

The Toronto area's fall real estate market appears to have bounded off to a fast start this year, but that doesn't mean that every sale is a slam dunk.
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As new home sales soar, analyst says entry-level price is 'redefined' higher

“Lower interest rates and a healthy job market have finally taken hold in the housing sector. The rise in new home prices is easing, but builders still are
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$18K Grant to Assist Cloud 9 Charities

FLOWER MOUND, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PointBank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award $18,000 in
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“Supply Chain: A New Model For Defining Logistics Real Estate,” Research Paper From Prologis

The term “last mile” has become overused and ineffective in describing industrial real estate, maintains the San Francisco-based consultancy, Prologis
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Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Is Keeping Hello Sunshine on Top

“I started posting on Instagram in 2013,” the actress tells Fortune via email. “I wanted to share a little bit of my life with my fans, so I started posting the
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Why Some Debts Just Shouldn't Be Paid Back Early

There are two particular types of common debt that typically should be paid back slowly over time: mortgage loans and federal student loans.
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Toward A More Fully Digital Bank

Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian shares his thoughts on how banks are using cloud technology to drive digital transformation. Over the last few
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South Africans urged to withdraw 'enough cash' ahead of banking strike

South Africans have been urged to withdraw sufficient cash to sustain livelihoods during an anticipated national strike in the banking sector.
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Breaking the Taboo About Offshore Banking

Offshore banking has always carried an air of subversion about it, but following the release of the Panama Papers in 2016 the industry was catapulted
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New Mortgage Lender In Ellicott City Led By Baltimore Native

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — A new business helping homebuyers has opened in Ellicott City. National mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corporation
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Facebook's Big Hopes in Augmented and Virtual Reality Face Even Bigger Obstacles

Andrew “Boz” Bosworth has helped lead Facebook through some of its biggest initiatives including its news feed, mobile ad strategy, and commerce
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Customers to Benefit from the Digital Transformation of Banking

Until recently, customer loyalty in banking was taken for granted. Before Open Banking, when high street branches and limited, siloed channel options
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Are Insiders Selling Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE:BXMT) Stock?

So before you buy or sell Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE:BXMT), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
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Behind WeWork Leader's Rise and Fall: A Wall St. Bank Playing Many Angles

The ouster of WeWork's co-founder and its botched initial public offering are a remarkable collapse of what was considered, up until weeks ago, one of
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How to Build Banking Products Consumers Will Love

Designing banking products can be a bit like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube, … Much as many bankers and credit union executives, up on the latest
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US MBA mortgage applications we20 September -10.1% vs -0.1% prior

Headline measures the change in number of applications for mortgages backed by the MBA during the week. Headline is the lowest reading since
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Lower mortgage rates could aid CMBS if underwriting holds up: Fitch

Lower mortgage rates could aid CMBS if underwriting holds up: Fitch

The recent run of lower interest rates may bode well for today's commercial mortgage-backed securities, unless it's undermined by an increase in
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Global Online Lending Market 2019 – Zopa, Daric, Pave, Mintos, Lendix, RateSetter

The given report is an excellent research study specially compiled to provide latest insights into critical aspects of the Global Global Online Lending
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Swap: Curry County closer to scenic land swap with state

Escrow and closing fees charged by a title company also would be split equally. The state and county would each pay their recording fees and title
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REBNY offers its members energy efficiency education programs

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) launch Creating & Capturing the Value of Real Estate Sustainability … real estate professionals can do to take advantage of long- and short-term sustainability trends and best practices.
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GSEs' Cap Structure Revised; HBT Financial Files For IPO; 2 NY CUs To Merge

… Agency announced a revised cap structure on the multifamily businesses of government-sponsored enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
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Sainsbury's pulls plug on mortgage lending

Sainsbury's is the latest lender to exit the mortgage market, citing “narrower margins” in an “increasingly competitive market” as the basis for pulling
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From cupping to IV drips: Top 5 wellness trends, according to Yelp

“Wellness” encompasses much more than just gyms and diets — it also includes spas, personalized medicine, tourism and real estate. It's an industry
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Most first-time homebuyers said process tougher than it should be

More than half of recent, as well as prospective, first-time homebuyers said purchasing a house was more difficult than it should be, according to a
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Southern California home prices were flat and sales fell in August

The Southern California median home price was flat in August, while sales dipped from a year earlier as buyers struggled to afford sky-high housing
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Carbon Taxes Won't Do Enough to Slow Global Warming

With crowds taking to the streets to call for action on climate change and activists haranguing the United Nations, the issue of global warming is once
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Former Head of Danske Bank in Estonia Is Found Dead in Suicide

FRANKFURT — The man who was the chief executive of Danske Bank's subsidiary in Estonia during the years that customers from Russia and
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Here's What You Should Know About Brinker International, Inc.'s (NYSE:EAT) 3.6% Dividend Yield

Could Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) be an attractive dividend share to own for the long haul? Investors are often drawn to strong companies
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Encouraging Near-Term Outlook for Equity REIT Stocks

The industry is poised to benefit from technological evolution, which has been changing the dynamics of the real estate market and substantially
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Treasurer to rein in ASIC on home loans

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pushed back against regulators being too stringent in enforcing responsible lending rules, warning that this could
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Iran President Chastises US for 'Merciless Economic Terrorism'

Iran's president accused the United States of “merciless economic terrorism” on Wednesday, using his U.N. speech to stress that security in the
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Trends Defining the Future of Real Estate

It's hard to keep up with all the ways technology is changing various industries, especially in home and design. The Future of Home conference was a
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Trump Pushed Ukraine to Work With Giuliani, Barr on Biden

… into” his political rival, Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript of a call between the two leaders released Wednesday, Bloomberg News reports.
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Craft Beer Added $79 Billion to Economy in 2018

The days of eye popping growth for the craft beer industry might be behind it, but that doesn't mean things are fading away. The craft beer industry
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Week of Sept. 16 – 20

Sept. 16, Michael Kogen, Bonni Kogen Brodnick, and Pamela Kogen, trustees of the Betty Kogen Irrevocable Trust, sold 14 Swans Way to Robert F.
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Tilson: Fannie Mae 'Reminds Me Of My Best Investment Ever'

Since 2012, every cent of earnings by Fannie and Freddie have gone … the legality of the Treasury's “net worth sweep” of Fannie and Freddie's profits.
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How We Can Make Public Housing Safe From Sexual Harassment

How We Can Make Public Housing Safe From Sexual Harassment

For most people, home is where we feel the safest. It's where we plan our future, entertain family and friends, raise our kids, and retreat to at the end of
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Hold on to Your Butts: Samuel L. Jackson's Voice (and Frustration Detection) Is Coming to Amazon …

Samuel L. Jackson will be the first celebrity voice of Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant, giving people the opportunity to ask the actor for help—and to
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Ditech Holding Corporation Receives Court Approval for Sale of Assets to New Residential …

Ditech Holding is an independent servicer and originator of mortgage loans and servicer of reverse mortgage loans. Based in Fort Washington,
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Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average Trending Higher for Freddie Mac 5.10 Pfd (FMCCH)

Monitoring the numbers for Freddie Mac 5.10 Pfd (FMCCH), we are noting that the KAMA is trending up over the last five days. Tracking this reading
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KB Home Reports 2019 Third Quarter Results

KBHS originated 72% of the residential mortgage loans the Company's homebuyers obtained to finance their home purchase, compared to 55%.
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Global real estate firm comes to Raleigh with local talent

A Chicago-based real estate firm with offices around the world is opening its first office in the Triangle with a recently assembled team of real estate
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'Hold loan melas to increase lending in priority sectors'

While expressing concern over the lacklustre lending by major banks for agriculture, education, housing and other priority sectors, Zilla Panchayat
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Draghi's Fiscal Plea to Germany Is Fair, Ex-Bundesbank Head Says

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann hasn't yet declared himself in favor of a fiscal boost in Germany, but his predecessor now says it's needed.
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US stocks rebound on housing data, Trump trade deal remark

U.S. stocks rebounded from an early slide Wednesday afternoon after encouraging housing data and remarks by President Donald Trump indicating a
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Match.com Used Scammers' Profiles to Trick Its Dating Service Users, FTC Says

In an email to Fortune, a Match spokesperson described the FTC's complaint as “completely meritless allegations.” Match.com's parent company,
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The Fortune Society Celebrates a Production of "The Castle"

Created and directed by the founder of The Fortune Society, David Rothenberg, “The Castle” stars four members of the Fortune community who, with
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Skanska taking sustainability to the worker

Fitwel Champions are committed to implementing the Fitwel Standard across their real estate portfolio, with only two dozen companies globally
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Waters Statement on House Consideration of the SAFE Banking Act and the Need For …

“I am very pleased that the SAFE Banking Act, which makes reforms to ensure that state-authorized and regulated Cannabis businesses are not forced
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Grind Banking Launches: Fastest Growing Fintech in the African American Community

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GRIND Banking is becoming the fastest-growing fintech in the community with seasoned fintech veteran, B.C.
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Impeachment Poll: Trump-Ukraine Call Has Done Little to Sway Public Opinion

News surrounding the Trump-Ukraine phone call has so far done little to sway the American public's opinion on impeaching the President, according
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Leadership Team Changes at CFPB

Desmond Brown was named Deputy Associate Director for the Consumer Education and Engagement Division. Brown first joined the CFPB as a
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Ashmore says it's buying Argentina debt even as market fears default

Ashmore was one of several foreign fund managers holding Argentina debt heading into the market meltdown and had 10.5% of its $1.4 billion
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KKR Has Quietly Built an Investment-Banking Contender

Private-equity firm KKR & Co. has long been one of the biggest customers of Wall Street banks. Now it is keeping a larger piece of that business for
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Sisters' network fights the buying, selling of human beings

Knowing that human trafficking is taking place across the globe and often involves forcing victims across borders, a global coalition of Catholic sisters
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French banking authority warns on fake bank websites

Fake online banking sites are becoming more common, a French authority has said, with the public warned to be alert to scams and fake URLs.
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Five Key Takeaways From Trump's Call to Ukraine's Zelenskiy

Five Key Takeaways From Trump's Call to Ukraine's Zelenskiy

While the rough transcript didn't deliver Democrats an explicit quid pro quo, it offered a rare and extensive view of Trump's private conversation with a
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CIBC Innovation Banking Provides Adthena With US$5 Million Growth Capital Financing

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CIBC Innovation Banking has announced a US$5 million growth capital financing for search intelligence provider
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Real Estate Transactions – July 2019

The following real estate transactions took place in Leadville/Lake County during the month of July 2019, based on information from the Lake County
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Congress to Receive Whistle-Blower Complaint on Wednesday

House Democrats have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his interactions with a foreign leader. The proceedings
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Aston Martin Buys a Very Pricey Insurance Policy for Its New SUV

The sports-car maker's latest debt issue ensures it can build its swanky SUV. It doesn't rule out a future share sale. By. Chris Hughes. September 25
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P2P companies plough over £6bn cash into business lending

CUMULATIVE business lending by members of the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) rose to £6.16bn in the second quarter of 2019, up from
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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Allison Kidd

Working with the Oakland Athletics to build not only a new baseball stadium but develop the surrounding 50 acres of real estate into a mixed-use
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Here's Who Will See the Whistleblower Complaint

A whistleblower complaint that has triggered a renewed impeachment effort in the House will be available to some members and staff of congressional
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Freddie Mac workshop aims to turn renters into homeowners

The workshop includes guest speakers from Freddie Mac, the government-owned enterprise chartered by Congress in 1970 to keep money flowing to
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New home sales surge in August as rates tumble

Buyers are coming off the sidelines after watching average mortgage rates plunge to 3.73 percent, according to mortgage finance agency Freddie Mac
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Two stocks I'd tuck away forever: Novavax (NVAX), Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI)

The recent performance of Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) stock in the market spoke loud and clear to investors as NVAX saw more than 919.28K shares
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Upper West Side Apartments Get $80M Fannie Mae Refi

After spending a decade under federal conservatorship since the 2008 financial crisis, Fannie Mae and its counterpart, Freddie Mac, could soon be
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Brookwood Financial Completes $455M Suburban Office Portfolio Recapitalization

The Carlton Group, a real estate investment banking firm, arranged the … clock to adjust its financial position in favor of changing market conditions,
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Massive Growth in Blockchain Technology in Real Estate Market Size from 2019 to 2026 IBM …

Blockchain Technology in Real Estate Market is analyzed with industry experts in mind to maximize return on investment by providing clear
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How the Impeachment Process Could Impact the Stock Market

… on into the coming year? If history is a tutor, things could go really well—or terribly, according to data compiled and sent to Fortune by LPL Financial.
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WWE: 5 Reasons Why Kofi Kingston's Title Reign Has Been Great (& 5 Why It's Been Disappointing)

Thankfully, WWE has since provided us with a lengthy title run, with the New … we will look at five positives and five negatives from his title run so far. …. in the company, with WWE placing more stock in the Universal Championship,
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Personal Loans Are Much Riskier Than Banks Lead You To Believe

Personal loans account for a tiny share of outstanding consumer debt, representing just under 1%. Mortgages make up the majority at nearly 73%,
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American Airlines is latest company sued for operating in expropriated property in Cuba

This is one of several suits that have been filed after the Trump administration implemented Title III of the 1996 Helms Burton Act. The law allows the
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Hand Tracking, Other Updates for Oculus Quest VR Headsets

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social network's Oculus virtual reality unit would debut a feature that enables its Quest VR headsets to
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UNSW laptop lending machine vends students $1800 Dells free for four hours

UNSW has set up a laptop locker in its main library offering dozens of $1800 Dell machines for free loans of up to four hours. The university first
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Sluggish LA Housing Market Sees Drop In Sales

Sluggish LA Housing Market Sees Drop In Sales

LOS ANGELES, CA — The median price of a Los Angeles County home inched upward by 0.7% in August, compared to the same month a year ago,
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Forget securitization, backing public banks is best for sustainable development

UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 maintains that it is public banking that does the heavy lifting and hence public banking should be
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CFPB News: Supervisory Highlights, New Network and Policies Push Innovation and Other …

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) news, the CFPB … In the next issue, we will review debt collection and mortgage lending highlights.
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"Everyone is at risk": Better Business Bureau warns of dramatic rise in real estate fraud

A new real estate email scam has cybercriminals cashing in. Losses have soared from $360 million in 2016 to $1.3 billion last year. Dana Palmieri has
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Responds to Banking's Potential Big Tech Threat

When asked whether a hypothetical “bank of Amazon” or “bank of Google” would pose a serious threat to JPMorgan's dominance in the banking
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K-Pop is the 7th most listened to genre in the world + Koreans are the best at buying music

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has released its 2019 data on global listening, and K-pop is the 7th most popular genre of
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HSBC launches £14bn lending fund for SMEs

HSBC has launched a £14 billion lending fund to support small and medium-sized businesses across the UK. The fund, originally launched in 2014,
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Climate Fight Goes Into Orbit With Carbon Monitoring From Space

The Bloomberg Global Business Forum opened in New York Wednesday with the announcement of two major initiatives, including one on ways
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Recognizing Women's Voices in Mortgage

Five Star honored the mortgage industry's female leaders Wednesday with the presentation of the Keystone Awards at the Women in Housing
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Denny Blaine mid-century home gets striking makeover, and can be yours for $2.2M

Denny Blaine is in demand, and in fact, homes here don't come to market very … She focuses on national real estate trends, specializing in the San
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Alkami and Aite Group Release Results of Small Business Banking Survey

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Alkami Technology Inc. (Alkami), a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for
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Majority of advisors to super-rich believe market will tank in 2020

UBS writes that family offices have increased their allocations to the asset class by 2.1%, and real estate now accounts for 17% of the average family
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Are pot businesses finally getting access to banking services?

In what would be a crucial milestone for the cannabis industry, the U.S. House is voting on a bill that would change the cash-only nature of the
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HomeTeam Pest Defense wins 2019 title in annual Sarasota Herald-Tribune contest

… Pest Defense wins 2019 title in annual Sarasota Herald-Tribune contest …. As explained by Gerdnic, the national company performs pest control
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Mortgage with bad credit

Is getting a mortgage with bad credit history possible? We'll be honest: it's certainly not impossible, but it's not going to be easy to get one. While 'bad
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Holland & Knight Steers $52M Starwood Brooklyn Loan

The loan from Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC is for 125 Borinquen Place, and $4.555 million of that $52 million is new financing for the property
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Federal Judge Delays New York Subpoena of Trump Taxes

A judge has delayed enforcement of a New York grand jury subpoena seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns—long enough for federal
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The Annotated Rough Transcript of Trump's Call With Ukraine's President

The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news and the people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news so I
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Digital lending cannot be a side biz: Sachin Bansal

Over time, they're expanding their portfolio. We're going to add some digital lending businesses on top of that (micro-financing). Digital lending would
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Investigate Supreme Court Bias in Banking Collapse

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will discuss the shareholdings of two Icelandic supreme court justices – specifically whether their
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Credit unions target growth with bank, fintech mergers

Credit unions target growth with bank, fintech mergers

Most credit unions seeking mergers are looking to partner with a bank or fintech rather than merge with another credit union, according to a new study
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Median-priced homes aren't affordable in 74% of US housing markets

The report determined affordability for average wage earners by calculating the amount of income needed to make monthly house payments,
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LIV Sotheby's International Realty opens new office in Winter Park to assist clients looking to buy …

LIV Sotheby's International Realty is pleased to announce the addition of an office location in Winter Park. This office represents the firm's 23rd
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Ditech gets court approval for New Residential, Mortgage Assets deals

As previously announced, Ditech agreed to sell substantially all of the assets of its forward mortgage servicing and originations business, Ditech
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Ellen Brown to speak on the American banking system at New Paradigm College

Brown, a bestselling author who is widely acknowledged to be America's foremost expert on public banking, will speak at New Paradigm College,
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Stocks edge lower as tech shares drop; Nike jumps

Technology stocks were the biggest weights on the market, with especially sharp losses for chipmakers Broadcom and Advanced Micro Devices.
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Letter to United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in advance of its …

Letter to United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in advance of its hearing “Facilitating Faster Payments in the United
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CFPB changes up its leadership

Previously, she worked at the Federal Reserve and holds a career in information management and housing issues that spans more than 25 years.
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FHA Needs to Improve Monitoring and Oversight of Loan Outcomes and Servicing

Reverse mortgages allow seniors to convert part of their home equity into payments from a lender while still living in their homes. Seniors run the risk
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Supervisor 'Crush' Not Enough For EEOC Hostile Work Claim

… claim that the company subjected a female worker to a sexually hostile work environment — based on her supervisor's conduct — in violation of Title
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Mortgage Rates Change Course, Head Higher

Mortgage rates bounced higher today, after making it to the best levels in more than a week yesterday afternoon. Markets responded to a strong home
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'Massive opportunity' for brokers in SME lending

The September edition of the lender's SME Growth Index, which saw banking analysts East & Partners survey more than 1,000 Australian businesses,
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House Leader Calls For Comprehensive Marijuana Reform After Banking Vote

Proud to bring the SAFE Banking Act to the Floor, but I believe it does not go far enough. This must be a first step toward the decriminalization
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Rose refinance 70 Pine with $386M mortgage

Rose refinance 70 Pine with $386M mortgage. by REW … Hunton Andrews Kurth advised EBNB 70 Pine Owner LLC on teh financing. The team was
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French Billionaire Arnault Calls Greta Thunberg 'Demoralizing'

LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault had some critical words for teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg when he spoke at the luxury giant's
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Crews finishing up work at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse ahead of grand opening ceremony

CLEVELAND – Crews are working around-the-clock to finish renovations inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse ahead of a grand opening and
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Fintechs continue to take market share from banks, new survey finds

Fintechs are continuing to siphon away customers for unsecured personal loans from traditional lenders, according to a study released Wednesday by
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US House Gives Big OK To Cannabis Banking Bill

Backers of fully legalizing marijuana said the 321-103 vote in favor of the so-called “SAFE Banking Act” is a key victory in their drive to bring the drug
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Is it time to declare this River North real estate project dead?

“It's a total mess,” downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly says of Symmetry Property Development's plan to develop the site at Wabash Avenue and Superior
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Trudeau promises $40K interest-free loans to make homes energy efficient and safer from severe …

Costs associated with retrofits and the Net Zero Home Grant would be financed through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation by drawing
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Rent control could prompt housing shortage

Rent control could prompt housing shortage

“Thus, while rent control prevents displacement of incumbent renters in the short run, the lost rental housing supply likely drove up market rents in the
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Health Insurance Costs Surpass $20000 Per Year, Hitting a Record

The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record high that has pushed an increasing
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IRET Announces New Investments in Denver and Minneapolis and Exits the Topeka Housing Market

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IRET (NYSE: IRET) today announced it has acquired Lugano at Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado,
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Big Tech Regulation Shouldn't Sweep Up Startups, Uber CEO Says

Conference host Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.
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Amazon Focuses on Alexa Privacy as It Unveils New Gadgets

In April, Bloomberg News reported that Amazon had a team of people in offices around the world charged with reviewing a small sample of the
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American Airlines is sued for operating in expropriated property in Cuba

… in 1996 and have been eligible to sue since Title III was enacted May 2. … The first one was filed in May against the U.S. cruise company Carnival by
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A Better Deal ::Allied Properties Real Estate Inv Trust, (TSX (Toronto):AP-UN)

The market price will usually fluctuate throughout the trading day as investors buy and sell stocks. The Allied Properties Real Estate Inv Trust (TSX
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New Data Confirms Improved Corvias Military Housing Results

EAST GREENWICH, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corvias, a long-term solutions and management partner to the U.S. military, has released data reflecting
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Less-Splendid Housing Bubbles & Crushed Markets in America, September Update

Housing market dynamics are local. Just how much they differ from market to market is depicted by the 20-city CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price
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Fractional home ownership startup Divvy raises $43m series B to build a path from rent to purchase

Homeownership, which peaked in 2004 at around 70%, hit its nadir after the global financial crisis, reaching 63% in 2016 according to data from the
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Agents blame Southern California homebuying lull on fears the market's peaked

Agents gathered at the California Association of Realtors conference in downtown Los Angeles weren't surprised by news the local housing market
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New Residential Investment Corp. Receives Court Approval to Buy Select Assets from Ditech …

(NYSE: NRZ, “New Residential”, the “Company”), a leading provider of capital and services to the mortgage and financial services industries,
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CoreLogic continues growing, acquires National Tax Search

For at least the sixth time in the last handful of years, CoreLogic is growing its massive real estate data and technology empire by acquiring a company
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Howard Hanna Hosting Thousands at Convention in Pittsburgh

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is hosting its biennial convention, … real estate market and the latest technology trends and digital innovations.
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“Growing Beautiful Food” lecture offered Oct. 8

… full-time associate broker with the Washington Fine Properties office in Middleburg. She stays on top of her listings, keeps up with real estate trends
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FORTUNE Announces Several New Editorial Hires

FORTUNE editor-in-chief Clifton Leaf sent the following note to FORTUNE staff on Monday: Dear colleagues,. It gives me great pleasure to welcome
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US House to vote today on hemp/CBD banking measure

The US House of Representatives is expected to vote today on a bill that would clear the way for full banking services for companies dealing in
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Modi Tells Investors 'Come to India' to Aid $5 Trillion GDP Goal

Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global
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UK Mortgages Remain Robust Despite Brexit Turmoil

Low mortgage rates continue to buoy U.K. home sales despite mounting political and economic uncertainty, according to monthly data from industry
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International Banking Loses Interest in Puerto Rico

The reduction of international banking in Puerto Rico is not projected as a positive sign for the investment environment that seeks to shore up the
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Xactware Forms Partnership With RES.NET

Xactware Forms Partnership With RES.NET

RES.NET and Xactware have announced an integration between RES.NET and the Xactware RepairWise and XactPRM platforms. The combined
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Amazon made major pledges timed to Climate Week. Will the real estate industry follow?

Last week, just after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos committed his company to a host of major environmental measures, hundreds of Amazon employees
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Federal Election 2019: Foreign buyers tax has cooled housing market in BC, says Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Sept. 25 that if elected, his government would impose a federal foreign buyers tax to lower housing costs
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Mortgage brokers must leverage tech to strike first

Although they are still lagging behind the rest of the mortgage industry, brokers are embracing advancements in technology in ways that could help
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Is Village Farms International a Buy?

To the dismay of investors, the cannabis sector as a whole has seen a significant decline. Industry benchmarks such as the Horizon Marijuana Life
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Fewer US and D-FW homeowners are underwater in their mortgages

The number of Americans who owe more in mortgage debt than their house is worth has fallen to the lowest level in almost nine years. Less than 4%
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How KKR, Blackstone, SL Green See The Real Estate Market Right Now

Wesley LePatner, the global chief operating officer of Blackstone's Core+ Real Estate business and the COO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust,
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Hong Kong Bill on Special Status Heads to House, Senate Votes

Congressional committees in the House and Senate approved legislation supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, warning China that any
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Real Deals: $7.9 million deal gives Bentonville townhomes new owners

A limited liability company that includes Fayetteville businessman Ashton McCombs is the new … Waco Title Co. of Springdale was the title agent.
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NAR report on franchises shows Keller Williams is largest brand

The number of real estate brokerages affiliated with a franchise brand dropped to 11% this year from 13% two years ago, according to a report from
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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Awards $45.8 Million For 45 Affordable Housing Initiatives

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — José R. González, president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, announced that the
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Taxes will likely hurt the New York City real estate market

“As far as taxes, I tell New York — beware.” Those words of warning come from Douglas Eliman CEO Dottie Herman, a longtime New York City
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SoftBank-Backed Real Estate Broker Compass Hit by High-Level Exits

As We Cos. tries to regroup after its CEO's abrupt departure, another real-estate tech company backed by SoftBank Group Corp. is contending with an
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San Diego home price down annually for first time in 7 years

On the flip side, there were signs the housing market was picking up in August. There were 3,835 home sales, up 1.9 percent from the same time last
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What's Ahead for AVIVAGEN INC COMMON SHARES (OTCMKTS:CHEXF) After Less Shorted …

Yahoo.com published: “Here's Why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stocks Are Rising Today – Yahoo Finance” on August 22, 2019. More interesting
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Proposed Rule Expands CFIUS Jurisdiction to Real Estate Investments That Pose a National …

The Treasury Department has issued a new proposed rule (Proposed Rule) conferring jurisdiction on CFIUS for specific real estate transactions in the
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Borrower home equity rises to all-time high in first half of 2019

“Borrower equity rose to an all-time high in the first half of 2019 and has more than doubled since the housing recovery started,” said Frank Nothaft,
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The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Hits Impressive Milestone Surpassing $2 Billion in …

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund (“TI+,” tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX) announced
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Glastonbury to welcome a second wounded veteran to town with mortgage-free, renovated home

Building Homes For Heroes is back in Connecticut, this time providing a mortgage-free home for Massachusetts veteran U.S. Army Specialist Craig
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Study: Most first-time homebuyers feel overwhelmed and underprepared

In April, The National Association of Realtors and realtor.com said that first-time homebuyers can afford only 20% of housing stock in some of the
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Harmoney's Neil Roberts says the P2P lender, which launched in September 2014, has been …

Harmoney's Neil Roberts says the P2P lender, which launched in September 2014, has been …

The founder of Harmoney, New Zealand's biggest licensed peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, says he can't see a viable P2P lending model in New Zealand
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McDonald's CEO Wants Big Macs to Keep Up With Big Tech

Steve Easterbrook is giving the Golden Arches a data makeover, but franchisees are balking at the cost. By. Thomas Buckley. @tgbuckley More stories
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How Rosalind Brewer Turned Starbucks Around: raceAhead

At the time, just two short years ago, there were zero Black women running a Fortune 500 company and only one on that year's 50 Most Powerful
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Long Island Brewery Will Sponsor Oyster Festival Expected To Draw Thousands

As part of their title sponsorship, Blue Point Brewing Company will host the first-ever Blue Point Beer Garden at the 2019 Oyster Festival. The area will
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Priciest properties make up record share of US new-home sales

Home prices continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace, amid record building costs for developers. Low supply is also contributing to higher asking prices
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Beijing's Giant New Airport Helps China Rival US in the Skies

Just five years ago, Daxing was a dusty area of farmland to the south of Beijing, largely neglected by visitors to the city. That's no longer the case, now
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A few words of wisdom for a first-time homebuyer

According to Sprague, the current trend is representative of what takes place in the real estate market every ten to fifteen years. He said that when the
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The Impact of the UK Supreme Court's Brexit Ruling Will Be Felt for Centuries

The U.K. Supreme Court's ruling voiding Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament is one for the ages — a landmark in British constitutional law of the
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It's Not You, It's We

Sure, fine, I guess? The thing is that if you invested billions of dollars in WeWork at a $47 billion valuation back in, literally, July, you probably weren't
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League of Legends Is Partnering With Louis Vuitton

In what would seem, at first, like an unlikely pairing, League of Legends announced Monday it's partnering with Louis Vuitton. The pairing
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US STOCKS-Wall St rises on Trump's trade comments; Nike hits record high

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click or type LIVE/ in a news … a sign that the struggling housing market was starting to get a lift from lower
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Priciest properties make up record share of new-home sales

It looks like lower mortgage rates are helping lure Americans who are buying the priciest properties. The most expensive houses — those priced at
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Hingham Man Gets 46 Months in International Money Laundering Scheme

Minang's scheme worked as follows: shortly before closing on properties, the victims received emails from their real estate agents or title companies
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Facing Criminal Charges Over Dieselgate, Volkswagen's Indicted Executive Team Stays on the Job

“These allegations have been known for three years,” Asumendi told Fortune. “One of the core jobs of an investor is to manage risk and take a view,
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US: Lower mortgage rates have finally given home buying a boost – Wells Fargo

New home sales rose 7.1% in August in the US to an annual rate of 713K. Analysts at Wells Fargo point out inventories are falling, which should push
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Advocates push for reverse mortgage reform after investigative report

As Congress met about abusive lending practices tied to reverse mortgages Wednesday, Democrats unveiled a bill to protect seniors from
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Multinational crew lifts off for International Space Station

The trio will join the crew already on the International Space Station: … at least not buying them off the street or modifying them with other substances.
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Call Of Duty Everywhere Gives Investors 3 Reasons To Buy Activision-Blizzard

The company calls the title a, “first person action experience on mobile with signature Call of Duty gameplay.” Activision will offer multiplayer, battle
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Deutsche Bank Comes Under Investigation Over Danske Bank Role

Deutsche Bank AG is being investigated by Frankfurt prosecutors over its role in one of Europe's biggest money-laundering scandals.
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CoreLogic Acquires Property Tax Management Firm

CoreLogic has announced the completion of its acquisition of National Tax Search LLC (NTS), a Chicago-based provider of property tax management
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Credit Suisse Tabloid Scandal Explodes Into Threat to CEO Thiam

Credit Suisse Tabloid Scandal Explodes Into Threat to CEO Thiam

What started as an embarrassing tabloid scandal at Credit Suisse Group AG has suddenly emerged as a very real threat to the bank's top executives,
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Unprofitable Companies Are Raising the Most IPO Cash Since the Dot-Com Era

Unprofitable companies are raising money in initial public offerings at the fastest pace since the dot-com bubble when a revolution in the banking
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Sales of new homes rise more than forecast as rates fall

Sales of new homes rebounded at a faster pace than forecast in August as a decline in mortgage rates sparked demand for higher-priced properties.
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Hingham man will serve 3 years in prison, pay $400000 for international money laundering

“The emails, however, were spoofed – made to appear to be coming from title company representatives and real estate agents, when in fact they were
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Houston Homeowners Can Now Get a Cash Offer from RedfinNow

… right now to what they could get listing on the open market with a Redfin agent,” said Jason Aleem, head of real estate operations for RedfinNow.
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Dimon Echoes Trump on China But Sees No Trade Deal Before 2020

The Bloomberg Global Forum is hosted by Michael R. Bloomberg, the … majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.
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Dropbox Wants to Soar Beyond Cloud Storage and Help Put People on Mars. But First: It's …

As Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss tells Fortune regarding the dilemma facing enterprise software companies, “You have to expand your vision to
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Johnson Will Seek General Election Soon, Cox Says: Brexit Update

Boris Johnson flew back into a momentous political crisis on Wednesday, after Britain's Supreme Court ruled he broke the law by suspending
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Home Sales Rise, Inventory Dips in Western Pa.

“A low inventory of homes for sale is a national real estate trend, and in an affordable market like Pittsburgh, it could become more noticeable.”.
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US Bank to test fintech Blend's 'one-tap' mortgage platform

The platform may help banks better compete with the likes of Quicken Loans, which became the U.S.'s biggest residential mortgage lender in 2017,
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Trump Asked Ukraine to Work With Giuliani, Barr on Biden Probe

Donald Trump asked the president of Ukraine to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and the U.S. attorney general, William Barr, to “look into”
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Early Signs of Vaping Health Risks Were Missed or Ignored

At least 15 incidents of lung injuries linked to vaping occurred prior to this year's epidemic, a review by Bloomberg News found. The cases — spanning
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Real estate agent attacked during open house

A California real estate agent was attacked during an open house by a man she said had been to her showing before. CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS
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2019 Tenant Protection Act: The pendulum has swung too far

The real estate community tried to glean any evidence that the legislature of New York understood the workings of New York City's real estate market.
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Andreas Antonopoulos: Bitcoin will destroy the “golden cage” of banking

“Gradually banks became cops—the problem is that banks can't be banks and cops at the same time—but they no longer had a choice,” he said.
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In Depressed Situation: – Fidelity National Financial, Inc., (NYSE: FNF)

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., belongs to Financial sector and Surety & Title Insurance industry. The relative strength index of the stock stands 57.41.
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Nintendo Slumps After Early Switch Lite Sales Disappoint

Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that Nintendo sold 114,192 units of the Switch Lite in the period Sept. 20-22, according to preliminary figures from
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New Home Sales Climbed a Healthy 7.1% in August

New Home Sales Climbed a Healthy 7.1% in August … home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market.
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Bernie Sanders Joins Chicago Teachers Union as They Prepare to Go On Strike

“Chicago is a union town!” Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa said to a crowd of hundreds of cheering teachers and public schools' support staff
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Banking on a Breakout… (or two)

In fact, when speaking with the media Tuesday, Sean Marks went as far to say that Brooklyn was “banking on someone rising” to help the team reach
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