Amazon Said to Sever Ties With Top Lobbying Firms in Washington

The Amazon.com logo is displayed outside the company's fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.. Photographer: Jim Young/Bloomberg. Amazon.com Inc. cut ties with Washington's biggest lobbying firm and brought on new advisers following passage of the tax overhaul bill last year and in the
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The TSB bank has launched a Business Marketplace – allowing small businesses to easily compare financing options from a number of lenders in one place. Small business banking is dominated by the big banks that control over 90% of the market between them. Many small businesses only approach
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A handful of private companies picked up most of the $58,000 cost to send Surrey's mayor and three city staff members to a real estate conference in the south of France earlier this month. Linda Hepner was invited to speak at Les Marche International des Professionnels de l'immobilier (MIPIM) 2018 in
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Tom Lannan (pictured) has been appointed mortgage market manager and assistant vice president serving the Carmel and Greenwood areas. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry. Lannan is a member of the board of directors for the Irvington Community Schools, along with
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The project is being funded through several different tax-credit programs, Arkansas Development Finance Authority tax-exempt bonds, the housing agency's capital improvement funds and tax-exempt loans from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., or Freddie Mac. Construction at the Fred W. Parris,
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One of India's best-known banking executives, Chanda Kochhar, is caught in the midst of a raging controversy involving favouritism over loan disbursement. The managing director and CEO of India's second-largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, has come under pressure after a blog containing a
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… comes as China makes a series of reforms to loosen its capital controls and open the country up to more foreign investment. Juwai, which has seen a 10 per cent pick up in Chinese buying inquiries this month, expects an increase in Chinese international property buying if the capital controls continue
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France's Axa SA this month agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash to capture a bigger slice of the U.S. property and casualty market, while American International Group Inc. in January decided to buy the Bermuda-based reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. for $5.56 billion in cash. Swiss Re's
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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE) stock price recognized downward trend built on latest movement of 200 SMA with -14.18% during the course of recent market activity. This trend discloses recent direction. The up-to-date direction of 200 SMA is downward. When the price over the last 200
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SINGAPORE – Bank lending in Singapore rose slightly in February from the previous month, reversing January's dip, according to preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Thursday (March 29). Loans through the domestic banking unit – which tracks lending in all currencies, but
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According to a recent survey, commissioned by D3 Banking Technology and conducted online by Harris Poll, only about half of Americans (54%) used online banking once a week or more over the past twelve months, and a mere three out of ten (30%) used mobile banking as frequently. The survey also
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A pair of new reports on January reverse mortgage endorsements reveal that the bump in volume ahead of the October 2 rule changes continued to pay dividends into the new year. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage originators — including Federal Housing Administration-approved firms and their
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MIAMI, March 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Miami Marlins and Ocean Bank announced today the bank has become the team's “Official Banking Partner” and features Ocean Bank as the entitlement partner of the Blue Quadrant at Marlins Park, which includes major signage at Marlins Park,
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While word of mouth is often touted as the best source of reverse mortgage business, originators large and small agree that advertising is also a necessity — particularly among a target demographic that is increasingly consuming information online. But as the number of consumers getting financial
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President Donald Trump is hailing the revised U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea as a “great deal” and a critical first step toward more favorable treatment of American products around the world. Yet the revamped U.S.-South Korea accord unveiled earlier this week isn't much different from the
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February housing data recently released by the Grosse Pointe Board of Realtors indicates the housing market in Harper Woods and Grosse Pointe continues to be strong as interest rates remain low and demand strong. The combination of low mortgage rates, an abundance of companies interested in
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Chief Executive Officer Brian Goldner says the company made an error by releasing toys too far ahead of the franchise's most recent movie, “The Last Jedi.” That contributed to disappointing sales of the products during the holidays — a season that was already hurt by the bankruptcy of Toys “R” Us Inc.
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A top bank regulator issued a criticism of the bipartisan Senate bank bill Wednesday, saying one contested provision would constitute a “serious policy mistake.” Speaking at an event on banking in downtown Washington, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation vice chairman Thomas Hoenig warned
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An estimated home-payment amount factored in a 3 percent down payment, a 30-year fixed-rate loan with the average interest rate from the Freddie Mac primary mortgage market survey, and related property and mortgage insurance costs and property taxes. For several other counties in North Carolina,
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